Dennis Mottola is a self-employed Global Logistics Consultant assisting shippers, logistics service providers, and other related entities in their efforts to do good on behalf of others. His assistance focuses on process and data efficiency improvements, cost competitiveness, and risk mitigation in producing opportunities for positive predictable outcomes in global logistics management. Dennis has served his entire career in the Supply Chain and Global Logistics discipline. He retired from Bechtel Corporation in 2019 where he performed and led a variety of Supply Chain Management responsibilities over his twenty-one years with the company.
Dennis’s professional career in global logistics and supply chain management includes managing mega-project logistics, marine shipping operations, export packing services, manufacturing and trading operations, expediting, supplier quality, and trade compliance. He earned a Business Logistics degree from Penn State University, in addition to completing various relevant university executive programs and professional certifications. He participates in several industry and academic associations and thought leadership activities including ECMC, ITMA, Breakbulk Magazine, HLPFI Magazine, The JOC and Breakbulk annual conferences, Breakbulk Education Day, the University of Houston Supply Chain Logistics Technology Advisory Board, Seafarer Welfare advocacy, and was appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce to serve on the Advisory Committee on Supply Chain Competitiveness. Dennis was awarded the HLPFI Heavy Lift Lifetime Achievement Award in 2021.
Why Breakbulk? This this the key question that will be discussed on this panel. Our esteemed experts will share their experiences of cultivating a career within the industry, what it takes to succeed, and why breakbulk is such an important and interesting industry to start a career in. From a variety of different educational and cultural backgrounds, all aspects of career growth and empowerment within breakbulk and the wider project cargo industry will be discussed
Thursday 29 September 08:30 - 09:30 Room 1