Supply Chain Now Radio Episode 111

Supply Chain Now Radio, Episode 111
“Live from the eft Media Zone: Carl Citelli & Jonathan McCutcheon”
Broadcast from eft’s 3PL & Supply Chain Summit

Carl Citelli serves as Assistant Vice President for Sales & Business Development with CAI Logistics. Citelli joined the organization in 2016, and is an experienced practitioner of business development, supply chain optimization and modeling, and third-party logistics solutions. Citelli holds a B.A in Business Administration from SUNY and has a supply chain certificate from Georgia Tech in Logistics, Materials and Supply Chain Management. CAI Logistics is a global transportation company offering intermodal container leasing and sales, rail leasing and operations, and global logistics services. Established in 1989 and headquartered in San Francisco, CAI has grown into a leading expert in intermodal transportation, international shipping, and container sales and leasing. With offices around the world and a broad network of agents, depots, and carriers, CAI serves hundreds of the world’s leading shipping lines, shippers, and logistics users. The organization is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange: CAI. To learn more, visit: https://www.capps.com/

Jonathon McCutcheon, founder and CEO of Supply Chain Technologies has 30 years of real world experience in supply chain and supply chain technology. With a history of success in all facets of supply chain, for several Fortune 500 companies, he can put that experience to work for you, in an easy, inexpensive way with guaranteed results. Past Companies include: Ryder Logistics, Verizon, Pepsi/Frito Lay and Carvana. A certified Lean Six Sigma Black belt, Certified Transportation Professional (CTP), Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) and current board member of Block chain in Transport Alliance (BITA). To learn more, visit: https://sctechpro.com/

Lance D. Roberts serves as Branch Manager at Becker Logistics – a third party logistics company based in Glendale Heights, IL. In this role, he oversees all aspects of the sales and operations for the Irving, Texas facility. At the age of 47, Roberts has been involved in every aspect of the industry. He has spent 31 of his 35 years of business experience in management and leadership positions. A visionary entrepreneur even at a young age, Roberts found ways to make money, selling roses from his mother’s garden and going door-to-door in his Canyon Lake, California neighborhood selling candy. He also held garage sales, selling items around his parent’s house to make money. He paid cash for his first car at age 16 – a 1978 Honda Accord. Roberts spent the first ten years of his professional career at the Canyon Lake Property Owners Association in California, starting as an assistant to the golf pro, and then moving into administration where he was city maintenance manager. He later worked for Gottschalks department store in San Bernardino as a dock worker, and was promoted twice within two weeks to the role of shipping/receiving manager. In 1997 he spent five years with Roadway Express in operations management. During his tenure at Roadway, he successfully completed his Bachelor of Science in Business Management from University of Phoenix. Roberts attributes his promotion at Roadway and successive opportunities to the bachelor’s program. Roberts ran his own company as a truck broker/agent for Freedom Express. He then joined JTS in April 2003 as an agent in the Fresno office. Bringing a small book of business to the company, he quickly developed the dairy division within two months and as a result was promoted in 2003 to Director of Sales for the Dairy division. He left JTS in 2009 as VP of Sales and Marketing and then in 2010 he Open RLS a $65M 3PL & RTC a 20-truck operation. In 2012 Roberts sold the two companies and worked as VP of RMX then in 2016 he opened a consulting firm. Roberts successfully turned around 5 companies & a few M&A due diligence projects including a 100-unit trucking company and helped 3 start ups before joining Becker Logistics. Roberts while working at JTS, received a Master of Business Administration from the University of Phoenix in 2007. The masters program prepared him for the working world using real life business applications of the principles taught in the classroom for courses such as business, finance, sales, and human resources – all of which contributed to the creation of the JTS, RLS, RMX  and many of the turnaround strategic business plan. Roberts resides in Fort Worth, Texas along with his wife Amy, step daughter Asha and son Logan and has one step son in college in Wisconsin.  He is an ardent supporter of charitable organizations such as MDA, United Way, and Habitat for Humanity CEC and is active with his local church. In his spare time he enjoys spending time with his wife and kids and watching his kids hockey matches. Connect with Lance Roberts on LinkedIn and visit Becker Logistics’ website for more information: https://www.beckerlogistics.com/

Upcoming Events & Resources Mentioned in this Episode

Connect with Carl on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carl-r-citelli-94864/
Connect with Jonathon on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathon-mccutcheon/
Learn more about eft: https://www.eft.com/
Learn more about Becker Logistics: https://www.beckerlogistics.com/
2019 AIAG/SCAC Supply Chain & Quality Conference: https://myscma.com/scac-events/2019-supply-chain-quality/
Georgia Manufacturing Summit on October 9th:  https://www.georgiamanufacturingalliance.com/annual-summit
2019 Atlanta Supply Chain Awards: https://youtu.be/z8QCs8lgyMM?t=1
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