Improving Supply Chain Strategy Through Process and People
Who We Are
Sophie Dabbs
Sophie is an executive leader, strategist, and coach. She is passionate about building businesses and developing teams. Dabbs is skilled at navigating both subtle and complex business challenges. Her pragmatic approach enables high-trust relationships that fast track both business results and personal development. She has a passion for supporting leaders and high potential individuals and facilitating executive strategy sessions in the supply chain space – especially during periods of transformation. Her experience in private equity and venture capital backed companies makes her uniquely qualified to help navigate the challenges and opportunities existing in that space. Dabbs has a record of leading successful change, developing high performance teams and individuals, as well as driving bottom line results. Connect with Sophie on LinkedIn.
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Career Highlights
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20+ years professional experience
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Supply & Demand Chain Executive Pro to Know – 2018
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Led Sales, Solutions Engineering, Account Management and Operations at 3PL, Carrier and Shipper organizations
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Engaged with hundreds of shipper supply chain organizations
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Former key roles at: C. H Robinson, Schneider National, Mondi Packaging, Transportation Insight and Transfix
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Executive Coach
John Richardson
John is an experienced supply chain consultant who specializes in leveraging analytics to improve business efficiency and strategy. Having worked for shippers, carriers, 3rd party providers and consultancies, John brings a broad supply chain perspective from procurement through delivery with a focus on process. Engaging in industries ranging from Retail and CPG to Automotive and Industrial across multiple geographies, John has developed the ability to engage at all levels of an organization to identify strategic improvements balancing cost and service. Having built successful teams from the ground up, John understands the importance of developing people to support business processes. Connect with John on LinkedIn.
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Career Highlights
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25 years professional experience
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Supply & Demand Chain Executive Pro to Know – 2016, 2020
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Executed optimization studies for over 50 companies and conducted light analytics for several hundred
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Llamasoft certified in Supply Chain Design, Network Optimization, MEIO, VRO
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MBA in Finance and Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering
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Former key roles at: JB Hunt Logistics, Wal-Mart, Chainalytics, Transportation Insight and Genpact
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United States Marine Corps Officer