Guest Name: Izin Akioya, Editor and managing partner at Supply Chain Africa, Language: English, Publication date: Feb, 12. 2022 Izin Akioya is a Multidisciplinary Consultant & Entrepreneur. She is a fellow of the royal society of arts, manufactures and commerce, non-profit vice president marketing and board executive, co-host of the Africa Futures podcast and editor at Supply Chain Africa. A Nigerian native, maximalist fashion and travel lover, she is obsessed with her life’s mission:...

Guest Name: Izin Akioya, Editor & managing partner at Supply chain africa, Language: English, Publication date: Feb,12. 2022 Izin Akioya is a Multidisciplinary Consultant & Entrepreneur.  She is a fellow of the royal society of arts, manufactures and commerce, non-profit vice president marketing and board executive, co-host of the Africa Futures podcast and editor at Supply Chain Africa. A Nigerian native, maximalist fashion and travel lover, she is obsessed with her life’s mission:...

Guest Name: Philip Auinger, Supply chain career coach, Language: English, Publication date: Jan,26th. 2022 Philip Auinger is known as the Career Companion, a coach specialized on supply chainers. He worked in various SCM positions for 8 years and now as solo entrepreneur, he offers online coachings and trainings to supply chain professionals. Here, they learn the soft skills and the mindset which enable them to make their next career step with topics like dealing with choleric sales reps,...

Guest Name: Jean-Paul Rodrigue, Professor in Transport Geography, Language: English, Publication date: Jan, 18th. 2022 Jean-Paul Rodrigue received a Ph.D. in Transport Geography from the Université de Montréal (1994) and has been at  Hofstra University since 1999, initially at the Department of Economics & Geography and then at the Department of Global Studies & Geography. Dr. Rodrigue sits on the international editorial board of the Journal of Transport Geography, the Journal of...

Guest Name: Lebogang Letsoalo, Supply chain coach & mentor, Founder at Sincpoint, Language: English, Publication date: Jan, 8th. 2022 Lebogang Letsoalo ("Lebo") is a Supply Chain Coach, thought leader and currently a Chief Executive of Sincpoint, an organisation focusing on sustainable supply chain advisory, logistics and capacity development solutions. She founded the African Women in Supply Chain Association (AWISCA) (the first and only association in Southern Africa focusing on...

Guest Name: Johannes Kern, General Manager at Xiezhi Supply Chain Consulting, Language: English, Publication date: Dec, 21. 2021 Johannes Kern is an Affiliated Professor of Supply Chain Management at Tongji University and General Manager of Xiezhi Consulting, China. His research focuses on Supply Chain Management and International Management, particularly on Digital Transformation and on the impact of cultural influences on Buyer-Supplier relationships.  He teaches MBA and Master's students...

Guest Name: Masoud Talebi Amiri, Co-founder at Ponera Group, Language: English, Publication date: Dec, 03. 2021 Masoud co-founded Ponera Group in 2019. They are provider of a modular and digitally enabled industrial packaging solution to replace single-use pallets and crates. Their vision is to transform such consumable packaging material into intelligent assets, orchestrating an effective sharing economy and providing activity-based digital services to users from diverse industries,...

Guest Name: Joost de Kluijver (Founder and CEO, Closing the Loop), Language: English, Publication date: Nov, 18. 2021 Joost started a company that won the Dutch Circular Award in 2018. He works with companies, municipalities, governments and the technology sector in turning circular ambitions into appealing results. His company is known for its work in emerging markets, for its customer centric approach towards circularity and the fact that it got some of the leading telecom brands on board...

Guest Name: Vasilis Karamalegos, CEO & Co-Founder at Smarterchains, Language: English, Publication date: Nov, 13. 2021 Vasilis is a serial digital entrepreneur expert on online platforms. His expertise is on online peer-to-peer professional collaboration platforms & online marketplaces in knowledge verticals from supply chain consulting to impact investing & healthcare. Before moving to the digital world, Vasilis worked for 8 years in Procter & Gamble in the supply chain and...

Guest Name: Eugenia Ceballos Hunziker, Group Head of Sustainable Procurement at Holcim, Language: English, Publication date: Oct 27. 2021 Eugenia coordinates the Group’s efforts to deploy responsible sourcing practices across the supply chain, in the 70 markets where Holcim operates. Her main role is to lead the “Supply chain due diligence“ and “CO2 - Scope 3” programs in the Group. In addition to this role, she manages the Holcim’s Integrated Profit & Loss statement and represents the...

Guest Name: Edmund Zagorin, Founder and CEO of Bid Ops, Language: English, Publication date: Oct 23. 2021 Edmund Zagorin is the founder and CEO of Bid Ops., the first company to use artificial intelligence to fully automate supplier negotiations. As a strategic sourcing consultant, Edmund saw the inefficiency of combing through spreadsheets line item by line item to compare bids based on multiple different criteria, from this experience, Bid Ops was born. Bid Ops was the winner of the...

Guest Name: Erik Valiquette, Co-founder and President of the Canadian Blockchain Supply Chain Association., Language: English, Publication date: Oct 19. 2021 Erik is the co-founder and president of the Canadian Blockchain Supply Chain Association. Through their core services of Advocacy, Collaboration and Education, they bring together like-minded professionals who want to explore Blockchain in their supply chain. The member-driven association's goal is to accelerate the adoption of...

Guest Name: Toni Ann Careccio , Director of Marketing at PortPro, Language: English, Publication date: Oct 15. 2021 Toni Ann Careccio is the Director of Marketing at PortPro - a technology company building a supply chain operating system starting with their first product, a drayage operating system and network - drayOS. Toni is on the Board of Advisors for two investor-backed companies, Torch (https://torch3pl.com/) and Aloe Attiva (https://aloeattiva.com/). She is also a Co-Organizer of...

Guest Name: Renard Siew , Sustainability & climate change specialist, Board of Advisor to CENT-GPS, Language: English, Publication date: Oct 06. 2021 Dr Renard Siew is Board of Advisor to CENT-GPS where he is responsible for advancing the organization's work in the field of climate change and sustainability. He is the Founder of Accelerating Climate Action and has served as Co-Chair of the Climate Change & Disaster Risk Management Working Committee and UNEP-FI’s Collective...

Guest Name: Steve Shebuski , Vice President of Digital Strategy at Blue Horseshoe, Language: English, Publication date: Oct 02. 2021 Steve Shebuski is the Vice President of Digital Strategy at Blue Horseshoe. Steve has 20+ years of experience as a Program Manager/Design Lead/Project Manager implementing both Microsoft Dynamics AX / Dynamics 365 as well as tier I and tier II warehouse management and transportation software solutions. Steve's deep knowledge within the distribution industry and...

Guest Name: Valkyn Clive Dmello, Logistics and shipping expert, Language: English, Publication date: Sep, 28. 2021 Valkyn Clive Dmello, Indonesian citizen, was born in 1977. Valkyn started his career as a trainee in the Maersk academy (Denmark) with stints in vessel operations, yard and port operations, trade lane pricing and capacity management in India (1998 to 2001), followed by stints in China (2002 to 2004) and Indonesia (2005 to 2008) heading the logistics side of the business. Since...

Guest Name: Richard Markoff, Co-founder and Operating partner at Innovobot, Language: English, Publication date: Sep, 25. 2021 Richard is a supply chain researcher and lecturer at IMD, EPFL and ESCP Europe. He holds PhD and MBA degrees in Supply Chain Management. Richard has worked in supply chain for L’Oréal for 22 years, in Canada, the US and France, spanning the entire value chain from manufacturing to customer collaboration.  He is also the author of The Digital Supply Chain Challenge –...

Guest Name: Rachel Lemos, Director, Corporate procurement at Canadian Western Bank (CWB), Language: English, Publication date: Sep, 21. 2021 Rachel is a strategic and highly results-oriented procurement leader with over 20 years’ experience in international companies in the North and South America. Rachel has a diverse background, experienced in large organizations, well versed in various processes associated with private and public procurement, strategic sourcing and supply chain operations...

Guest Name: Johann Robette, Customer success manager at VEKIA, Language: English, Publication date: Sep, 14. 2021 Johann Robette is Customer Success Manager for key accounts at Vekia, an innovative SaaS software company that he joined in 2009. Vekia provides an APS solution that combines probabilistic demand planning, cost optimization, and automation. With a background in computer science and a deep passion for data analysis and supply chain, he initially took on technical and functional...

Guest Name: Faried Belbouab, Chief executive officer at Meratus Group, Language: English, Publication date: Sep, 11. 2021 Farid is currently the CEO (Chief executive officer) at Meratus Group, an integrated Indonesian shipping company providing point-to-point and network transportation solutions. Established in 1957, Meratus has grown into the following sectors: containers, charter, dry-bulk, terminals, logistics and LNG (JV). Visit the website to learn more about their business -...

Guest Name: Andreas Wieland, Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management at Copenhagen Business School, Language: English, Publication date: Sep, 07. 2021 Andreas Wieland is an Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management at Copenhagen Business School, where he is the Program Director of the Graduate Diploma (HD) in Supply Chain Management. His current research is about resilience and transformation.   His articles have appeared in journals such as the International Journal of...

Guest Name: Michael van Keulen, hief Procurement Officer at Coupa Software, Language: English, Publication date: Sep, 04. 2021 Passionate and seasoned procurement evangelist with a comprehensive track record of driving value through business transformation at global companies.  Michael van Keulen ("MVK") is currently the Chief Procurement Officer at Coupa Software, the global leader in cloud-based Business Spend Management software, where he is responsible for driving best-in-class...

Guest Name: Sara Iacozza, Chief data officer, UX Researcher and Co-founder R-ladies Italy Language: English, Publication date: Sep, 01. 2021 Sara Iacozza holds a Ph.D. in cognitive psychology and neuroscience, and she loves data because it gives her the chance to better understand people's behavior. She enjoys taking the time to explore the possible narratives data fit into and design information for her audiences in a strategic manner. Data is a medium, it's the story hidden behind that...

Guest Name: Dwiwahyu Haryo Suryo, EVP & Chief supply chain officer at Paragon Technology and Innovation. Language: English, Publication date: Aug, 30. 2021 Haryo is currently the EVP (Executive Vice President) and CSCO (Chief Supply Chain Officer) at Paragon Technology and Innovation (PTI), an Indonesian beauty company with the purpose of creating a greater good for the society through innovation. With more than 10,000 personnel all over Indonesia and an annual production of around 185...

Guest Name: Shash Anand, Vice-President of Product Strategy at SOTI. Language: English, Publication date: Aug, 27. 2021 As Vice-President of Product Strategy at SOTI, Shash Anand oversees the company’s evolution from a single product centered around Mobile Device Management to an integrated platform that solves many of the challenges around enterprise mobility and IoT management. Shash holds a degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Toronto, and an MBA from the Rotman School...