Leaders in Tech and Ecommerce

David Warrick is a thought leader and industry expert in the field of Global Supply Chain and is currently the Executive Vice President, Enterprise at Overhaul. In his current role, he is responsible for the strategy and growth of the Enterprise business, as well as being a key member of the Executive Team.  Overhaul, is a software-based, supply-chain visibility, integrity, safety and security solution for the world's leading brands.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• David’s supply chain journey- joining Microsoft, the rollout of the first Xbox gaming systems, and joining Overhaul
• Case studies on addressing supply chain challenges and building partnerships
• What makes Overhaul different and partnership with Microsoft
• A quick dive into the tech space in supply chain - how Amara’s Law is affecting the industry
• The supply chain challenge is that you’re kind of judged on your last failure and not on your last success
• Advice to startups and up-and-coming supply chain executives

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 Johanna Småros (PhD) is one of RELEX Solutions’ three co-founders. Before founding RELEX, Johanna conducted ground-breaking research on retail supply chains. Johanna received the Young Scientist Entrepreneur Award in 2014 and the Veuve Clicquot Business Woman Award in 2017. In 2021, Johanna was recognized as one of the Top 100 Women in Supply Chain by Supply Chain Digital.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• Growing from around 800 to 2000 employees in the span of 3 years
• What are the most important milestones for RELEX - how they closed 500 mil euro funding round 
• 10 mil euro donated and 100 mil euro in stock for the RELEX Foundation  
• Five core values in RELEX - What does "Humble World Domination" mean to RELEX?
• Reducing food waste - how this makes a huge difference in the purpose of each RELEX employee
• What’s next for RELEX - expansion and growth 

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Ami Daniel is the CEO & co-founder of Windward. 

He developed his passion for the sea during his seven-year veteran in the Israeli Navy and founded Windward with the mission of bringing Predictive Intelligence and big data analytics to the maritime ecosystem. In the last two decades, Ami has harnessed innovation and a relentless focus on driving transformative change to build successful organizations in both the nonprofit and private sectors. 

He holds a BA in Law & Business from Tel Aviv University, and won numerous accolades over the course of his career, including the Ilan Ramon Award for Excellence and the Israeli President's Award for Social Good.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• Ami’s story from a Naval Officer to becoming Winward’s CEO
• What does Winward do and how they assist company clients
• Data collection process at Winward
• Prioritizing mental health and caring for personal and HR culture
• Essential soft skills for Winward is looking for future employees
• Book recommendations by Ami

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Martin Thaysen is the Chief Commercial Officer of Controlant. Prior to Controlant, he held a number of C-level positions as a CEO, CCO and Board Member within Supply Chain, Logistics, Shipping, Manufacturing, Professional Services in publicly listed and privately held companies. 

Martin is passionate about making a difference to businesses through Customer Experience, Digitalisation, Talent and Sustainability.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• Cold Chain is the new trend - Controlant’s story
• Controlant’s story - founding and their focused
• Quality and skills for a commercial talent
• Team’s career perspective at Controlant
• Major supply chain challenges pharma companies are facing
• Most sought skills in supply chain tech sectors

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Matt Petot is Founder and CEO at CargoAI. He has a creative and out-of-the-box thinker, pragmatic and proactive, has strong leadership, and team management, has good communication abilities, result driven mindset, fast learner, is multicultural and a team player, and is well-organized.

He also has experience in analytics, operations performance improvement, and global business strategy.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• How did Matt start his journey as an entrepreneur and ending up with air cargo
• What is the difference between Air Freight and Sea Freight
• The upside of air cargo due to the pandemic
• CargoAI for the next 5 to 10 years
• Solutions related to carbon neutralizing
• Keeping up with the team's mental health

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As co-founder and CEO of Navia, Simon Borg is committed to making people’s lives easier through innovative freight solutions. He works with a world-class team, that continues to find ways to exceed our customers’ expectations and future-proof our offer through constant innovation. From one side of the world to the other, they take the complications out of it through their freight and logistic solutions.

Simon is an avid futurist – always interested in how technology can add value to their customers and to Navia. He is actively involved in their technology team, specializing in big data, blockchain, IoT, automation, ML, and process improvement.

Navia is a fully integrated freight and logistics company offering all aspects of freight forwarding logistics including sea freight, air freight, customs clearance, 3PL, and e-commerce.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• Simon’s perspective on the “trends in supply chain”
• Journey in the freight forwarding business
• How the pandemic highlighted supply chain and how it helped Navia in terms of growth
• Regions Navia is currently covering and expansion
• Leadership style and company culture
• The situation of supply chain during a recession

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 Terry Chan is an eCommerce Supply Chain Leader with 25 years of experience in driving business growth.

Awarded the "Most promising business leader of Asia 2019" by Economic Times in Singapore, featured by Forbes in 2018 in Vietnam, and invited by World Bank as a speaker in 2018 in Vietnam.

An entrepreneur and executive: JUSTT GROUP (eCommerce Enabler), JUSTT BEAUTY (Healthcare), EC-POST (LogTech), Hong Kong eCommerce Supply Chain Association (HKeCSC) (the First & Only One in HK), held multinational organization leaderships (former GM Supply Chain Management at Alibaba/Lazada, general management/experience at FedEX, DHL eCommerce, S.F. Express, Swedish & Danish Post, KMB, Cathay Pacific).

Adjunct lecturer at the University of Hong Kong. Advisor/mentor/trainer for Hong Kong Sciences & Technology Park Corporation (HKSTP), Hong Kong Trade & Development Council (HKTDC), City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Federation of Youths Group (HKFYG). Consultant for Estee Lauder, UBM, GLG, Atheneum, KPMG, EY, Mckinsey, Deloitte, Accenture, 300+ Startups. Chairperson/Keynote speaker/Moderator for 120+ international conferences. 

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• Terry’s career highlights and Justt Group offerings
• Strengths and weaknesses of big eCommerce compared to the Western eCommerce businesses
• How can Western eCommerce businesses learn from Asia
• Pain points and lessons learned from eCommerce businesses
• How Justt group tackles the waste and environmental issues

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Since 12 November 2019, Stephan has been CEO of Transporeon. His professional focus has always been to use his wealth of experience to help organisations grow – and that is also his goal at Transporeon. Stephan spent 13 years working for SAP, including his role as managing director of SAP Switzerland and as chief operating officer for the DACH region. After his time at SAP, Stephan successfully shaped the development of ERP provider Unit4 over a period of five years, three of which as CEO with responsibility for more than 4,000 employees. Stephan holds an MBA from the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• How the last two years impacted Transporeon and the future of the company
• Acquisition and cultural alignment
• Transporeon’s sustainability initiatives
• What makes Transporeon unique
• Overview numbers of carriers and shippers in the company’s platform
• How they made their acquisitions - culture was a big part of it
• Transporeon’s culture and success

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About Nick Bartlett :

Nick Bartlett is a Co-Founder & Director of Sales & Marketing for Wayfindr. 

Nick brings 12+ years of experience across logistics, e-commerce, marketing, supply chain, and traditional retail across multiple from Asia pacific to US and UK. Nick who founded Wayfindr in 2015 and saw a unique opportunity in the market for approaching logistics services differently. 

About Chris Crutchley:

Chris Crutchley is the Finance and Operations Director for Wayfindr - a global B2B and e-commerce logistics company. 

Chris brings 10 years of corporate finance and operational expertise throughout Asia Pacific to this role. He strives to continuously innovate and challenge the way traditional logistics business is done and enjoys working with a vast range of clients to make their supply chains more efficient, to break into new markets, to allow clients to focus on growing their business. 

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• How Nick and Chris started Wayfindr
• Working on sustainability offsetting and carbon footprint emission
• Challenge for the next six months will look like for the freight business and logistics
• Future plans for Wayfindr and understanding what customers need
• The most important long term decision
• Soft skill required to be successful within the business

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James Chin Moody is co-founder and CEO of Sendle. Sendle builds shipping that is good for the world that helps small businesses thrive by making package delivery simple, reliable and affordable and is the only 100% Carbon Neutral Delivery Service in Australia and the United States.

James is an experienced senior executive and board member. He was a member of the Executive team at Australia’s national research agency, CSIRO, for eight years with organisational-wide responsibility for business development, government relations, international development and strategic foresight. He was also the Chief Systems Engineer for FedSat, the first Australian satellite to be launched in 30 years.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• Sendle’s origin story
• How Sendle became so big in Australia and USA
• Reaching a 100% Carbon Neutral Delivery Service
• Skills required to be successful in Sendle
• How to keep your sanity at work

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