PANELISTS AND SPEAKERS

2023
2022
2021
2020

Keynote Speakers

Gene Seroka

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

Dr. Nasim Afsar

Chief Operating Officer
UCI Health

Scott Penberthy

Director, Applied AI, Office of the CTO
Google

Nick Vyas

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

Aubrey Chernick

Founder
Celerium

Dr. Noel Hacegaba

Deputy Executive Director/COO
Port of Long Beach

Peter Jameson

Managing Director
Head of Trade & Supply Chain Finance
Asia Pacific Bank of America

Geoffrey Garrett

Dean
University of Southern California
Marshall School of Business

Randy Kendrick

Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Xebec

Global Trade and Economic Outlook

Moderator

Gene Ochi

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

Andrew Hwang

Manager
Maritime Business Development & International Marketing
Port of Oakland

Christopher Chan

EVP, Legal and Government Affairs - Lazada Group; General Counsel - Lazada SG & RedMart
Lazada, RedMart

Ignacio Benitez Landa

Director of Business Development
EDS Carriers

Jack Mahoney

President and Chief Executive Officer
Westwood Shipping Lines

Tom Kruse

Head of Procurement - Asia Pacific
DB Schenker

Supply Chain Resiliency

Moderator

Laird Burns

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

Fred Gilbert

Vice President - Strategy & Marketing
Performance Team

Jeff McDonald

Executive Vice President
NNR Logistics

Paula Natoli

Director, Supply Chain & Logistics Industry Solutions at Google Cloud
Google

Raziel Bravo

Senior Vice President, Strategic Management Office
GEODIS

Rudy Alvarado

Global Head of Supply Chain, Purchasing, Supplier Quality, Sustainability, Logistics & Customs
Kite Pharma

Emerging Technologies in Supply Chain

Moderator

Sam Vahie

President & Chief Consulting Officer
ADVATIX

Aljosja Beije

Director
BlockLab Rotterdam

Emanuel Greisen

Managing Director
PSQR

Eric Fullerton

Senior Director
project44

Manju Devadas

Chief Executive Officer
Pluto7

Robert Haney

Chief Executive Officer and Founder
Clockwork Logistics Systems

Lean Excellence

Moderator

Christianna Hayes

Chief Executive Officer
Impact Performance Solutions

Klay Grover

Chief Executive Officer
Homestead Cabinets

Justin Meehan

Plant Manager
Cytiva

Doug Carlberg

President and Chief Executive Officer
M2 Global Technology

Brian Bakke

Director Of Continuous Improvement
IDEX Health & Science, LLC

Global Food Supply Chain and Food Traceability

Moderator

Carl Mount

Chief Supply Chain Officer, Zaxby’s Franchising LLC

Bob Wolpert

Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer
Golden State Foods

Bradford Kent

Co-Founder/Chief Culinary Officer
Blaze Pizza

Frank Benso

CEO / President
Gateway America

Julie McGill

Vice President of Supply Chain Strategy and Insights
FoodLogiQ

Ron Volpe

CEO and Co-founder
TraceChain

Future State Supply Chain Network Design

Moderator

Dan P. Bumblauskas

Associate Professor
University of Northern Iowa

Craig Mygatt

Chief Executive Officer
Ceres Terminals Holdco

Dustin Teves

Vice President
Global Trade. Advisory Partners

James Nissenberg

Vice President
Santa Monica Seafood

Jeff Weiss

Partner, Supply Chain Team Lead
Steptoe & Johnson LLP

Manish Kapoor

Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Advatix

Supply Chain Finance

Moderator

Kaylee Karumanchi

Vice President, Head of North America Supply Chain Finance and Receivables Finance Product
Bank of America

Andrew Holmes

Head of Origination, North America
Demica

Nicholas Sopkin

Managing Director
Procura

Rani Surapaneni

Manager, Treasury & Risk Management
Mother Parkers Tea & Coffee

Robert Santo

Financial Services Director
Diageo

Women in Supply Chain

Moderator

Cindy Elliott

Director Business Industry Sector and Corporate Responsibility Lead
Esri

Dr. Sue Sundar

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

Hannah Kain

Chief Executive Officer
Alom

Reeanjou Ram

Chief Executive Officer
iTrazo Tracetech

Seema Gupta

Director, Supply Chain Optimization Technologies
Amazon

Future of Commerce

Moderator

Gary Sankary

Industry Marketing Strategy for Commercial Business
Esri

Laura Hoffman Duke

Vice President of Enterprise Return (Former Vice President of E-Commerce)
Walmart

James Prewitt

Group Vice President – Product Management
Blue Yonder

Greg Buzek

President and Founder
IHL

Brian Kilcourse

Principal
Retail Systems Research

Logistics, Transportation, Air, Sea and Ground

Moderator

Sam Ganguly

Global Supply Chain Manager
Tesla

Gary Kendle

Vice President, Operations
Pacifica Trucks

Jeff Kellan

Senior Vice President, Logistics Operations - North America
Maersk

Mike Webber

Airport and Cargo Planning Specialist
Webber Air Cargo

Ralph Riehl

Managing Director
DACHSER

Technology Innovation and Digital Transformation in Supply Chain

Moderator

Jeff Amerine

Founder and CEO
Startup Junkie Consulting

Gene Song

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
SeaVantage

Ben Jackson

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Bungii

Sean Petterson

Founder and Chief Executive Officer
StrongArm Tech

Michael Patton

Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Fetch

Aayush Thakur

Founder and Chief Executive Officer
FR8relay

Charu Thomas

Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Ox

Corporate Social Responsibility & Environmental, Social, & Governance

MODERATOR

Duncan Lodge

Director, Global Head of Traditional Trade, EMEA Head of Trade & SCF Product
Bank of America

Alvin Moreno

Director of Global Supply Chain Credit Risk
Nestle

Cindy Elliott

Director Business Industry Sector and Corporate Responsibility Lead
Esri

Matthew Arms

Director of Environmental Planning
Port of Long Beach

Ned Tomasevic

Business Sector Industry Lead
Reusability

Rob Barnes

Chief Executive Officer
Marco Polo Network