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CEO at @Coros_ai, Co-founder & former CEO at @bossanova, Advisor to #AI startups in #retail and #supplychain.

San Francisco
Joined May 2012
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"For the first time in its 100-year history..." Wow!! Change takes time and this one is worth waiting for. 👏👏 How fast can the biggest carriers and shippers adopt? LTL industry unveils single standard for electronic bills of lading freightwaves.com/news/ltl-in…
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Serious competition for 3PLs as Amazon puts its excess Warehousing & Distribution capacity to work. freightwaves.com/?p=461140 via @freightwaves
UPS again named world’s most valuable logistics brand freightwaves.com/?p=452527 via @freightwaves This is impressive and amazing how much daylight between @UPS and @FedEx but what about @Uber at #3. That's a rapid rise!
So many good things about this hire and surely makes @Flexport the Supply Chain platform to watch. Excited to see what comes next? 🚀🚀 Watch out @FourKites and @freightpipes Amazon’s Dave Clark for CEO role freightwaves.com/?p=435970
Football is the greatest game. What an end to the season. So so close. Champions League to go. Come on you Reds! 🔴 #YNWA
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Why is this even a discussion - If ever there was a time to act for the future, surely now is that time. Can lawmakers and @OIGUSPS do the right thing and shut this purchase down? Lawmakers grill Postal Service on Oshkosh purchase freightwaves.com/?p=415500 @freightwaves
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Join @InOrbitAI , CEO @florianpestoni in conversation with experts @thaddeussegura, Dir of Product for NextGen Inventory Management at @Walmart, and @hitchmar CEO of @Coros_ai exploring the challenges, and opportunities of #retail #automation. #webinar inorbit.ai/webinar/retail
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I’m lucky to count many amazing women as my family, friends and co-workers but my favorite thing about #InternationalWomensDay is the birthday of my youngest daughter. She may only be 3 but when she says “I’m a strong girl” you better believe it!
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WOW. Ford just announced it’s splitting its Electric and Gas Divisions into 2 distinct businesses. Huge win for EVs.
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"[@amazon ] operated on long time horizons, with the patience and money to execute slowly" By slowly we mean faster than any retailer on the planet How to Innovate retail? Stop talking and just do it👏 Here Comes the Full Amazonification of Whole Foods nytimes.com/2022/02/28/techn…
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👏👏👏 "The FreightTech winners are real companies... [and] have helped revolutionize the way supply chain operators think and work." Commentary: In defense of the unicorns freightwaves.com/?p=398212 via @freightwaves
Watch out retail, here we come. We haven’t yet met a supply chain that’s as accurate as it claims. @Coros_ai will improve your OTP.
Super excited that Randy Salley is on board as Strategic Advisor - his experience with managing retail technology at @Walmart including supply chain and distribution systems, will help us deliver on the scale, reliability, and performance expected of the world’s biggest retailers
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Flattered for the @Coros_ai shout out @ctstallman and glad to have you onboard! Meet the Investor: From a childhood interest in finance to a Fontinalis partner freightwaves.com/?p=390161 via @freightwaves
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UPS, Postal Service excelled during peak delivery season and one thing stood out here "The carriers’ performance was aided by consumers who shopped earlier" Early visibility of volume and more time lets carriers plan downstream operations @Coros_ai freightwaves.com/?p=388460
⛓️Supply chain stat of the day: Only 6% of companies report full visibility on their supply chain. 69% of companies do not have total visibility. zippia.com/advice/supply-cha…
They will be back! I agree the sidewalk is for pedestrians so let the robots use the road. Long term they'll need a dedicated lane but for now @cityoftoronto your entrepreneurs @tiny_mile need to test the tech j.mp/31OCCzn via @therobotreport