Track Speakers
Marisa Brown
Senior Principal Research Lead
American Productivity & Quality Center (APQC)
Marisa Brown is a leader in supply chain with more than 25 years of experience in business, research, writing, speaking, and consulting. Currently, she develops and oversees the APQC supply chain management and product development research agenda, and conducts research on current trends and their impact on outcomes across the supply chain. She has written more than two dozen popular APQC research reports, and is a frequent media contributor for publications including Supply Chain Management Review, Supply & Demand Chain Executive, and many others. Marisa has been selected as a recipient of the Women in Supply Chain and Supply Chain Pros to Know awards.
Josh Dolan
Global Logistics Executive
Josh Dolan is a senior supply chain and operations leader with deep expertise in the global supply chain across retail, technology, and life sciences industries. Josh was most recently President of Consumer, Americas and Asia-Pacific at GXO Logistics. He has also served in senior supply chain and/or logistics roles at Cardinal Health, Amazon Global Logistics, Target Corporation, and Dick’s Sporting Goods. Known for creating customer-driven supply chains through an agile mindset, Josh is a passionate leader focused on delivering on brand commitment.
Steve Jones
Partner at Jadin | Jones; Co-author of The Twin Thieves
Steve Jones is a professional leadership coach, keynote speaker, and best-selling author who teaches leaders to empower themselves and others, and create cultures of strength, unity, and resiliency. Steve’s positive impact developed as a teacher and head football coach at Kimberly High School, where throughout 11 seasons he led his teams to a record of 129-9 (including 70 consecutive wins) and five state championships. Steve’s winning formula is now captivating Fortune 500 companies, professional sports organizations, and competitive leaders looking to inspire successful teams.
Steve is the Co-founder of Jadin-Jones Coaching and Consulting, focusing on leadership, culture, and mindset. He has been commissioned by numerous leading organizations, including Verizon, Kimberly-Clark, and Mutual of Omaha. Steve is the co-author of bestselling book The Twin Thieves and is currently a consultant for the Green Bay Packers.
Steve Jones shares dynamic stories, helpful tools and practical principles on how to intentionally create and grow a winning culture by developing elite leaders within your organization.
Eric M. Topp
Head Worldwide Supply Chain, Transportation & Logistics (SCT&L), Solutions and BD
AWS Supply Chain
Eric M. Topp has over 30 years of experience in the Transportation & Logistics space leading Operations, IT, Transformations, and Sales/Business Development. He worked for the U.S. Army, IBM, a startup in Silicon Valley that was acquired by Cubic, APL (CMA/CGM), Bollore Logistics, Crowley, and Longbow Advantage before joining AWS as the Worldwide Head of Supply Chain, Transportation & Logistics (SCT&L), Solutions and BD. He currently supports sales, marketing, and product development of AWS’s newest Agentic AI offering, AWS Supply Chain.
Eric has worked/lived in Europe, Africa, Middle East, and Asia Pacific. He attended the University of Tennessee (B.S., Transportation & Logistics) and the Pennsylvania State University (M.B.A., Supply Chain/Digital Transformation).
Steering Committee
Shiv Bhandare
Position title: VP – Global Procurement, Quality & Logistics
Endries International
Nic Kieper
Position title: Director - Logistics & Distribution
ITW Welding
Brian Mishler
Position title: Manufacturing Strategy and Technology Manager
KI
Anita Ramstack
Position title: Director of Global Supply Chain
Badger Meter
Supply Chain Track Sponsor
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Practice Director
Jenny Patzlaff
Position title: Supply Chain Practice Director
Email:
jenny.patzlaff
Jenny is an experienced cross-functional team leader and 20+ year supply chain veteran. She has a passion for data transparency, solving supply chain problems, and promoting a team culture of collaboration and continuous learning. Jenny spent seventeen years at Target Corporation in various supply chain roles including Inventory Management, International and Domestic Logistics, Global Trade Compliance, Data Product Management, and Supply Chain Program Management. She then moved back to Wisconsin as Director of Strategic Initiatives for RateLinx, a logistics software development company where she helped customers reduce freight costs and improve Ship, Track and Pay data visibility. Jenny graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is also a Licensed Customs Broker.
Highlights from last year's Supply Chain Track
Here are a few highlights from last year’s Supply Chain track: