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Andrea di Bella | CEO & Founder of MHART

Andrea di Bella has more than 25 years of experience in the material handling industry, having served SDI Group as South Europe CEO until 2015 and from 2016 as CEO & Founder of MHART.

Operating for the world largest and best known luxury and fashion brands, MHART designs and delivers highly specialized and innovative solution for DCs for the apparel vertical market.

The new logistic challenges driven by the multi-channel operations places MHART as a key supplier in large strategical projects that see the integration of the MHART products (Garment on Hangers Technologies) with new and innovative technologies such as AutoStore and Pouch Sorter Applications.

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David Schwebel | RightHand Robotics | Head of Sales, Marketing, Strategic Business, and Corporate Development 

David Schwebel is an experienced leader in the realm of supply chain automation and system integration. With over two decades of experience, he has held a number of executive roles with Grenzebach Maschinenbau, and Swisslog, such as Vice President, or SVP-level positions. In these roles, David has been responsible for business development, and market intelligence in North America, as well as worldwide. He is currently Head of Sales, Marketing, Strategic Business, and Corporate Development at RightHand Robotics. David also chairs the Solutions Community and the Startup Community, at MHI (Material Handling Industry).

David Schwebel is a graduate of North Carolina State University with both a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering and a master’s degree in integrated manufacturing systems engineering. He is also an ASQ Certified Six Sigma Lean Black Belt.

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Ben Elwood | Levi Strauss & Co | Director, Distribution for LS & Co

Ben Elwood serves as the Director, Distribution for Levi Strauss & Co.  His current responsibilities include overseeing the day-to-day operations of the facility specifically focusing on process improvements, employee safety, engagement and retention, and strategic planning.  Ben was named a 2021 Impact Award Winner from LS & Co for his involvement in bringing Levi’s West Coast Ecom fulfillment into the Henderson DC in the summer of 2022.

Prior to joining Levi Strauss & Co in 2019, Ben spent 15 years at Under Armour in progressing roles. Ben started at UA in 2004 and immediately helped support the opening of a 360k sq ft facility in Baltimore, MD.  When Ben started with UA, they were $200M in revenue and grew to over $5B in annual review in 2019.  During that time, Ben had the opportunity to support the opening of several distribution centers across the US and Canada – Baltimore, MD; Rialto, CA; Nashville, TN and Toronto, Canada contributing to the growth and success of Under Armour.  Prior to leaving UA, Ben was responsible for opening a state of the art 1.3M sq ft Omni-channel DC in Baltimore, MD.

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Chad Duennes | JCPenney | Senior Vice President of Supply Chain

Chad Duennes is senior vice president of supply chain, reporting to Laurie Wilson, chief supply chain officer, senior vice president planning & allocation and pricing. Duennes is responsible for the Company’s logistics, retail, and eCommerce distribution center operations, including supply chain strategy, analytics, engineering, and systems.
In May 2012, Duennes joined JCPenney as east region senior director of supply chain operations. In May 2015, he was appointed sr. director of supply chain strategy, engineering, and analytics, advanced to vice president in April 2020, and promoted to his current position December 2022. Prior to joining JCPenney, he held several director-level positions at PepsiCo in sales, supply chain, and sales operations over more than eight years.
Duennes began his career with the Naked Juice Company where he progressed to general manager and director of national field sales and operations.
Chad lives in McKinney, TX with his wife and two children. He holds a Bachelor of Business degree from Ohio University.

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Brian Gibson | Auburn University | Wilson Family Professor & Executive Director of the Center for Supply Chain Innovation

Dr. Brian Gibson serves as the Wilson Family Professor of Supply Chain Management and Executive Director of the Center for Supply Chain Innovation at Auburn University. He recently completed a Fulbright Finland professorship at the Hanken School of Economics in Helsinki. His 30-plus years of research and teaching is complimented by ten years of retail logistics management experience with Meijer and Dayton-Hudson (Target). Gibson is very active in association leadership, serving as an officer for the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals and on the supply chain steering committee for the Retail Industry Leaders Association.

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César Osorio | Soprole | Director of Supply Chain

César has been with SOPROLE, Chile’s #1 dairy producer, for over 17 years. He’s been in production, sales, and logistics, and has been a part of rapid levels of sales and productivity growth. As Director of Supply Chain, he is in charge of streamlining processes nation-wide, taking into account the importance of the flexibility and customization required to successfully satisfy the demands across channels, which ultimately allows him to have a customer-centric experience.

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Jay Kent | SLB Performance | Managing Director

Jay has more than 25 years of experience in growth and turn-around companies with deep expertise in supply chain, global/domestic transportation, operations, omnichannel, retail, B2B, 3rd party logistics, vendor management, manufacturing (nutraceutical and pharmaceutical), raw material procurement, contract sales, industrial engineering, inventory planning/allocation, technology deployment, wholesale and C-Suite executive leadership for medium to Fortune 150 companies. Prior to SLB Performance, Jay was the Chief Supply Chain Officer for General Nutrition Centers (GNC) responsible for end-to-end supply chain from seed to shelf for the 9100 stores worldwide in over 50 countries, omni-channel fulfillment, manufacturing, wholesale and contract sales business. Jay was responsible for the strategy/design and supply chain transformation for several companies in his career. Prior to GNC, Jay held senior executive leadership positions for Kohl’s Department Stores, Linens N Things, Macy’s, Toys R Us and Tiger Direct. Jay serves on the University of Pittsburgh Katz Business School Advisory Council, Supply Chain Leaders Council for Retail Industry Leaders (RILA) and speaks at conferences throughout the US on a multitude of topics that affect business leaders today.

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Nate Schisler | Maven Circular| Co-Founder and “Chief Maven”

Nate has spent nearly 2 decades working at the intersection of operations, process and technology for some of the world’s leading apparel brands.  He has opened, relocated, and retrofitted distributions centers across North America and globally  and supported new category launches, international expansions and built successful 3PL partnerships.  In late 2020, as the world was starting to return to normal, Nate left the corporate world to pursue a passion project: he started a consulting practice which allowed him to offer his experience as a fractional resource to small companies who needed help scaling their supply chain operations.  This decision led to his introduction to the branded resale of used goods (Recommerce) – a topic which is now the sole focus Maven Circular, the firm he co-founded with his wife.  Nate, his wife Jessica, and a small team of associate resources are now advising companies on the leading edge of the ongoing e-commerce evolution; supporting the brands, technologists and operators who build and launch recommerce programs as well as the investors who are supporting rapid growth in the space.