Overview
Speakers
 | Mike Durant |
 | John R. Bagileo has been practicing transportation law for more than 40 years, representing the interests of both carriers and shippers in regulatory matters. He has represented clients before state courts, federal district courts, the Court of Federal Claims, the Courts of Appeal, the U.S. Supreme Court, and federal and state transportation regulatory agencies. Bagileo earned the distinction of being one of the nation’s leading transportation attorneys by representing shippers, motor carriers, transportation intermediaries, railroads and ocean carriers. |
 | Tammy Beil is vice president of Marketing for FedEx Freight, responsible for strategic market planning, strengthening the FedEx brand, campaign execution, external communications and customer acquisition. With over 25 years of experience in sales and marketing, Beil has driven significant change across the marketing discipline, resulting in improved overall business performance and enhanced promotion of international business. She has been an integral part of the FedEx Freight growth strategy by introducing field marketing within FedEx Freight, leading the development of benchmarks through ROI models, and creating the basis for the CRM (customer relationship management) strategy. |
 | Donald J. Bowersox, Ph.D., is a university distinguished professor and dean emeritus of The Eli Broad Graduate School of Management at Michigan State University. Dr Bowersox retired from full-time teaching after forty years at MSU. He currently teaches executive education at the Broad School. During his career, he has served as an air force pilot and in various business and Board capacities. He has lectured and taught in over twenty nations and was a co-author of the first logistics textbook, published in 1961. His most recent book, co-authored with Nick LaHowchic and entitled, Start Pushing Your Chain! Leading Responsive Supply Chain Transformation, will be published this month. |
 | John Brockwell is the global supply chain management practice leader for JP Morgan Trade Management Consulting, where his focus is on finding opportunities for businesses to optimize their international trade by improving costs, cycle times and quality and by minimizing risks. He has an extensive background in global trade business and process evaluation, logistics planning, and decision support systems. Brockwell created several innovative decision support tools for logistics planning in his 15-year tenure at IBM, including one project which received a U.S. Patent and an IBM Invention Award. |
 | Michael J. Economides, Ph.D., is one of the most instantly recognizable names in the petroleum and chemical engineering professions, as well as the energy industry. He is a professor at the Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston, where he teaches and conducts research. Previously, he was the Samuel R. Noble professor of petroleum engineering at Texas A&M University and served as chief scientist of the Global Petroleum Research Institute (GPRI). Economides has authored and co-authored numerous publications, including the best-selling book, The Color Of Oil. |
 | Ross E. Eisenberg is environmental and energy counsel for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. He is responsible for promoting the Chamber’s environmental and energy policies in legislative, regulatory and other contexts. He is also committee executive for the Chamber’s Environment & Energy Committee. Prior to joining the Chamber, Eisenberg spent five years as an environmental, energy and insurance coverage attorney in the Washington, DC office of Greenberg Traurig LLP, where he represented large and small companies on a wide range of environmental and energy matters. |
 | Alan Gayle, is senior investment strategist and director of asset allocation for Trusco Capital Management, SunTrust’s $70 billion institutional money management subsidiary. Gayle has been with the Trusco/SunTrust organization for over 30 years. He has testified before Congress on economic and regulatory issues affecting the banking industry. He is also a member of the Blue Chip Financial Forecast panel, and is regularly quoted in the financial press, radio and TV. Gayle received his undergraduate degree from the College of William and Mary in 1976 and his MA in Economics from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1981. |
 | Hughlett M. Henderson is the president of HCI Corporation based in Lexington, VA, and more recently, HCI Madera SA de CV, its Mexico City based marketing arm. Previously, he was the president of Henderson Chemicals, Inc. of Philadelphia. Henderson’s expertise is in global technical marketing, supply chain optimization, global operations and analysis with manufacturers, producers and distributors. He has acted as consulting director to over fifty-six global manufacturers for industries including industrial and agricultural equipment, transportation, engineering and environmental systems, food processing, chemicals and biotechnology. |
 | Jon A. Langenfeld is director and senior research analyst, Robert W. Baird & Co., covering transportation and logistics providers including third-party logistics providers, integrators, truckers and leasing companies. He has been recognized by Greenwich Associates as the “Most Knowledgeable” analyst in the transportation and logistics space and by Forbes as among the “Top Equity Analysts - Best Earnings Estimators” in his sectors. Mr. Langenfeld frequently appears on CNBC and other financial media outlets providing insights on the transportation space. |
 | Michael McAdams, executive director government and public affairs for Hart Energy Publishing, has spent his career in Washington DC, both in government and industry, focused on energy and environmental policy. He directs governmental advocacy efforts for Hart Energy clients in both the legislative and regulatory arena. Having spent 14 years with BP Oil, as vice president federal affairs and the environment, he has been involved in every major federal energy and environmental effort over the last twenty years. He also served on the staff of several members of Congress including the current Chairman of the House Subcommitee on Energy and Air Policy, Ralph Hall. |
 | Luke Ritter is principal, global trade security for Ridge Global, LLC, a strategic consulting firm that advances the security and economic interests of businesses and governments worldwide. He left active military duty behind in the 1990s to pursue a private sector transportation career. Ritter is board certified by the American Society of Transportation and Logistics (AST&L) and holds a seat on the Transportation Security Council of the American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS). He is also the co-author of Securing Global Transportation Networks (McGraw Hill, 2007). |
 | Bob Rosenbaum is publishing director of the American Machinist/Welding Group at Penton Media. He joined Penton in 1999 as the founding editor for Supply Chain Technology News and was promoted to publisher in 2001. Rosenbaum also has served as associate publisher for Penton’s Logistics Today. He currently serves on the advisory board for Banyan Technologies, a logistics technology service provider; and is co-author of Supply Chain Excellence: A Handbook for Dramatic Improvement. As a journalist, he has earned more than 30 regional and national journalism awards; he is a past president of the Press Club of Cleveland. |
 | Neil Shister has been editorial director of World Trade Magazine since 2003. During his career as a journalist, Shister has been a correspondent with Time Magazine, television writer for The Miami Herald, editor of Atlanta (Ga) Magazine, senior vice president of Hill and Knowlton, vice president for Marketing Inc. Magazine Business Resources, and editor/publisher for PRTM Consulting’s Insight Magazine. Shister is the author of The Ten Minute Guide to Negotiation, which ranks among Amazon’s Top 50 titles in business negotiation and has been translated into German and Japanese. |
 | Dan Singer is the vice president of supply chain solutions for Averitt Express, Inc. He has worked in the transportation industry for twenty years. Singer started his career with Chrysler Motors, where he was responsible for analyzing and implementing just-in-time transportation programs. He then worked for Ryder Logistics where he was responsible for the comprehensive management of transportation services for a number of Fortune 500 companies. Since joining Averitt, Singer’s responsibilities have included logistics technology sourcing and implementation, and dedicated customer fleet and facility operations. |
 | Chelsea C. White III, Ph.D., is the school chair of the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial & Systems Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he is also the director of the Trucking Industry Program (TIP) and the former executive director of The Logistics Institute. White’s most recent research includes analyzing the role of real-time information and enabling information technology for improved logistics and, more generally, supply chain productivity and risk mitigation, with special focus on the U.S. trucking industry. White is graduate from the University of Michigan (UM) in Computer, Information and Control Engineering. |