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Executive Director

Inland Rivers, Ports & Terminals (IRPT)

President, International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) South Atlantic & Gulf Coast District and Commissioner, PHA Port Commission

Senior Supply Chain Manager

Chief Business Officer & Co-founder

VP & Regional Director, North & Central America

Energy Industries Council (EIC)

KPI OceanConnect

Andrew R. McNamara

Director of Global Logistics

Beverly Barrett

Assistant Director, Human-Centered AI Institute

University of Houston, Bauer College of Business

Brandon Saldivar

Voyage Operations Specialist

Brandon Strange

International Logistics Director

Stellar Energy Americas

VP, Global Head of Commercial – Projects

Blue Water Shipping

Terminal Manager

Santini Export Packing / 7 Santini Brothers Trucking | Member of WIMOs

Manager, Strategic Sourcing Logistics

Mitsubishi Power Americas

Capt. Surinder S. Mann

Head of Americas Shipping Operation

Vice President, Engineering

New Orleans Public Belt Commission

Cassia Bomer Galvao

Associate Professor

Texas A&M University

Analysis & Planning Manager - Container Terminals

Supply Chain and Logistics Technology Undergraduate Student

University of Houston

Chief Commercial Officer

Voyage Operator

AAL Shipping (AAL)

VP Director of Global Project Logistics

Rhenus Logistics

Curtis D. Spencer

IMS Worldwide, Inc

Commercial Manager

Director - Project Logistics

HLI Rail and Rigging LLC

Dennis M. Mottola

Owner & Lead Project Logistics Consultant

Mottola Global Logistics LLC

Dharmendra Gangrade

Head of Logistics Management Center

Larsen & Toubro

Senior VP of US Operations

UTC Overseas, Inc.

Hull and Systems Engineer

Dr. Gulshan Singh

Sr. Manager - Quality - Data and AI

Dr. John Wilson

Professor of Economics | Public Sector Strategist

San Jacinto College | Entellect LLC

Manifold Software

Edoardo Ascione

Managing Director

CEVA Logistics | Fagioli, North America

Elena Kourlimpini

Sales & Customer Success Manager

Raw Material Coordinator and Blend Scheduler

Senior Director, Global Project Logistics

Geir-Eilif Kalhagen

Maritime Division Director

Texas Department of Transportation

Manager – Innovations and Solutions

Ramps Logistics Limited

Junior Chartering Broker

AAL Shipping (AAL)

Jade Management Group Inc.

Principal Maritime Business Development

Port of San Diego

Guillermina Del Pino

Head of Project Logistics Americas

Siemens Energy Inc

Senior Vetting Analyst

General Manager

AAL Shipping (AAL) Americas

Senior Project Logistics Specialist

Logistics & Supply Chain Management Instructor

San Jacinto College

Höegh Autoliners

Chartering Broker

Operations Billing Specialist

Port of Beaumont

Operations and Chartering Specialist

DHL Global Forwarding

Chief Commercial Officer

DHL Global Forwarding – Industrial Projects

Janine M. Mansour

Director of Trade Development

Port of New Orleans

Jean-François Bourque

Regional Logistics Manager, Eastern Canada

Jessica Di Giulio

Commercial Manager (Shipping)

GAC North America

Chartering Director - North America, Bertling Logistics

Adjunct Professor, Texas A&M

Chief Commercial Officer

Jonathan Cournoyer

Global Discipline Director, Logistics

Senior Director of Corporate Communications

American Commercial Barge Line

Joseph C. Powell

Director of Security

Port Pascagoula

Board Member, Organization of Black Maritime Graduates (OBMG)

Second Mate & Dynamic Positioning Officer, Jackson Offshore Operators

Industry Expert

Mega Transport and Heavy Lift

Sr. Vice President

SRT Transportation Solutions

Project Logistics Engineering Solutions

Sr Director, Modularization Portfolio, Cloud Operations + Innovation

Klayton Lansangan

Logistics Operations Senior Analyst

Director – Advanced Nuclear Market Development

Barnhart Crane & Rigging

Leslie Meredith

Editorial & Product Director

Breakbulk Events & Media

Head of U.S. Talent & Executive Search

Commercial Manager

Roll Group Americas

Head of Logistics Order Execution - Americas

Lori Ann LaRocco

Global Trade & Supply Chain Expert, Author & Former CNBC Global Logistics Reporter

President, LaRocco Consulting

Head of Industrial Projects US

DHL Global Forwarding

Project Cargo Professionals (PCP)

Lupita Almuhana

Founder & Strategic Advisor

Notable Bridging Solutions

General Manager

Adjunct Professor, University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering, COO – Global Energy & Capital Projects, UTC Overseas, Inc.

Margaret A. Kidd

Department Chair, Logistics & Supply Chain Management, San Jacinto College and Special Advisor, Houston Maritime Center & Museum

Maria Laura Salazar

Core Group Resources

Matthew Costello

Melanie Drehkopf

Michelle Coppedge

Logistics Specialist

Combi Lift Project Logistics MEA

Logistics Operations Manager

Siemens Energy Inc.

General Manager

Commercial Freight Operator

Senior Vice President, Commercial

DP World in the Americas

Breakbulk Americas

VP, Port Assets and Strategic Partnerships

Bowman Consulting Group Ltd

Payne A. Fischer

Senior Director, Project Logistics

Proactive Change

BGL Global Chartering Manager

Bechtel Global Logistics

Project Engineer

Rail AI Program Director

Co-founder & Co-owner

Logistics Head for GT US Transformers and Switchgears

Sandra E. Guadarrama

Senior Project Logistics Manager

Linde Engineering Americas

Sharan Swaminathan

Vice President of Industrials

Fracht North America

Shaun Rampersad

Ramps Logistics

Shazia Panjwani

AI Product Manager

UTC Overseas, Inc.

U.S. Flag Operations Manager; Junior Chapter Director - Houston

MJLF; WIMOs Texas A&M

Sidney Blakemore

Director of Mariner Development

Canal Barge Company

Project Manager - Logistics

Director Operations

Aertssen Logistics USA, Inc.

Sophia Fallquist

Marine Engineering Technology Undergraduate Student

Texas A&M Galveston

Logistics Coordinator

Eckstein Trade & Transport | Member of WIMOs

Senior Manager, Implementation & QHSE

Thomas Damsgaard

Head of Americas

Thomas Skellingsted

Managing Director

Thorsten Schultz

Project Director Europe

General Manager & Chief Strategy Officer

New Orleans Public Belt Railroad

Operations Manager – Industrial Projects USA

DHL Global Forwarding

Executive VP, Defense Solutions

Norton Rose Fulbright

Global Category Sr. Manager – Logistics & Distribution

Executive Vice President, Commercial & Growth

US Ocean L.L.C.

Vice President of Human Resources

Fracht Group - North America

Chief Commercial Officer

Port of Corpus Christi

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