Dave Reese

A dynamic leader responsible for supply chain, operations, sales, and transportation for a $30m baby products manufacturer doubling in growth annually. • Reduced order processing time from 4 days to same day while decreasing labor costs. • Developed the ability to allocate incoming supply to retail clients to avoid stock out conditions • Created a strategic 5 year plan including organizational staffing and sales strategy. • Reduced order processing time from 3 days to same day while decreasing labor costs. • Decreased international parcel costs by 40% and domestic costs by 20%. • Reduced materials cost by 10% • Drove manufacturing accountability through audits and improved communication. • Successfully improved overall morale by clearly communicating job functions, personal interaction, and mentoring while having fun. • Performed an audit of functionality of both supply chain management systems and WMS systems leading to the application of existing functionality that reduced cost and aided in operational planning.

Sales and business development for a $14B division of Deutsche Post providing 3PL warehouse, transportation, and automation sales in the technology sector for security, IoT, printing, chip manufactures, telecom and home automation devices. • Represent the Technology sector on DHL’s ecommerce development committee • Generated the 2nd highest revenue among Tech business development leaders • Responsible for client relations for Nokia, TI, Sensata, Zebra and others

Owned a full service, family run insurance agency (auto/home/life) with 32% growth in the first year. While operating the agency. I provided consulting services for companies ranging from Venture Capital companies, freight carriers and 3 PL's. • Reviewed the expansion plans of a global Chinese freight carrier. Created a new operational scenario that saved them over $4 m in implementation costs and an operational savings of $6 m annually

Led the operational integration of a 3 PL/Fulfillment provider into Radial operations Reporting to the COO of Radial, created $8 m in annual savings over a period of 10 months through improving operational efficiency. . • Reporting to the President and COO, led the operational integration of an ecommerce fulfillment provider into Radial operations • Reduced a $1 m monthly loss to a $500,000 monthly profit in a single facility in 4 months through communication, the identification of processing issues, and implementing a turnaround plan that focused on reengineering the solution • Streamlined the operation of a 1 m sq ft put-to-light parcel operation that led to reduction in cost and increased thru put by improving systems operation and sku profiling • Increased thru put and service scores for a clothing retailers ecommerce operation while reducing costs by changing the backend packing, picking processes, and sku groupings in the warehouse • Reduced the time that it took to process customer returns for consumer apparel brands from 1 week to 1 day by hands-on involvement during holiday peak

• Reporting to the CEO, operated 12 distribution centers and three customer services centers in four countries staffed by 3,000 FTEs at peak • Oversaw distribution, transportation, call center, IT, sales, solution design, legal, and pricing for a fulfillment company providing a full range ecommerce and supply chain services for a variety of Fortune 500 companies and top internet retailers • Led the doubling of client revenue in Europe by improving the coordination of the U.S. and European sales team and direct interaction with clients • Led the development and selling of a SaaS ecommerce solution that tripled the client base over 7 years • Guided the business development team to over $1 B in sales with clients ranging from technology providers to high end fashion brands • Reduced labor costs by 5% by re-engineering processes, implementing batching and mobile pick to light technology as well as renegotiating service contracts • Created and operated a high value small parcel picking solution that shipped 50,000 parcels a day at peak that required no conveyor systems

• Managed operational profitability, solution design, legal, carrier relations, and new client implementations • Created and operated an array of solutions including pick-to-light, put-to-light, advance wave planning and high-speed conveyor sortation systems • Designed and operated high-speed pick-to-light/put-to-light system that processed 55,000 parcels and 330,000-line items a day at peak in a 400,000 sq ft facility • Renegotiated freight contracts resulting in a 10% savings for clients and $5 m in annual profit for PFSweb • Reduced distribution costs through re-engineering processes and restructuring of workflow saving more than $2 m annually • Oversaw implementations that grew 3 m sq ft and 750 contact center seats • Processed and shipped over 20,000,000 parcels annually at service levels ranging from “next plane out” delivery to USPS delivery to consumers • Re-engineered the technology for customer contact operations of a 1000 seat center to improve call quality and provide the capability to serve clients from remote locations (home based) • Opened a 100 person BPO operation in the Philippines saving over $4.5 m annually • On numerous occasions shipped 750,000+ client gifts in a single day pre-staged for a release date to their customers

Responsible for the implementation and ongoing operation of warehouse, customer service, sales and IT operations for businesses totaling $400 m in client revenue including training an international staff. • Led the site selection and construction of a 150,000 square foot automated facility in Liege, Belgium within a 4 month timeframe. • Designed and installed a Dematic Pick-To-Light system with over 15,000 primary locations and 3,500 feet of conveyor. • Integrated operations from Germany, United Kingdom, and France into a single facility, reducing operational inventory carrying costs. • Negotiated a $3.5 m investment and wage incentives provided by the Belgium government that paid for 1/3 of the capital investment as well as 50% of the labor costs for the first 6 months

Responsible for the third party operations of 12 facilities totaling approximately 5 million square feet of warehouse space and a 16 unit trucking operation. • Implemented cost controls contributing to an increase and a 20% increase in monthly contribution. • Drove successful ISO 9002 implementation efforts for two public warehouses. • Oversaw the takeover of 1.2 million sq. feet of unionized warehouse space with a non-union workforce. • Achieved the successful startup of a 200,000 square foot pick and pack operation.

Responsible for a highly automated warehouse operation for a wholesale distributor that included a 12,000 light pick-to-light operation as well as three carousels. Operation was an earlier adopter of same day order shipping (in by 8 pm CST out same day with next day delivery) while creating increasingly lower order costs. • Implemented pick-to-light and other technologies; applied cost controls and productivity enhancements resulting $700k in savings

General Manager and Transportation Manager at J&J Regional Distribution Center