PANELISTS AND SPEAKERS

2022
2021

Keynote Speakers

Nick Vyas

Executive Director
Randall R. Kendrick Global Supply Chain Institute
USC Marshall School of Business
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Gene Seroka

Executive Director, Port of Los Angeles
Chief Logistics Officer, City of Los Angeles

Torsten Pilz

Senior Vice President and
Chief Supply Chain Officer
Honeywell

Geoffrey Garrett

Dean
University of Southern California
Marshall School of Business

Pat Gang

Managing Director
Global Trade Product Management
Bank of America

Dr. Noel Hacegaba

Deputy Executive Director/COO
Port of Long Beach

Allyson Nicholson

Vice President of Supply Chain Strategy and Design
Moderna

Supply Chain Finance

Geoff Gallipeau

Director
Global Trade & Supply Chain Finance PSS - Canada
Bank of America

MODERATOR

Dr. Laird Burns

Associate Professor of Management Science and Supply Chain Management
The University of Alabama in Huntsville

Dominic A. Capolongo

Chief Revenue Officer
Liquid X
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Alvin Moreno

Director, Global Supply Chain Credit Risk
Nestle USA

Disruptive and Emerging Technologies

Jeff Amerine

Founder and CEO
Startup Junkie Consulting

MODERATOR

Grant Langston

Chief Executive Officer
Warehouse Exchange

Lance Pshigoda

Vice President of Sales
DriveMyWay

Madhav Goparaju

Managing Director, Global Head of Digital Transformation, GTS Trade and Supply Chain Finance, Global Banking and Markets
Bank of America

Manju Devadas

Founder and CEO
Pluto7

T.J. Sangameswaran

CEO and Co-Founder
SupplyPike

Logistics and Transportation (Air, Sea, and Ground)

Stephanie Hughes

Global Client Manager, Lifestyle & Apparel
A.P. Moller - Maersk

MODERATOR

Abhishek Kapur

Chief Executive Officer
NEXT Trucking

Christopher Chase

Assistant Director of Marketing
Port of Los Angeles

Craig Mygatt

Chief Executive Officer
Ceres Terminals Holdco

Matt Schrap

Chief Executive Officer
Harbor Trucking Association

Achieving Efficiency, Agility and Resiliency

Nick Vyas

Executive Director
Randall R. Kendrick Global Supply Chain Institute
USC Marshall School of Business

MODERATOR

Abe Eshkenazi

Chief Executive Officer
Association for Supply Chain Management

Jason Walker

EVP, Operations WnD NAM
Performance Team/Maersk

Jeff McDonald

Executive Vice President
NNR Logistics

Raziel Bravo

Senior Vice President, Strategic Management Office
GEODIS

Samantha Galltin

Managing Director
Commercial Operations
Port of Long Beach

Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability

Cindy Elliott

Director Business Industry Sector and Corporate Responsibility Lead
Esri

MODERATOR

Christian Piller

Vice President of Research & Sustainability
Project44

James Schaffer

Chief Strategy Officer
Higg

Rakhi Agarwal

Global Head of Supplier Diversity, Procurement Sustainability & Risk Management
Sanofi

Global Economic Outlook and Trade

Gene Ochi

Executive Board Member
USC Marshall The Randall R. Kendrick Global Supply Chain Institute

MODERATOR

Andrew Hwang

Manager
Maritime Business Development & International Marketing
Port of Oakland

Christopher Slotten

Regional Head of LCL Product - North America
Maersk

Daniel Gardner

Chief Executive Officer
Trade Facilitators

Robert Choy

Global Vice President, Account Management
DP World

The Blockchain Technology Outlook

Arif Ansari

Professor, Clinical Data Sciences and Operations
USC Marshall School of Business

MODERATOR

Bill Inman

Co-Founder
Singularity Studio

Maneesh Apte

CEO
Real Simple Labs

Steven Lee

COO and CFO
Crowdz

Young-Sub Byun

Co-Founder
DOPE

Future of Commerce

Nikki Paripovich Stifle

Industry Manager - Consumer Goods & Services
Esri

MODERATOR

Arez Anjum

Senior Technical Project Manager
Project44

Casey Adams

Head of E-commerce Logistics North America
Maersk

Leslie Hand

Group Vice President
IDC Retail and Financial Insights
IDC

Mark Ryski

Founder & CEO
HeadCount

Steve Schwartz

Founder & CEO
Art of Tea

Global Food Supply Chain and Food Traceability

Ron Volpe

CEO and Co-founder
TraceChain

MODERATOR

Bradford Kent

Co-Founder/Chief Culinary Officer
Blaze Pizza

Dax Hansen

Dax Hansen
Founder, Oatman Farms
Partner, Perkins Coie LLP

Frank Benso

CEO / President
Gateway America

Thomas Burke, MPH

Traceability Manager, FSQA
Chipotle Mexican Grill

Women in the Supply Chain

Sally Canario

Global Head of Continuous Improvement, Contract Logistics
Maersk

MODERATOR

Caroline Brown

Senior Vice President, Global Commercial Banking
Bank of America

Nikki Boone

President, XPDEL and Global CRO
Advatix

Noramay Cadena

Managing Partner
Supply Change Capital

Shannon Leffler

Executive Vice President, Human Resources
GEODIS

Empowering Entrepreneurs (Small and Mid-sized Businesses)

Manish Kapoor

Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Advatix

MODERATOR

Elliott Darvish

Co-Founder, COO & CFO
Switch

Gene Ochi

Executive Board Member
USC Marshall The Randall R. Kendrick Global Supply Chain Institute

Ignacio Benitez Landa

Director of Business Development
EDS Carriers

Todd Marks

Founder and CEO
Mindgrub

Upskilling Your Workforce: Keys to Respecting Employees and Leveraging Talent

Chris Hayes

COO
Impact Utah

MODERATOR

Patrick Graupp

Vice President & Senior Master Trainer
TWI Institute

Michele Nash-Hoff

Founder & President
ElectroFab Sales

Celeste Ayers

Senior Manager, Operations Learning & Development
E. & J. Gallo Winery

Amy Altomare

Patient Services Quality Manager
City of Hope