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This episode features Marine Corps Veteran, Houston Mills who is President of UPS Flight Operations and Safety and also introduces our listeners to Worldport and UPS Airlines. 

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Sue Schmidlkofer is the Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion for a global leader in logistics and the world's largest package delivery company, UPS. In this role, Sue helps oversee the company’s strategy to leverage the unique perspectives of more than 528,000 employees across the globe to foster an inclusive culture and equitable workplace. This global strategy is built on UPS’s ability to increasingly connect our customers, suppliers, employees and communities to propel growth and innovation.

Throughout her extensive career with UPS, Sue has held a variety of leadership roles primarily within Human Resources in Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, and currently at the company’s global headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. Sue serves on the board of the Georgia Diversity Council and the Atlanta Diversity Management Advocacy Group.

A native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Sue holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism and Spanish, and a Master’s Degree in Business Management and Human Resources. She is also SPHR certified through the HR Certification Institute.

Sue was named one of the 2018 Top Ten Champions of Global Diversity by DiversityGlobal Magazine. A few of her passions include mentoring, volunteering, reading, spending time with her family, cooking, and playing tennis.

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Join us for this episode as we talk with Air Force Captain Spencer Hardesty as we cover the Air Force Education With Industry (EWI) Program. Spence is finishing up his 10-month EWI Tour where he is assigned to the UPS Corporate Automotive Team. 

The Education With Industry (EWI) Program is a highly selective, competitive, career development program designed to improve the technical, professional, and management competencies of participating students by partnering with top tier public and private sector companies. During the ten-month tour, students embed with an industry team to meet their specific career desired learning objectives. Through hands on exposure to industry best practices, students develop the necessary competencies, skills, knowledge, and abilities to build, sustain and retain a mission-ready workforce, as well as learn how to better partner with industry in the future. The Program is sponsored by SAF/AQ and managed by the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT).

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In this episode we hear from US Air Force Veteran and UPS Trade Direct Supervisor, Vanessa Ingersoll. Vanessa was the first veteran I hired in 2008 and she has worked various roles including Global Government Operations, Expo 2020 Support and Trade Direct. 

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This episode features Scott Williams, US Army Veteran and Director of North America Marketing and Global Brokerage at UPS. Scott completed an internship at UPS after separating from the Army and completing an MBA and advanced up to the Director level.

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This episode features information on transitioning from the military and our guest is retired Army Command Sergeant Major Roger Roley who is a retired corporate executive and is the Southeast Regional Director for FourBlock.   

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This episode features Air Force Veteran Tom Philpot. Tom is the Corporate Security Manager for the UPS Corporate campuses located in Atlanta, GA.  His roles include oversight of three corporate campus facilities, provide support to the executive protection director, security oversite for the Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism program, custodian for the classified records program, along with being a liaison for our government and law enforcement relationships.  

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In this episode we feature retiring UPS Small Package Car Driver, Greg Scheider. He provides details on his 30+ year UPS career as a driver and Lloyd and Jim share their stories about being awarded the Jim Casey Community Service Award. 

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We feature Derrick Luzolo in this episode. Derrick is a Navy Veteran an Industrial Engineering Manager at UPS Capital. He also leads the UPS Corporate Veterans Business Resource Group. 

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Hire Heroes USA Director of Client Service Delivery, Elena Comperatore  is our special guest for this this podcast as we explore the challenges, advice and best practices to be more competitive in hunt for your next career.