Experience

Evolve Supply Chain Solutions

• United States
• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Operating Officer (COO)

  • Dec 2022 - Present

  Greater Seattle Area My Chief Operating Officer (COO) role at Evolve provides strategic leadership as we drive operational excellence and execute on our rapid expansion plans. Our uniquely developed software provides the ability for our team to actively monitor and manage every shipment at competitive costs, ensuring client awareness of their product movement, storage and delivery.

• Advisory Board Member

  • Apr 2021 - Dec 2022

  Greater Seattle Area Applying years of e-commerce transportation & logistics experience to provide guidance for Evolve business objectives, organizational structure and operations. Assisting to connect with relevant service providers and potential clients along with acting as an ambassador for this innovative supply chain solutions company.



Appa Transportation Consulting

• Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder and President

  • Jan 2021 - Dec 2022

  Greater Seattle Area Appa Transportation Consulting works alongside Supply Chain teams solving challenges to successfully scale their eCommerce business. Appa assists developing eCommerce strategies to get ahead of customer expectations, mitigate increasing Transportation costs and organize operational teams for the future. Appa Transportation Consulting has successfully developed global transportation solutions for Rad Power Bikes, Spreetail, BabyList, Cap Hill Brands and other firms.



Nordstrom

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• VP, Global Transportation & Logistics

  • Jun 2019 - Oct 2020

  Seattle, Washington Reporting directly to the Chief Operations Officer, I was responsible for establishing the strategic direction of our global transportation and logistics service for this top 20 Brand. Scope of responsibilities included forming the technology requirements and building the operational team to support Ocean and Air Freight, Customs clearance, Consolidation, Store Deliveries, Middle and Last Mile, Mail Returns, Dropship Operations and Omni-Channel Logistics. I developed many strategic… Show more Reporting directly to the Chief Operations Officer, I was responsible for establishing the strategic direction of our global transportation and logistics service for this top 20 Brand. Scope of responsibilities included forming the technology requirements and building the operational team to support Ocean and Air Freight, Customs clearance, Consolidation, Store Deliveries, Middle and Last Mile, Mail Returns, Dropship Operations and Omni-Channel Logistics. I developed many strategic relationships across the Transportation and Logistics industry; including U.S. Postal Service, UPS, FedEx, Expeditors, OnTrac, LaserShip, Cardinal, Maersk, CH Robinson, JB Hunt, and Pitney-Bowes. Nordstrom brands included Nordstrom, Rack and Hautelook totalling 350 retail stores, making 100M parcel home deliveries and 8M mailed returns along with moving over 400M pounds of freight annually across a network of 11 fulfillment and distribution centers in North America. Our Omni-channel ship from store was one of the most progressive in the retail industry. Ship from store combined with hundreds of dropship vendors across the U.S. made up over 50% of our customer fulfillment. Show less



Qurate Retail Group

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• VP, Global Transportation & Logistics

  • Sep 2013 - May 2019

  Studio Park, West Chester, PA Responsible for $1B+ Transportation and freight budget reporting directly to the Chief Operations Officer. Define and implement the strategic roadmap for inbound, outbound, returns, in-home delivery and the x-border transportation network supporting the $14B QRG ecommerce retail fashion brands: QVC, HSN, zulily and Cornerstone. QRG is the 3rd largest U.S. ecommerce retail shipper, shipping over 300 million units via 200 million parcel packages annually from 17 fulfillment centers and… Show more Responsible for $1B+ Transportation and freight budget reporting directly to the Chief Operations Officer. Define and implement the strategic roadmap for inbound, outbound, returns, in-home delivery and the x-border transportation network supporting the $14B QRG ecommerce retail fashion brands: QVC, HSN, zulily and Cornerstone. QRG is the 3rd largest U.S. ecommerce retail shipper, shipping over 300 million units via 200 million parcel packages annually from 17 fulfillment centers and thousands of dropship vendor relationships across the U.S. Applied inbound network’s budget of $200M+ annually to ensure the movement of 5k+ metric tons of international air freight, 20k+ ocean freight containers and 50k+ domestic full truck and less-than-truckload shipments to QRG fulfillment centers. • Team manages over 100 logistics and transportation contracts across QRG. • Organization consists of over 70 team members in four separate locations. • Leading team that has experience in; Business Analytics, negotiations, parcel shipping, ocean freight, FT/LTL shipments, air freight, customs, hazmat, project management, EDI and vendor dropship. • Many strategic relationships across the Transportation and Logistics industry; including U.S. Postal Service, UPS, FedEx, DHL, Maersk, CH Robinson, JB Hunt, and Pitney-Bowes. Show less



Amazon

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director, Operations & Retail

  • Mar 1999 - Aug 2013

  Greater Seattle Area Successful leader for over 14 years at Amazon.com transforming the way people shop globally through building an innovative logistics and ecommerce retail environment recognizing the customers experience as most important. During my tenure, Amazon.com dynamically grew from a $1B company into a $75B Fortune 100 company. • Director of cross functional World Wide (WW) Inventory Management team focused on optimizing Amazon’s strategic selection and availability of products with fast delivery.… Show more Successful leader for over 14 years at Amazon.com transforming the way people shop globally through building an innovative logistics and ecommerce retail environment recognizing the customers experience as most important. During my tenure, Amazon.com dynamically grew from a $1B company into a $75B Fortune 100 company. • Director of cross functional World Wide (WW) Inventory Management team focused on optimizing Amazon’s strategic selection and availability of products with fast delivery. Highly visible program that partnered with over 80 retail categories across six countries that delivered successful results and provided semi-annual C-suite presentations during my last three years at Amazon. • Director of WW Customer Service Operations for Sellers on the Amazon website. Team of over 700 Associates provided phone, chat and email customer service for third party Sellers in six countries. Our support was 24 x 7 via a global network of ten WW locations. We successfully responded to millions of contacts annually by applying metrics, capacity planning, software development improvements, training and project management. • Negotiated three parcel contracts totalling over $1B resulting in over $40MM dollars of savings annually as a Senior Transportation Contract Manager by lowering premium air and ground rates with primary package carriers; UPS, FedEx and DHL. • Senior Merchandising Manager responsible for most favorable contract terms and operational performance of the largest Amazon.com book suppliers, Ingram Books and Baker & Taylor. Show less



Quebecor World Printing

• United States
• Warehousing and Storage
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Manufacturing

  • Sep 1994 - Mar 1999

  Greater Seattle Area Plant director for the second largest Compact Disc (CD) manufacturing facility in the U.S. Provided leadership for a staff of over 100 engineering and production personnel with annual sales of $40MM. During my tenure: • Production increased by 10 times over a 5-year period. • Reduced manufacturing costs per unit by 70%. • Implemented Just in Time (JIT) inventory with suppliers. • Implemented ISO 9002 certification for CD manufacturing facility.



Egghead Software

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Buyer

  • Jan 1990 - Aug 1994

  Greater Seattle Area Responsible for over $60MM a year in software purchases for resale through Egghead’s retail and corporate channels. Directed marketing programs for in-store and direct mail sales lift. Conducted vendor negotiations, determined purchase quantities, established retail prices, managed inventory levels in distribution centers and stores.



United States Air Force

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Captain, Buying Manager

  • Sep 1985 - Aug 1989

  Dayton, Ohio, United States Directed procurement team of 6 employees. Created request for proposals (RFP) and negotiated purchases of multi-million dollar electronic systems and equipment. Responsible for reviewing and evaluating vendor proposals, selecting the vendor of choice, and then managing vendor performance against contract specifications.