Logichem 2016 US (past event)
December 12 - 13, 2016
1.888.482.6012
Speakers
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Steve is currently the Manager, SC Operational Design North America. He leads a team that has responsibility for operational network design and SC Optimization in the region. He previously worked in Logistics Procurement serving in a variety of roles to include domestic and international modal management. Prior to working at BASF, he was with Honeywell working in a variety of SC Roles at both Business Unit and Corporate Levels.
Bernadine is the Demand Manager for Dow Coatings Materials North America, networking across Dow’s Acrylic Envelope to deliver a Gold Standard Transformation S&OP via Integrated Business Planning. Bernadine has over 24 years with the Dow Chemical Company and has held positions in the areas of process, project, maintenance and reliability engineering as well as e-business startups, supply chain management and customer service management. Bernadine is a member of the Dow’s Women’s Innovation Network, advocating for employee development and enrichment. In addition Bernadine also serves as a STEM Ambassador.
Bernadine has received various Dow T2 awards for delivering customer satisfaction and has been recognized as a Dow Solutionist and a 2014 WIN Champion.
Most recently Bernadine received the 2015 Dow Olympus Award for Superior People Leadership in recognition of her employee development efforts as Customer Service Manager leading 25 employees and contractors.
Bernadine is a 1991 graduate of The College of New Jersey with a BS degree in Biology, a 1994 graduate of Villanova University with a MS in Chemical Engineering, and a 2001 graduate of Olivet Nazarene University with a MBA.
Bernadine is a wife, and mother of 2 young children. Her husband of 12 years, Ralph Cataldo, is a pain management physician. Bernadine has volunteered for 4H advocating for STEM education as the leader of the 4H Cloverbuds Cherry Hill Science Explorers program where she has utilized portions of Dow’s STEM curriculum. In addition Bernadine is an active member of the Greater Women’s Leadership Forum of Philadelphia. The Cataldos reside in Cherry Hill, NJ.
Bernadine has received various Dow T2 awards for delivering customer satisfaction and has been recognized as a Dow Solutionist and a 2014 WIN Champion.
Most recently Bernadine received the 2015 Dow Olympus Award for Superior People Leadership in recognition of her employee development efforts as Customer Service Manager leading 25 employees and contractors.
Bernadine is a 1991 graduate of The College of New Jersey with a BS degree in Biology, a 1994 graduate of Villanova University with a MS in Chemical Engineering, and a 2001 graduate of Olivet Nazarene University with a MBA.
Bernadine is a wife, and mother of 2 young children. Her husband of 12 years, Ralph Cataldo, is a pain management physician. Bernadine has volunteered for 4H advocating for STEM education as the leader of the 4H Cloverbuds Cherry Hill Science Explorers program where she has utilized portions of Dow’s STEM curriculum. In addition Bernadine is an active member of the Greater Women’s Leadership Forum of Philadelphia. The Cataldos reside in Cherry Hill, NJ.
Bill Gilbert is Saudi Basic Industries Corporation’s (SABIC) Global Supply Chain Center of Excellence leader for the Americas region. His scope of responsibility includes implementing supply chain strategic initiatives and driving excellence across Strategic Business Units in the Americas region through continuous improvement, adoption of innovative solutions and best practices, and talent development. He has been part of SABIC for 17 years. Bill holds a BS in Civil Engineering from Clarkson University.
SABIC is ranked among the world’s largest petrochemical companies, and is a global market leader in the production of polyethylene, polypropylene, advanced thermoplastics, glycols, methanol and fertilizers.
SABIC is ranked among the world’s largest petrochemical companies, and is a global market leader in the production of polyethylene, polypropylene, advanced thermoplastics, glycols, methanol and fertilizers.
Siva Narayanan, Solvay’s Director of International Logistics & Warehousing, supports Solvay’s business units in International Logistics, Purchasing and Supply Chain Excellence. He is a member of Solvay’s Global Maritime Council which engages with ocean carriers worldwide. He has more than 35 years of international logistics experience which includes operations turn-around, change management, contracts and procurement, strategic planning, business development, logistics solutions and client relations. A major part of it was with the NOL Group. He started his career as a seagoing officer. He moved into ship management, and then into the commercial world of logistics.
In addition to the US, Mr. Narayanan has lived and worked in Singapore, Thailand, and India. He has presented his views on logistics-related matters at various industry forums, such as the Defense Attaché’s Forum in Washington, D.C., Shipping Digest in New York, ITCO in Houston, ICC in New Jersey, JOC events such as the Trans Pacific Maritime conference and others tailored for specific audiences and companies.
He is the past president of the United States Shippers' Association.
In addition to the US, Mr. Narayanan has lived and worked in Singapore, Thailand, and India. He has presented his views on logistics-related matters at various industry forums, such as the Defense Attaché’s Forum in Washington, D.C., Shipping Digest in New York, ITCO in Houston, ICC in New Jersey, JOC events such as the Trans Pacific Maritime conference and others tailored for specific audiences and companies.
He is the past president of the United States Shippers' Association.
Daniel “Dan” Beverly is employed by Eastman Chemical Company as Director of North America Logistics. Over the past 25 years, he has served the company in a variety of capacities, including Manufacturing, Sales, Indirect Procurement, Direct Procurement, Sales, Six Sigma, International Trade, Logistics Compliance and Logistics Management. While at Eastman, Dan has been involved in / has been a leader in a Logistics 3PL (Cendian) sales start-up, and has also served in Singapore as the Manager of Asia Raw Material and Indirect Procurement. A graduate of the University of Tennessee with a degree in Logistics, he has gained long term expertise in the areas of Railroading and International Trade. Dan is active in Boy Scouting and in numerous other community organizations. He and his wife Kristi have three children. In his spare time, Dan trains and runs in various sporting events in the “Clydesdale” category.
Laara Williams is Director of Supply Chain and Logistics for Honeywell Resins & Chemicals. She is accountable for the S&OP process and logistics execution for 8 billion pounds of product annually. She has 15 years of Supply Chain experience at Consumer Package and Chemical companies including Demand Planning, Supply Planning, S&OP, Transportation and Logistics.
Heath Dhayer has been in the chemical industry for 19 years - 17 of those with Nova. Over the 19 years he has held various positions in logistics, customer service, marketing, planning, business development and most recently supply assurance managing the aspects of sales and operations planning.
As an analyst, speaker and writer, Tom shares his wit and wisdom on politics, policy, the economy and investing. Though he plumbs a complicated topic, he does so with a comedian’s skill: His presentations are funny and accessible to a broad audience.
Tom’s sessions are content rich. As publisher of “Connecting the Dots” institutional investment research for some of the world’s biggest hedge funds and mutual funds, Tom draws on a vast array of topics. And because he’s actually in the business of making predictions for investors, he often goes out on a limb for his audiences. His impressive record of predictions has made him a top contributor to Forbes.com. Government never stops making policy so there’s always something to talk about.
Tom’s career on Wall Street began as an institutional equity salesman in 1994 at the Robinson Humphrey Co., Atlanta where he rose to be the top producer. In 2003, he returned to his hometown of Nashville, TN to become Managing Director, Head of Institutional Sales for Avondale Partners. He was recognized by Institutional Investor magazine as an “All American” broker in 2002 and 2003. In 2005, Avondale was awarded the Wall Street Journal’s “Best on the Street” award for producing the singe best stock-picking record among Wall Street firms.
In 2006, Tom joined Laffer Associates, an economic research firm founded by Reagan economic advisor and father of the “Laffer Curve,” Dr. Arthur Laffer. For five years, Tom worked closely with Laffer where he produced a weekly economic commentary based on Laffer’s supply side framework. Tom credits Dr. Laffer’s supply side framework for informing many of his opinions.
In 2011, Tom realized the dream of becoming an entrepreneur, co-founding Tell-Tale Capital Corp., a money manager and Standard Research Corp. to publish Connecting the Dots research. He is an advisor to some of the biggest institutional investors in the world.
Perhaps just as important, Tom was once a standup comedian performing at “Catch a Rising Star” and other leading New York comedy clubs. While many find little to laugh at regarding the current economic situation, Tom expresses a refreshingly contrary view.
Tom majored in English at Auburn University and attended Balliol College, Oxford University. He is married with three well-behaved children and currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee, one of nine states with no income tax.
Lisa Matsinger
Acting Staff Director and Hazardous Materials Specialist
Federal Railroad Administration
Acting Staff Director and Hazardous Materials Specialist
Federal Railroad Administration
Jeremy Pafford is Managing Editor for the Americas at ICIS, the world’s largest petrochemical data and information provider and a fast-growing provider of energy and fertilizer market information. In his role, he leads a team of 18 editors and reporters in the gathering and dissemination of information on petrochemical markets across North and South America, including data on chemical prices and stories on key developments in industry. Jeremy has worked at ICIS for nearly four years, serving previously as the News Editor for the Americas in ICIS’s News Department. He resides in Houston, Texas with his wife and two children.
Anthony Murray
Hazardous Materials Safety Assistance Team - Eastern Region,
Pipeline And Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Hazardous Materials Safety Assistance Team - Eastern Region,
Pipeline And Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Stephen Klejst currently serves as the Deputy Managing Director at the National Transportation Safety Board. As the senior career official at the NTSB, he assists the Managing Director in the executive oversight of the agency and serves as the NTSB’s Senior Agency Official for Privacy, Chief Human Capital Officer, and Senior Agency Official for Records Management. Prior to his promotion to Deputy Managing Director, Mr. Klejst served as the Director of the Office of Railroad, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Investigations. In this capacity, he was responsible for directing the investigation of accidents that occur on railroads, pipelines and accidents involving hazardous materials. Mr. Klejst joined the Safety Board in November of 2008 as a Railroad Accident Investigator where he served as the Investigator-In-Charge of both major and field investigations.
Prior to joining the NTSB, Mr. Klejst served over 30 years with NJ Transit Rail Operations and Conrail in both freight and passenger railroad operations. As the Deputy General Manager, he was responsible for accident investigation, regulatory compliance, employee occupational health and safety, passenger safety, quality assurance/quality control and all technical and operations training.
During his career, Mr. Klejst was an active member of Federal Railroad Administration’s Rail Safety Advisory committee and several American Public Transportation Association (APTA) committees including the Rail Safety Committee and Human Factors Subcommittee. He was instrumental in the development of APTA’s first Manual for the Development of System Safety Program Plans for Commuter Railroads and the development of uniform training standards for commuter railroads to support the implementation of the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) Qualified Maintenance Person regulation. Mr. Klejst also served on the steering committee for the Federal Railroad Administration’s pilot project on Confidential Close Call and Near Miss incident reporting and as the chairman of a Transportation Research Board technical panel on alertness and fatigue mitigation strategies for the transit industry.
Mr. Klejst received his bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from the University of Pennsylvania and a Master of Science degree in Management from the Stevens Institute of Technology. Mr. Klejst is also a Certified Safety and Security Director.
Prior to joining the NTSB, Mr. Klejst served over 30 years with NJ Transit Rail Operations and Conrail in both freight and passenger railroad operations. As the Deputy General Manager, he was responsible for accident investigation, regulatory compliance, employee occupational health and safety, passenger safety, quality assurance/quality control and all technical and operations training.
During his career, Mr. Klejst was an active member of Federal Railroad Administration’s Rail Safety Advisory committee and several American Public Transportation Association (APTA) committees including the Rail Safety Committee and Human Factors Subcommittee. He was instrumental in the development of APTA’s first Manual for the Development of System Safety Program Plans for Commuter Railroads and the development of uniform training standards for commuter railroads to support the implementation of the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) Qualified Maintenance Person regulation. Mr. Klejst also served on the steering committee for the Federal Railroad Administration’s pilot project on Confidential Close Call and Near Miss incident reporting and as the chairman of a Transportation Research Board technical panel on alertness and fatigue mitigation strategies for the transit industry.
Mr. Klejst received his bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from the University of Pennsylvania and a Master of Science degree in Management from the Stevens Institute of Technology. Mr. Klejst is also a Certified Safety and Security Director.
Paul Lord is a Research Director in Gartner Supply Chain Research. He has developed research content broadly on inventory management and advises companies across all industries on the topic. His research has ranged broadly into additional topics of interest to chemical companies and other process manufacturing industries ranging from supply planning and scheduling to bulk distribution logistics and order management. He monitors industry trends and advises companies on supply chain operating and investment strategy, and is among Gartner’s primary analysts in the development and maintenance of its demand driven value network (DDVN) framework and supply chain maturity assessment models.
Mr. Lord joined Gartner following the company's acquisition of AMR Research. He joined AMR Research after a 25-year career in the chemical industry, which included roles in R&D, operations planning, distribution management and product-line management. Mr. Lord holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Lehigh University, a master’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Illinois and an M.B.A. from Lehigh University.
Mr. Lord joined Gartner following the company's acquisition of AMR Research. He joined AMR Research after a 25-year career in the chemical industry, which included roles in R&D, operations planning, distribution management and product-line management. Mr. Lord holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Lehigh University, a master’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Illinois and an M.B.A. from Lehigh University.
Gideon Gradman is an energy executive and advisor on matters of energy, environmental and industrial development. He has over 15 years of experience in business development, government affairs and industrial real estate development in the energy & chemicals, electric power, and waste management sectors. Mr. Gradman has served as both a company executive and as an advisor to multinational energy and chemicals companies as well as to venture capital portfolio managers.
Mr. Gradman Managing Director of Integrated Energy Advisors where he advises select clients on corporate strategy and energy project development with a particular focus on natural gas-related industries. He also advises cities and regional government agencies on economic development strategies to boost import/export and foreign direct investment opportunities. Previously, he was Director of Business Development for Braskem, a worldwide maker of polymers and petrochemicals, where he focused on advancing the company’s North America growth strategy through the development of new businesses, new manufacturing and new logistics assets. Prior to his work at Braskem, Mr. Gradman served as Vice President of Corporate Development and Government Relations for Ze-gen, a renewable power company, as Director of Strategy & Business Development for GreatPoint Energy, as Senior Associate and Energy Industry Advisor at Charles River Associates, and as a consultant and contract negotiator with Deloitte.
Mr. Gradman is also active in the community. In 2006, he was appointed by Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney to serve as a Public Member on the Massachusetts Energy Facility Siting Board. The Energy Facilities Siting Board is the state-wide authority charged with licensing the construction of major energy infrastructure in the state, including large power plants, electric transmission lines, natural gas pipelines and natural gas storage facilities. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Gold Standard Foundation USA and is an Industry Champion for the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Gradman holds an MBA and a Masters degree in Public Policy from the University of Chicago as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and a Bachelor of Science in Applied Science from Washington University in St. Louis.
Mr. Gradman Managing Director of Integrated Energy Advisors where he advises select clients on corporate strategy and energy project development with a particular focus on natural gas-related industries. He also advises cities and regional government agencies on economic development strategies to boost import/export and foreign direct investment opportunities. Previously, he was Director of Business Development for Braskem, a worldwide maker of polymers and petrochemicals, where he focused on advancing the company’s North America growth strategy through the development of new businesses, new manufacturing and new logistics assets. Prior to his work at Braskem, Mr. Gradman served as Vice President of Corporate Development and Government Relations for Ze-gen, a renewable power company, as Director of Strategy & Business Development for GreatPoint Energy, as Senior Associate and Energy Industry Advisor at Charles River Associates, and as a consultant and contract negotiator with Deloitte.
Mr. Gradman is also active in the community. In 2006, he was appointed by Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney to serve as a Public Member on the Massachusetts Energy Facility Siting Board. The Energy Facilities Siting Board is the state-wide authority charged with licensing the construction of major energy infrastructure in the state, including large power plants, electric transmission lines, natural gas pipelines and natural gas storage facilities. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Gold Standard Foundation USA and is an Industry Champion for the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Gradman holds an MBA and a Masters degree in Public Policy from the University of Chicago as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and a Bachelor of Science in Applied Science from Washington University in St. Louis.
John Bozec serves as senior vice president and general manager of Schneider Bulk, the premier provider of truckload and intermodal services within the liquid specialty chemical segment. He is responsible for all aspects of the Bulk business including, sales and marketing, operations and customer service. Schneider is a recognized leader in the safe transport of specialty chemicals, serving many of the world’s largest chemical producers.
Previously, Bozec was a regional vice president within Schneider Van Truckload Services division. In this position, he was responsible for operational, commercial and market execution in the eastern region of the United States.
Bozec began his professional career with Schneider in 1994 as a service team leader in the company’s Des Moines, IA division. Since then, he has held leadership positions in Brokerage, Sales, Customer Service and Operations. He assumed his current position in 2015.
Prior to joining Schneider, Bozec was a district supervisor for Aldi Foods and had store accountability in central and north central Iowa.
Bozec is a member of the Supply Chain Advisory Board for Northeast Wisconsin Technical College. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in economics from the University of Iowa and an MBA from the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh.
Previously, Bozec was a regional vice president within Schneider Van Truckload Services division. In this position, he was responsible for operational, commercial and market execution in the eastern region of the United States.
Bozec began his professional career with Schneider in 1994 as a service team leader in the company’s Des Moines, IA division. Since then, he has held leadership positions in Brokerage, Sales, Customer Service and Operations. He assumed his current position in 2015.
Prior to joining Schneider, Bozec was a district supervisor for Aldi Foods and had store accountability in central and north central Iowa.
Bozec is a member of the Supply Chain Advisory Board for Northeast Wisconsin Technical College. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in economics from the University of Iowa and an MBA from the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh.