Unternehmensleitung
GRÜNDER & CO-CEO
Ryan Petersen
Vor der Gründung von Flexport war Ryan Mitgründer und CEO von ImportGenius.com, einem Data-as-a-Service-Unternehmen für globalen Warentransport. Er studierte Wirtschaftswissenschaften an der University of California, Berkeley, und hat einen MBA der Columbia University.
CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER
Sanne Manders
Sanne leitet die Bereiche Operations, Einkauf und Carrier Relations. Bevor er zu Flexport kam, leitete er bei BCG die Customer Relations im Bereich Logistik und Lieferketten. Er hat einen Master of Business Administration der Columbia University und einen Master of Mechanical Engineering der Universität Delft.
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Kenny Wagers
Kenny steuert Flexports Finanzstrategie. Zuvor war er Leiter der Finanzabteilung von Amazon Worldwide Transportation and Logistics und hielt leitende und führende Positionen bei Fleetpride, XPO Logistics, Dr. Pepper Snapple Group und UPS. Er absolvierte einen Bachelor in Rechnungswesen und Finanzen und einen MBA in Finanzen an der Georgia State University.
CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER
Chris Ferro, Esq.
Chris leitet die Bereiche Recht, Compliance und Zoll. Er hatte ähnliche Funktionen bei Xoom und PayPal/ebay, wo er als Jurist angestellt war. Zuvor war er in zwei Kanzleien in New York City als Anwalt tätig. Er erhielt seinen BA von der Stanford University und erwarb seinen JD (Juris Doctor) an der Georgetown University.
EVP, SMB & Fulfillment Services
Parisa Sadrzadeh
Parisa is EVP of Small and Medium Businesses (SMB) Product and Technology. Most recently, Parisa was the Vice President of Worldwide Delivery Service Partner Product and Technology at Amazon and spent nearly 12 years at the company, leading across programs and teams including Kindle Direct Publishing, Prime Now, and Amazon Flex. She holds a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Washington.
EVP Customs, Trade Management, Financial Services and Enterprise Solutions
Nader Kabbani
Nader is EVP of Customs, Trade Management, Financial Services and Enterprise Solutions. Prior to Flexport, Nader served in numerous senior leadership positions during his 18 years at Amazon, including leading Supply Chain Operations, Kindle Direct Publishing, Amazon Logistics; Amazon Flex; Amazon Pharmacy, Amazon’s worldwide vaccination taskforce, and regionalization initiative. Prior to Amazon, Nader also spent three years at McKinsey & Company and was the COO at CALEB Technologies. Nader holds an M.S. degree in Industrial Engineering & Operations Research and a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M University.
EVP, Platform Engineering
Cheryan Jacob
Cheryan is EVP of Platform Engineering at Flexport. Prior to Flexport, he held senior positions at Salesforce and Microsoft, leading digital transformations that deliver robust products, services, and cloud technologies at scale. At Salesforce, he enabled revenue growth from $900 million to $3 billion by modernizing and transforming platform engineering. At Microsoft, he led a 1,500+ person global support engineering organization located in over 30 countries.
EVP, Head of Trucking
Bill Driegert
Bill is EVP, Head of Trucking. He was previously the co-founder and Head of Operations at Uber Freight, Uber's logistics business. Bill began his career in freight as the 4th employee at Coyote Logistics (acquired by UPS) where he grew the role to Chief Innovation Officer. Prior to joining Uber, he served as COO at Pillow Homes. He also spent time at Amazon as Director of Planning and Innovation. Bill holds a M.A. in Supply Chain from MIT, an M.B.A. from University of Chicago, a B.A. from Southern Methodist University.
EVP, Fulfillment and Parcel Delivery Product and Tech
Harish Abbott
Harish is EVP, Fulfillment and Parcel Delivery Product and Tech. Prior to Flexport, he was Founder and CEO of Deliverr. He developed his passion for technology and fulfillment at Amazon.com where he engineered fulfillment systems for Prime, Amazon’s 2-day nationwide delivery promise. Harish began his career architecting demand planning and supply chain planning for retail enterprises at i2 Technologies (now JDA Software). Harish holds a BS from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), MS in Operations Research from the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, and an MBA from Stanford University, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar.
SVP, Head of Restructuring and CEO Initiatives
Michael Brown
Michael is the Senior Vice President of Restructuring and Office of the CEO, overseeing key Flexport initiatives to create a world-class customer experience and scalable business. He has 25+ years of experience and held leadership roles in Fortune 500 companies as well as hyper-growth startups. He previously served as the VP/CFO at Honeywell Productivity Solutions and Services before joining Flexport.