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, Head of Trucking
Bill Driegert
Bill leads Flexport’s North America revenue and growth strategy at Flexport, as well as 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.
EVP, SMB & Omnichannel Fulfillment
Parisa Sadrzadeh
Parisa is EVP of SMB and Omnichannel Fulfillment. Most recently, Parisa was the Vice President of the Worldwide Delivery Service Partner Program at Amazon and spent nearly 12 years at the company, leading across programs and teams including Kindle Direct Publishing, Prime Now, and Amazon Flex.
SVP of Ocean Freight
Anders Schulze
Anders is responsible for Flexport’s global ocean services. Prior to leading global ocean freight, he led the company’s West Coast region, its fastest-growing. Anders came to Flexport from Maersk, where he spent 10 years in various senior roles within trade management, pricing and operations.
VP, Global Head of Airfreight
Zeid Houssami
Zeid leads Flexport’s global airfreight demand and procurement strategy. Prior to his role at Flexport, Zeid spent more than 15 years working at Expeditors International in various senior leadership roles as well as co-founded a logistics technology startup building a multi-carrier booking and visibility platform for shippers.
SVP, North America
Michael Brown
Michael is 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.
VP of Marketing
Ted Boeglin
Ted is Vice President of Marketing. His experience includes leading sales, account management, marketing and sales development in North America and managing the global small and medium business segment. Prior to Flexport, Ted was a senior leader at Google, where he led sales teams in Google Cloud for 8 years.
VP of EMEA
Doug Brown
Doug leads Flexport’s business in Europe. Doug has spent 18 years working at logistics providers and ocean carriers across domestic and international supply chain management. Fluent in Mandarin, Doug spent 14 years working in Asia, leading large teams, most recently Flexport’s Asian operations. Passionate about working in scale-up environments, Doug is an expert in complex supply chain management, and operational and commercial management.
VP of Greater China
Henry Ko
Henry leads corporate development, geo-expansion and GTM activities in APAC. Prior to Flexport, he held several senior leadership roles at DHL and SF Express, and was previously GM at LiFung KIDS, a member of Li & Fung Group.
Head of People
Nicole Romanowski
Nicole leads Flexport’s people and HR team. An established leader at the intersection of HR and operations, she’s driven complex change management and program development including payroll, total rewards, employee relations and HR information systems across a variety of businesses in the global logistics space. Prior to Flexport, she oversaw all aspects of HR operations for a 75-member client group at the Pacific Maritime Association.
Head of Flexport.org
Kristen Czapar Dohnt
Kristen leads Flexport.org, Flexport's social and environmental impact team. She oversees Flexport's humanitarian aid and global logistics responses, program development for sustainability initiatives, and the product and technology platform supporting both. Prior to Flexport, Kristen worked at tech companies in their pre-IPO stages including Uber and Airbnb. Across all roles, she has been passionate about using technology and process improvement to rapidly scale impact.