Expert Details
Transportation, Logistics, Natural Gas, Supply Chain, and Port and Transport Infrastructure
ID: 731446
Florida, USA
• Top performer and sales/operations leader with the ability to transform tough corporate objectives into consistent revenue growth.
• Initiated successful account relationships and proven regional growth strategies.
• Adept at increasing sales and managing staff and operations.
• Strong mentor and leader with the proven ability to build high-performance teams.
• Consistent record of success working for transportation providers and developing profits.
Expert is General Manager for the Freight Division for United Parcel Service. He was previously the President at his own consulting company since November 2004. His firm provided consulting services in the logistics industry. Expert has more than 25 years of experience in less than Truck Load (LTL), Truck Load (TL), air freight, warehousing and distribution, small package logistics, and container and freight forwarding operations.
He also has experience in international logistics, ground floor development, sales, engineering, and executive and personnel management operations. Prior, Expert worked at FedEx Express, Con-Way Transportation Services, New Penn Motor Freight, Central Transport, and Yellow Freight Systems. Since 2007, he has been heavily involved with Chinese Logistics both vis-a-vis the US market and Intra China logistical development. For the past several years, Expert has been involved with oil, gas and coal production in the United States and in flashpoints such as North Africa, South America, Africa, and Asia. In the process of planning distribution of these commodities, he has amassed a substantial modicum of facts and current information on: government involvement and manipulation, production and pricing trends, and challenges to development in the future. In the past several years, he has worked extensively with several Chinese Bank institutions on infrastructure projects and demand analysis. Expert holds a BS in Operations Management from Rochester Institute of Technology.
Expert has consulted with the Chinese Transport Ministry on how to develop their metrics for delivery systems. They visited him in the U.S., in which capacity he hosted tours to Old Dominion and Conway facilities.
Summary of Skills:
• Sales (10+ years)
• Operations (10+ years)
• Increasing Sales (Less than 1 year)
• Key Accounts (Less than 1 year)
• Freight Experience
• Process Improvement
• Sales Management
• Team Management
• Logistics (10+ years)
• Profit & Loss (10+ years)
• Supply Chain (10+ years)
• Warehouse Distribution Experience (10+ years)
• Forecasting
• Management
• ERP Systems
• Strategic Planning
• Computer Networking
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1984 | Degree: B.S. | Subject: Economics,Quantitative Science | Institution: R.I.T., Rochester,NY |
| Year: 1986 | Degree: Two Years' Concentrated Study | Subject: Finance: Quantitative Economics | Institution: R.I.T. |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 2020 to 2021 | Employer: Day & Ross Corp. USA | Title: Vice President of Operations | Department: |
Responsibilities:Managed fleet and pricing in the oil and gas industry transport sectors. Yield improvement and optimized asset utilization to move from loss to break even to threshold of profitability. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2016 to 2019 | Employer: YRC Freight | Title: Director of Operations | Department: |
Responsibilities:Manage divisions in Georgia, Texas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, and western southwest. Extensive cost reduction analysis and improvement while remodeling network of Line Haul. 1200 drivers several hundred management personnel |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2015 to 2016 | Employer: Self Employed | Title: CEO and President | Department: |
Responsibilities:CEO and president of a small trucking company |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2013 to 2015 | Employer: UPS | Title: General Manager | Department: Freight Division |
Responsibilities:Managed operations and sales for the metro NY Suburban market. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2013 to 2013 | Employer: Old Dominion Freight Lines | Title: General Manager | Department: |
Responsibilities:Opened the Washington DC operation managing distribution and sales. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2009 to 2011 | Employer: Associated Global Systems | Title: Sales Agent | Department: |
Responsibilities:1099 Straight commission Agent selling: Truckload, Ltl, Air Freight and OceanBuilt Territories: 2009--$150,000 Sales, 2010 $200,000, 2011 $100,000 Lost major account: Toys R Us |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2007 to 2009 | Employer: Daylight Transport, LLC | Title: Regional Division Manager NE Operations | Department: |
Responsibilities:Responsible for all aspects of Managing Service Product and assisting Sales.Represent Daylight Corporate Operations and 5 Partner Carriers with over $30 million in revenue. Established Operational Procedures within the North East Partner Carriers that improved on-time service to over 90% as a group from the low 80% area. Engineered a decrease in Line Haul cost by 21% over three months at a Pennsylvania Partner Carrier. This expense savings are estimated at $380,000 per year. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2006 to 2013 | Employer: Self-employed: Consulting firm | Title: President and Owner | Department: |
Responsibilities:International and domestic consulting engineering progects in transportation, natural gas, port infrastructure development, air freight distribution, and other topics. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2004 to 2007 | Employer: Central Transport International | Title: Regional Vice President of Operations | Department: Operations |
Responsibilities:Responsible for NY City Metro area, DE, CT, PA, Upstate NY.Supervised over 50 staff employees and 200.drivers for the company. Developed systems to improve On-Time Service to 90% which led to an increase in sales of over 40% in 6 months. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2003 to 2004 | Employer: Uncommon Carrier | Title: General Manager | Department: Intermodal/Drayage |
Responsibilities:Managed the warehousing and trucking operation of a small Truckload/Ltl and drayage carrier. $3 million in revenue. One year contract. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2001 to 2003 | Employer: New Penn Motor Freight | Title: Regional Vice President of Operations | Department: Operations and Sales |
Responsibilities:Managed a $57 million disvision of an ltl carrier that operated in greater NY and New Jersey. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1997 to 2000 | Employer: Fedex International | Title: Senior Project Manager-Engineering | Department: Air and Ground Operations |
Responsibilities:Developed Ltl and cartage practices and lead the way for integration of the ltl companies (American Freightways) to the Fedex platform. Managed Contract Carrier Line Haul and P&D Operations for the North East USA. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1987 to 1997 | Employer: Con Way Transportation | Title: Service Cener Manager | Department: Operations and Sales |
Responsibilities:Managed, opened and developed terminals from New York to New England to the Southeast. Promoted 7 times over 6 states and awarded yearly. |
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Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| He has lent expert witness services regarding trucking behavior, safety, liability, preventive measures and new technology coming to the fore to address these issues. |
| Training / Seminars |
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| SAP, Microsoft, Adobe, Route planning and schedule development in Air and Ground Operations. |
| Vendor Selection |
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| Governments of: China, Philippines,South Korea, Russia, Indonesia, Mexico, South Africa. All were transport engineering projects he solicited through various venues and agencies. |
| Marketing Experience |
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| An industry expert and noted speaker on transportation and logistics issues worldwide, Expert has held seminars in Boston and New York and has engaged in countless consulting calls across the world supporting infrastructure projects in the Natural Gas and oil development Industry. |
| Other Relevant Experience |
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| Expert can travel extensively. He possesses the ability to work in harsh conditions any hour of day or night. He has a unique project engineering talent to accomplish the end goal. |
Language Skills
| Language | Proficiency |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Moderate proficiency |
Fields of Expertise
advertising, air transportation, armored truck, cargo industry, container handling, container transportation, containerized shipping, contract logistics, distribution, forklift truck, freight, freight handling, freight loading system, heavy truck, liquid transportation, logistics, pallet handling, shipping, shipping container, supply chain, third party logistics, transportation, truck, truck accident, truck accident investigation, truck fleet maintenance, truck safety, truck tractor, trucking, trucking safety, vehicle maintenance, warehouse management, aviation, railroad transportation, industrial truck, employee empowerment, armored vehicle, heavy-duty engine emission control device, hazardous material transportation, engineering control computer system, manufacturing planning computer system, heavy duty diesel truck maintenance, diesel truck synthetic liquid lubricant, heavy duty diesel truck petroleum lubricant, heavy duty diesel truck motor oil, heavy duty diesel truck lubricating oil, heavy duty diesel truck lubricant selection, heavy duty diesel truck lubricant additive, heavy duty diesel truck lubricant, heavy duty diesel truck liquid lubricant, heavy duty diesel truck filter, integrated logistics support, heavy truck engineering, economics, vehicular transportation, employment, lubricating oil, heavy-duty vehicle, accident, process, transportation engineering, tractor, railroad shipping, manufacturing, lubricant selection, lubricant additive, heavy-duty engine, gas transportation, fleet maintenance, computer-aided acquisition and logistics support, accident investigation