Speakers 2024 - Global Supply Chain Excellence Summit

PANELISTS AND SPEAKERS

Keynote Speakers

Dr. Noel Hacegaba

Deputy Executive Director/COO
Port of Long Beach

Dipti Gupta

Head of SRM Business
Samsung SDS America

Jett McCandless

CEO
project44

Geoff Brady

Head of Global Trade & Supply Chain Finance, Bank of America

Yujie Su

Head of Product Innovation
Maersk Global Innovation Center

Randy Kendrick

Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Xebec

Nick Vyas

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

Maneesh Apte

CEO
Real Simple Labs

Geoffrey Garrett

Dean
University of Southern California
Marshall School of Business

Technology Panel

Ana Achaval

Senior Manager, Globalization and Localization
AMD

MODERATOR

Barbara Bickham

Founder & Managing Partner
Trailyn VC

Sam Vahie

President and Chief Solutions/AI Officer
Advatix

Kimon Drakopoulos

Associate Professor of Data Sciences and Operations
USC Marshall School of Business

Robert Khachatryan

Founder and CEO
Freight Right

Manju Devadas

Founder and CEO
Pluto7

Sales and Operations

Alex Albert

Vice president, Xponential

MODERATOR

Aaron Zelhart

Senior Vice President, Global Supply Chain
Mattel

Alexandria Collis

Senior Director of Operations
Princess Polly

Andre Winters

Founder and Principal
HudsonWinters & Co. LLC

Chris Allison

Principal Consultant and Engineer
Explorer Systems and Industry, LLC

Michael Suh

Ocean Carrier Service Manager
Hyundai Glovis

Supply Chain Finance

Kaylee Karumanchi Lord

Director, North American trade product head
Bank of America

MODERATOR

Alvin Moreno

Director, Global Supply Chain Credit Risk
Nestle USA

Nicholas Sopkin

Managing Director, Head of North America
Procura Inventory Management

Tod Burwell

President & Chief Executive Officer
BAFT (Bankers Association for Finance and Trade)

Navigating the Digital Commerce Landscape

Dennis Yao Yu

VP of Sales and Business Development
Firework

MODERATOR

Rathna Sharad

CEO and Founder
FlavorCloud

Ronald Escopete

Co-founder/COO
BOBABAM

Sean McCartney

Chief Supply Chain Officer
StockX

Wynn Austin

CEO and Founder
Wynn's Kitchen

Environmental Social Governance

Dr. Greys Sošić

Senior Vice Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs
USC Marshall school of Business

MODERATOR

Bonnie Nixon

Director of Sustainability
Port of Long Beach

Brandon Frank

President/CEO
Pacific Product Components

Dr. Karen Eng

President/CEO
CSMI

Dr. Nicole Mau

CEO
Mau Consulting

Jack Braniff

Sr Director, Global Alliances
project44

John Keisler

CEO & Managing Partner
Sunstone Management, Inc.

Logistics

Gene Ochi

Board Member
TrendPoint Systems

MODERATOR

Andre Bryan

Managing Partner
BridgePort Group, LLC

Andrew Hwang

Director of Transpacific Export and Government Affairs
Wan Hai Lines USA

Jason Walker

Regional Head of Maersk Contract Logistics, NAM Region
A.P. Moller - Maersk

Rob Choy

SVP Hi-Tech
DP World

Scott McMurrey

Manager Specialty Sales
Fedex

Food Supply Chains

Carl Mount

Chief Supply Chain Officer
Zaxby’s

MODERATOR

Ron Volpe

CEO and Co-founder
TraceChain

Gregory V. Brown

Executive Director
The Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability

Dimitri Geges

Senior Director of Operations
Levitt Foods

David Stepp

Partner
Crowell & Moring LLP

Supply Chain Best practices

Sally Canario

Global Head of Continuous Improvement, Contract Logistics
Maersk

MODERATOR

Wayne Jepson

Global Key Account Manager
Rohlig

Mary McNelly

Vice President-Global Distribution and Logistics
Fender Musical Instruments Company

Markus Mau

President
European Logistics Association

Chris Longhito

Senior Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer
Global Industrial

Chris Bonner

SVP, Global Logistics
Lululemon

AI in Higher Education

Dr. Laird Burns

Associate Professor, Management Science Department
The University of Alabama in Huntsville

MODERATOR

Vishal Gupta

Associate Professor of Data Sciences and Operations
USC Marshall School of Business

Lisa Cherivtch

Distinguished Professor of Business
Oakton College

Elyse Hallstrom

Senior Data Scientist
Intel Corporation

Dr. Subhro Mitra

Associate Professor
University of North Texas - Dallas

Carlos Paternina-Arboleda

Assistant Professor
San Diego State University

Rethinking Higher Education Business Models

Dr. Sue Sundar

Director Operations & Supply Chain Program; Professor-Lecturer
University of Utah

MODERATOR

Dr. Yao Zhao

Professor
Department of Operations and Information Systems, Rutgers University

Dr. Tony Bell

Assistant Professor of Professional Practice
Supply Chain Management (SCM) Department, Rutgers University

Dr. Alireza Kabirian

Associate Professor of Clinical Data Sciences and Operations
USC Marshall