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olls including roles in operations,
staff, administration and general
management for a number of different
divisions. He also served as the
TNT board member representing
North America at their Europeanbased
board meetings. He has served
on the executive of the Canadian
General Motors Supplier Council as
well as Executive Vice President of the
ATA Council of Logistics located in
Alexandria, Va.
ROSS REIMER, founder of Reimer
Associates Inc., a firm that provides
services in management consulting,
mergers and acquisitions, and executive
search and recruiting, has extensive
experience in all areas of operations
and supply chain management.
Mr. Reimer founded Reimer
Associates, Inc., after more than 20
years of senior-level experience in
logistics.
DR. LYNN FERGUSON is a recruiting
and communications specialist
with Reimer Associates, Inc. She has
spent more than 15 years helping
clients to clarify their corporate message
and communicate it effectively
to their customers. Dr. Ferguson
holds a Ph.D. from the University of
Toronto.
HEATHER CARTWRIGHT is the
CEO of Logixsource Consulting Ltd.
Founded in 2001, Logixsource works
with clients to plan, implement and
support value chain strategies and
solutions to create competitive advantage
and increase shareholder value.
REBECCA S. JASPER, CPIM, MBA, is
currently President of JASPERsolutions
LLC, a supply chain consultancy firm.
She has 13 years of management, consulting
and supply chain experience
working in the steel, ferrous products,
aluminum, health, chemical, oil &
gas, e-commerce, linen supply, entertainment,
fast food and utilities
industries. She has consulted in the
USA as well as in Japan, France and in
the Congo.
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Rebecca Jasper is fluent in
Japanese and French. She has a BBA
in International Business from St.
Mary's College and a second major in
Japanese from the University of Notre
Dame. She received her MBA in
Supply Chain Management at the
University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
MIKE BERNOS is senior manager
of corporate communications for
TNT Logistics North America. He
has written for Gannett News Service
and USA TODAY, as well as served as
editor for several leading trade publications.
Mr. Bernos is a member of
the Transportation Marketing and
Communications Association and is
a graduate of Springhill College.
DALE ROSS is the Vice President
Logistics for Effem Inc. the
Canadian division of Mars Inc. Dale
has over 25 years experience as a
practitioner in distribution, purchasing,
inventory control, warehousing,
transportation, forecasting
and customer service. He has held
senior positions in major international
corporations.
Mr. Ross has an Honors degree in
Economics and an M.B.A. from
Wilfrid Laurier University and has
taught material management courses
at local community colleges. He is a
member of Supply Chain & Logistics
Canada and the Council of Logistics
Management.
PAUL RAGAN has been involved in
the North American logistics industry
for over 25 years. From his roots in
Western Canada to responsibility for
distribution and transportation for
one of Canada's leading retailers. He
also held executive positions in the
3PL sector withLivingston and as the
President of Burnham and Nadiscorp
Logistics. In 2002 Mr. Ragan founded
Ragan Enterprises Inc. a consulting
firm specializing in mergers and
acquisitions in the logistics and transportation
marketplace.
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Mike Bernos
Senior Manager, Corporate
Communications,
TNT Logistics North America
David J. Closs
Department of Marketing and
Supply Chain Management,
Michigan State University
Jim Davidson
Vice President,
iWheels Logistics
Russ J. Doak
Director of Global Warehousing,
CREO
Jim Ellis
Senior Manager,
BearingPoint LP.
David Faoro
Director Transportation,
Unisource Canada Inc.
John Ferguson
Vice President,
Sales and Marketing,
PBB
Sarah Friesen
Director,
Supply Chain Services
and Biomedical Engineering,
Sunnybrook & Women’s
College Health Sciences Centre
Benjamin Gordon
Managing Director,
BG Strategic Advisors
Joe Grubic
Senior Manager,
Alliance/Network Management,
Nortel Networks Global Logistics
Rob Hamilton
Planning, Timing &
Control Manager,
DaimlerChrysler
George Kuhn
Executive Director,
CIFFA
Pierre Massicotte
Vice President Supply Chain,
L’Oréal
Mark Morrison,
Senior Vice President of
Business Development,
TNT North America
Tom Nightingale
Vice President,
Corporate Marketing,
Schneider National, Inc.
Robert Novack
Associate Professor of
Business Logistics,
Department of
Business Logistics,
Penn State University
Stuart Penman
Vice President of Logistics
Acklands-Grainger Inc.
Jason Read
Partner,
3PL Links Inc.
Eric Dewey
Vice President
Schenker of Canada Ltd.
Kurt M. Ritcey
Partner,
Deloitte Consulting
Larry Rodo
Senior Vice President,
Sales and Marketing,
Nadiscorp Logistics Inc.
Nicholas Seiersen
Senior Manager,
BearingPoint LP.
Michael Snedden
Manager of
Distribution Operations,
IBM-Canada Ltd.