Our People:

Chuck Franzetta -- Over 25 years experience as a logistics professional
Yoshio Gotoh -- An expert in Asian/American supply chain management.
Gene Tyndall --Globally recognized supply chain consultant and thought leader
Dan DiMaggio -- 35-year track record of successful global logistics innovation
Rick Russell -- Innovator of specialized supply chain services
Hughena Brennan -- Canadian expert in strategic value and technology
Susan Evans -- Specializing in Europe, Middle East and Africa Valuechain
Chuck Foust -- Former GE executive with grassroots focus
Pat Blake -- Advocate of using SCM to create value to build market share
John McKenna -- Veteran project management specialists with global experience
Michelle Stone -- Using supply chain concepts to build bottom-line value.
Bill Lusk -- 28 years building successful sales, marketing and operations teams
David Adams -- Thought leader in supply chain and logistics for the hospitality industry
Scott Frey - Consumer packaged goods expert
Roger Johnson -- SCM specialist for Central and Eastern Europe
Irv Grossman -- Experience matching technology with people for SCM results
Jean Franzetta -- Chief operating officer and chief financial officer

Chuck Franzetta
Over 25 years experience as a logistics professional

  Chuck Franzetta manages a supply chain management consulting firm, which consistently demonstrates the capability of adding quantifiable value throughout the global supply chain, concentrating on growing profitable revenues for mid-market companies, in a continuously changing competitive environment.

  He is the CEO of Franzetta & Associates, Inc., a firm founded by him, on the principle that SCM is the most viable element affecting a company's ability to enhance its ValueChain, primarily by growing profitable revenues.  more

Yoshio Gotoh
An expert in Asian/American supply chain management.

  Yoshio Gotoh is CEO of Gotoh International LLC. Headquartered in suburban Chicago, Gotoh International specializes in assisting North American middle market firms to integrate their domestic operations into a global supply chain. The company’s primary focus is Asian interface, particularly involving vendor relationships, logistics and inventory control involving China, Japan and Southeast Asia.

  Mr. Gotoh brings nearly 40 years of diverse international logistics and trading company expertise to his supply chain practice.  more

Gene Tyndall
Globally recognized supply chain consultant and thought leader

  Founding partner of Supply Chain Executive Advisors, LLC, Gene is a globally recognized Supply Chain Management business executive, management consultant and thought leader. He has advised executives at over 100 global corporations in consumer products, automotive and industrial, electronics, health care, chemicals, pharmaceuticals and technology in over 40 countries during his consulting career.

  His work has generated billions of dollars in savings and value creation from supply chain improvements and transformations.  more

Dan DiMaggio
35-year track record of successful global logistics innovation

Mr. DiMaggio’s knowledge of logistics builds on his 35-year career with UPS. Early on he held various positions in UPS District and Regional Engineering functions and Operations. He then moved to the engineering department, where his team was responsible for all planning, production management, work measurement and cost controls.

In 1989 he was promoted to manage all UPS Industrial Engineering in the U.S., with total revenue of  about $25 billion, supervising some 2,500 engineers. Two years later he was again promoted, to V.P. of Marketing to manage UPS Air Products in the U.S., a $7 billion unit.

In 1994 he was given responsibility for UPS International Marketing activities, with revenue of approximately $5 billion, directing a team located in London, Germany, Singapore, Latin America and Canada. Under his leadership the marketing operation contributed to a turnaround in International from a money-losing unit to one that become one of the most profitable business units in UPS.

Dan was promoted in 1995 to CEO of UPS Logistics, which until then was a small operations in parts warehousing in Kentucky with less than $10M annual revenue. He led a team that implemented operations from the ground up in virtually every major country in the world. Dan also was responsible for the acquisitions and integration of over 15 companies and brought the company to breakeven by 2001, with revenue of approximately $1.2 billion.

From 2002 until his retirement from UPS in 2006, Dan managed the acquisition of Overnight Transportation and launched UPS Freight, a $2 billion business. 

Rick Russell
Innovator of specialized supply chain services

  Richard (Rick) L. Russell is the president and owner of A. Arnold, which he built from a single line moving and storage company to a diversified, multi-location services company, tripling revenues during his tenure leading the firm.

  Prior to buying A. Arnold, Rick spent ten years as president of Mayflower, the fourth largest moving company in the US, with revenues in excess of $500 million. While leading Mayflower, Mr. Russell diversified the firm's services, initiating one of the earliest entries into providing comprehensive third party logistics services.

  Mr. Russell has consistently championed the concept of total supply chain management as an instrument of growth. He has demonstrated to middle-market customers how comprehensive integration of supply chain management with marketing and production planning can lead to greater cost control and increased revenues.

Hughena Brennan
Canadian expert in strategic value and technology

  Hughena Brennan's career has focused almost exclusively on identifying opportunities for developing value through her client's supply chain, with a focus not only on cost control but on the growth in revenues and profits that can be stimulated through advanced supply chain management.

  She is the founder and CEO of Value Innovations, Inc., located in suburban Toronto, Canada, which focuses on strategic value assessment for clients such as McDonald's, SAP, Pacer Global, McLane, and Microsoft. Ms. Brennan has held value focused roles at both Oracle and i2 Technologies, where she identified over $200 Million value for Fortune 500 companies, through i2's supply chain practice. She developed a strong understanding of international logistics experience while working with Canadian National Railway and a variety of other diverse transportation entities.

  Ms. Brennan was awarded her MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario and her Honours Diploma from the University of Toronto. She studied logistics strategies at Georgia Tech.

  She has published several papers including NAFTA - Mexican Infrastructure ~ Will It Support NAFTA Growth? and Infrastructure - South East Asia and China Versus North America.

Susan Evans
Specializing in Europe, Middle East and Africa Valuechain

Susan Evans, who provides a presence in Europe, the Middle East and Africa for Franzetta & Associates, has lived most of her adult life outside the US, and now works from an office in Italy.

  Ms. Evans has spent the last nine years working in support of supply chain management with   business and government entities in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Recent projects include participation in World Customs (WCO) Supply Chain Security Task Force, European Union and US Trade Development agency security and supply chain projects. She supports the Smart and Secure Tradelanes initiative in EMEA, including the Smart and Secure Tradelanes Africa project. All involved coordination with port operators, customs agencies and manufacturers to provide visibility and security solutions for cargo.

  While holding business development and solution consulting roles with Savi Technology, i2 Technologies and CAPS Logistics she worked with manufacturers, retailers and transportation firms to effect SCM efficiency and effectiveness.

  Ms. Evans earned her industrial engineering degree from Georgia Tech, which honored her as a member of the Council of Outstanding Young Engineering Alumni. She has been European Advisor to the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals for the association's Norway, Sweden, Copenhagen and Benelux Roundtables, and was treasurer of the association's Atlanta Roundtable prior to moving to Europe.

Chuck Foust
Former GE executive with grassroots focus

  Chuck Foust rose through General Electric and GE Capital organizations to being named President of Capital’s GE Transportation Management Services, a new business based on the freight cost management process Mr. Foust developed for General Electric’s operating units.

  That process produced a savings for GE of $1,000,000 a week in the first three years following implementation. Capital Transportation adapted successful large-company supply chain management processes to the needs of middle-market firms.

  In 1997, Chuck, a member of GE’s corporate best practices team, led the Six Sigma Design for Success Team to manage the merger of that successful company with Penske Logistics, another GE Capital business unit.

  Chuck’s ocean freight strategy included a consortium of more than ten major corporations and was credited for the dismantling of the then prevalent ocean carrier monopolies.

Pat Blake
Advocate of using SCM to create value to build market share.

  Prior to establishing his consulting practice, Pat Blake was President and CEO of Consolidated Freightways, then the third largest LTL carrier in the US with revenues of $2.3 billion. He led the acquisition that allowed the formation of a Mexican joint venture that extended CF’s service network throughout most of North America. Having established trusted relationships with investor groups and Wall Street analysts, he facilitated high-level merger discussions with a similar sized corporation, which unleashed substantial shareholder value.

  Pat altered the model for future logistics operations in the US by driving the creation of new generation, low asset, primarily non-union, supply chain business ventures (each of which was subsequently purchased and incorporated as mainstays for outsource logistics organizations) as well as regional and national distribution entities.

  At CF, he spurred the ISO quality initiative, resulting in headquarters and administrative certification – a landmark in the industry. He has consistently promoted a focus on SCM quality issues and their direct influence on developing quantitative value, with that value leading to more rapid, profitable growth.

  Pat’s consulting activity has ranged from serving extremely large firms, including UPS, to providing complete supply chain restructuring for nurseries competing for “big box” home improvement business.

John McKenna
Advocate of using SCM to create value to build market share.

  John McKenna is president and CEO of Material Management International, Inc. (MMI), a third- party logistics and transportation company he founded in 1986. MMI specializes in the movement of high and wide cargoes and US Government shipments, domestically and internationally, as well as project management throughout the world.

   Prior to founding MMI, McKenna worked with regional motor carriers and truckload specialized carriers.

  Entering his 30th year in the logistics field, McKenna’s strengths are in the development and implementation of full scope project logistics plans for large, grass-root engineering and construction projects. His experience has brought him to stints in Iraq, Venezuela, Brazil, India, Saudi Arabia and Singapore.

  McKenna has represented MMI as a member of the Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA) for more than 25 years. He has earned the professional designation of Certified Transportation Broker (CTB), conferred by the TIA.

  A graduate of Seton Hall University in South Orange, NJ McKenna was a member of the tennis and soccer teams.

Michelle Stone
Using supply chain concepts to build bottom-line value.

  Michelle Stone, has spent the past 14-years focused on supply chain concepts that bring value to the bottom-line for large corporations such as Abbott Laboratories, Adidas America, TimeWarner, The Limited, and Lucent Technologies from both corporate and consulting services roles.

  Michelle specializes in logistics, outsourcing, distribution operations, project management, resource management, and supplier diversity.   

  For the past six-years Michelle served as a key player in the operational restructuring efforts at Lucent. Most notably she led the redesign of Lucent Technologies logistics network, savings millions of dollars for the corporation, including the implementation of an outsourced distribution model that reduced over 200 warehousing operations, and deployment of SCM software tools for transportation, warehousing and event management.  The success of this project was highlighted when Lucent received the Purchasing Magazine Supply Chain Medal of Excellence Award in 2002.

  Michelle received her undergraduate degree from Michigan State University in Materials and Logistics Management, and a graduate degree from Georgia Tech in International Logistics.

Bill Lusk

28 years of experience building successful teams
for top 5 carriers in the truckload and airfreight industries.

  Bill Lusk began his career in the truckload industry as a driver while in college, and rapidly moved up to senior-level positions with responsibility for branding, purchasing, sales and marketing, recruiting and long-term strategy. His  first job was with Southwest Motor freight, working in operations, customer service, sales and executive management.

  In 1987 he joined U.S. Xpress Enterprises as Executive Vice President, where he built successful teams in sales, marketing and operations. U.S. Xpress is today one of the top carriers in the industry, with revenues in excess of $1billion. Bill was instrumental in bringing diversity to the product mix by introducing many new services, including dedicated contract carriage, air cargo  and other successful niche businesses.

  Bill served on the board of directors from 1994 to 2000 and was involved in the company’s initial public offering, with frequent involvement in the investor relations process, including a presentation at Morgan Keegan’s annual transportation industry forum. After leaving the company in early 2005, Bill’s focus has been on consulting with clients in the supply chain, truckload and air cargo industries.

David Adams

Thought leader in supply chain and logistics technology
and network optimization for the hospitality industry.

  David Adams is the President and founder of InteliTap, which provides technology and management solutions to the brewing industry. Mr. Adams has integrated hardware and software technology with best business practices that improve supply efficiency for the hospitality market. 

  Prior to founding InteliTap Mr. Adams had emerged as an industry thought leader with 14 years of logistics operations experience and 10 years of logistics technology development and supply chain and network optimization experience. As Senior Vice-President of Corporate Strategy and Technology at TrenStar, Mr Adams was one of the founding executives and contributed significantly to the company’s growth from $2MM in revenue to $65MM in 4 years. He was instrumental in the design, development and operations of some of the largest RFID based supply chain solutions in the world.

  He is the former vice president of operations for the Primary Care business unit at McKesson Corp (MCK), a Fortune 35 company, where he managed the day-to-day operations of a nearly $1 billion supply chain. David helped to position leading supply chain technology companies Viewlocity and i2 Technology. At the beginning of his career David held planning and operations positions at Pepsi-Cola, Frito-Lay and the U.S. Navy. He received a B.A. in Economics from The Virginia Military Institute, a Masters of Business Administration from Troy State University and a Masters of Science in Operations Research from The Naval Postgraduate School.

Roger Johnson

Supply Chain Management Specialist for Central and Eastern Europe.

   Roger has lived and worked in Europe for 28 years, and has spent the past 17 years in Eastern Europe in progressive working in SCM executive positions with several leading international firms. He has a successful track record of operations and project management in multiple Eastern European countries including the Czech and Slovak Republics, Poland, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Romania, Ukraine, and East Germany. 

   His assignments have included general manager of the $100 million DHL contract logistics business in the Czech Republic, director of KPMG’s global supply chain management consulting practice, and vice president for purchasing and logistics for Ahold Czech Republic. As a senior logistics manager for the German Tengelmann Group Roger was sent to East Germany after the fall of the Berlin Wall and was responsible for organizing the logistics for opening 330 East Berlin grocery markets on a single day.

   Roger started his logistics career in the U.S. Army, serving in various command and staff positions. During the first Gulf War he was recalled as a reservist to active duty and was a senior logistician with the Army’s 3rd Armored Division during OPERATION DESERT STORM in Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Kuwait.

Irv Grossman

Deep Experience in matching Technology with People to deliver Supply Chain results

   Irv Grossman is the President of Chainnovations, a firm focused on SCM transformational efforts for Fortune 250 companies.  Irv has over 25 years of industry and consulting experience in Operations and Supply Chain Management, Logistics and Distribution Strategy, Strategic Sourcing and Procurement, and Enterprise Transformation.

  Prior to Chainnovations, Irv was the Vice President of Supply Chain Operations for Cingular Wireless. Irv was the primary architect in developing a Supply Chain vision and competency which did not exist prior to Cingular's formation.   In addition, Irv also led the multi-channel Logistics, and Service operations.  Under Irv’s guidance, Cingular was identified by External Benchmarking as World Class in Fill Rates, On-Time Delivery, Supply Chain Costs as a Percent of Sales and Construction-in-Progress inventories.

  Additionally, Irv serves on the Board of Advisors for UnitedLex, a full-service legal process outsourcing firm.

  Some of Irv’s past clients include companies such as EDS, Sprint, Southwestern Energy, Pfizer, CIBA Vision, Fila, Talbots, Saks, and Avnet.

  Prior experience includes Accenture's Logistics Strategy Practice, American Honda and Kraft Foods.

  Mr. Grossman received his undergraduate degree from Penn State in Business Logistics and had performed his post-graduate work at the Kellogg School of Business.

Jean Franzetta

Chief Operating Office and Chief Financial Officer

  Jean Martens Franzetta accepted the role of COO of Franzetta & Associates, Inc. as of March 1, 2006. Jean joined the firm in 1995 as CFO and will retain those responsibilities in her role as COO. In addition to assuming day to day control of corporate operations, Jean will continue coordinating the firm's talent search operation and interface with the firm's technology partners. She is also expanding her direct involvement with Supply Chain Management (SCM) consulting projects.

  Prior to joining Franzetta & Associates, Jean's career was primarily in the banking industry in Kansas and Pennsylvania, with The Olathe Bank and Omega Financial Corporation. During that period, Ms. Franzetta often joined her husband, Chuck, as a financial advisor on SCM consulting projects, leading to her interest in taking a more active role within the industry.
  Jean attended Penn State University.

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