William (Bill) Meahl has held several managerial positions during his more than 25 years with DHL Exel Supply Chain (DESC). In 2007, he was promoted to chief executive officer, DESC Americas, and is responsible for all operations. Previously, Bill served as CEO, contract logistics, overseeing the Automotive, Chemical/Industrial, Consumer, Life Sciences, Retail, Technology and Exel Direct business units in the Americas.

As chief development officer, Michael (Mike) Gardner oversees strategy, mergers and acquisitions, business development and marketing. He also has global responsibility for some of Exel's largest clients. Mike joined Exel via the 2004 acquisition of Tibbett & Britten and has more than 25 years of industry experience with Distribution Centers Inc. (Exel), GATX Logistics and APL Logistics.

Scot Hofacker serves as the chief financial officer of DHL Exel Supply Chain (DESC) Americas, a Deutsche Post World Net business unit generating $4.6 billion in revenues. DESC operates nearly 700 sites located in six countries within North, Central and South Americas. Prior to joining Exel in 2002, Scot spent 12 years with Limited Brands.

As chief information officer, Domenic DiLalla manages information technology (IT) delivery and support. Domenic joined the company in 2000 and offers 30 years of IT experience in multiple sectors such as chemical, manufacturing, telecommunications, travel and third-party logistics. Twenty of those years include relevant logistics experience at Leaseway Transportation (Penske Logistics) and Caliber Logistics (FedEx Supply Chain Services), in addition to Exel.

In his current role as senior vice president, human resources, Rob Rosenberg leads human resources for the Americas Logistics division. This includes the supply chain and global forwarding organizations. Rob assumed this in 2003, after being responsible for the supply chain portion of the business. Prior to joining Exel, he spent 14 years with the Frito-Lay snack food division of PepsiCo.

David Guay serves as vice president of First Choice, which is a global effort to measure customer satisfaction, improve performance and enhance partnerships with customers. In this position, David manages the global development and implementation of First Choice for DHL Exel Supply Chain. He rejoined Exel in 2005 after more than 12 years with Iron Mountain, a records management company, where he was most recently vice president of operational services. Prior to Iron Mountain, David spent nearly four years with Exel as the director of operations for the Automotive business unit.

Robert McCormick joined Exel in 1998 and offers nearly 20 years of professional management and international consulting experience. As vice president, design & delivery effectiveness, he works closely with each business unit's leadership team to advance the quality, project management and logistics design disciplines within the supply chain business in the Americas. Prior to Exel, Robert was the vice president of quality programs at a division of GE Capital, Technology Management Services, where he was responsible for quality and rolling out the six sigma discipline.

Philip (Phil) S. Renaud II is the vice president, risk management, offering more than 25 years of direct insurance and risk management experience. In this capacity, he oversees overall risk management for the Americas, which includes the functional areas of risk finance, claims, compliance and safety, health and environmental issues. Prior to joining the company in 2003, Phil focused on retail risk management and was responsible for multiple-location worldwide exposures for Willis Group Holdings Inc., Kmart, Limited Brands and Shoe Corporation of America Industries. Phil also established and managed the risk management function for a large hydraulic equipment manufacturer.

As senior vice president, legal services, David (Dave) Sidor is the legal practice leader for Exel. He joined Exel in 2001 after 30 years in private practice with the Columbus, Ohio, office of Squires, Sanders & Dempsey LLP. Dave is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association, Columbus Bar Association and is past chairman of the Board of Governors of the Real Property Section for both Associations. He is also a member of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers.

James (Jim) J. Damman assumed the role of president, Exel Transportation Services & DHL Solutions, in 2006, after previously serving as president, Exel Transportation Services. He has more than 26 years of experience in transportation and supply chain management. Prior to joining Exel, Jim was president of Transentric LLC, a supply chain technology provider, and spent 19 years with Union Pacific Railroad.

Humberto Florez was appointed president of the Technology business unit in 2007. In this position, he is accountable for providing supply chain management services to the top technology accounts across North and Latin Americas. Previously, Humberto served as CEO of the Asia Pacific region for DHL Exel Supply Chain (DESC), where he was instrumental in driving the successful integration of the Exel and DHL businesses. Prior to this assignment, he led the freight forwarding and contract logistics business for Exel in Latin America.

Jim Gehr directs the Retail business unit's growth strategy, development and operations for name-brand customers in the big box, specialty, fashion, convenience and grocery market verticals. Prior to assuming his current role in 2004, Jim was senior vice president, operations, and responsible for Canada and the western region of the United States. In a previous position, Jim was also instrumental in establishing and maintaining the company's commercial finance department on an operational basis.

Appointed in February 2004 to his current position, John Gilbert is responsible for operations and business development for the Consumer and Life Sciences business units. Previously, John served as senior vice president, operations, handling the Northeast, Midwest and Southwest regions while working closely with several major Exel customers including leading pharmaceutical and consumer packaged goods companies, as well as big box retailers. John came to Exel in 1994 and has since worked in a number of disciplines including solution design, systems integration, project management and operations, and performance management.

Jose Fernando Nava serves as president, Latin America, for DHL Exel Supply Chain (DESC). He oversees business and operations, as well as more than 13,000 associates, in four countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico. Jose is responsible for all business units including Consumer, Life Sciences, Automotive and Technology. He joined Exel in 2001 as the general director for Exel Mexico and was later promoted to vice president of Exel Mexico. Prior to joining Exel, Jose spent the majority of his professional career with General Electric and one of its joint venture partners in several capacities including procurement, mergers and acquisitions.

Ted Nikolai leads both the Automotive and Chemical/Industrial business units, where he directs the development and delivery of supply chain solutions within the United States, Canada, Mexico and Brazil. Prior to overseeing these sectors, Ted held various roles within Automotive including vice president of finance worldwide and finance director for Latin America. Ted joined Exel in 1996 from Ernst & Young where he spent more than eight years in a variety of tax consulting, assurance and advisory services positions.

As president, Exel Direct, David Vieira operates a home delivery network serving the United States and Canada. He brings more than 18 years of logistics industry experience to his current role. Previously, David served as the senior vice president, customer development, and senior vice president, operations, for Exel's Automotive business unit.