Transportation and Logistics

John Graham - Founder, Triton Strategy Partners

John Graham is the founder of Triton Strategy Partners working with high-growth companies to maximize B2C and B2B channels. John helps clients create and align with a brand framework, channel strategy and organizational structure. Prior to founding Triton Strategy Partners, John worked as Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for Align Technology, Inc. He also held similar CMO positions at Glaxosmithkline Consumer Healthcare and Johnson & Johnson.

Terry Haber - SVP Solutions Design & Business Development, CEVA Logistics North America 

Terry Haber currently has the role of SVP Solutions Design & Business Development for CEVA Logistics North America. He has overall responsibility for leading the market strategy for contract logistics services in the region, including inbound and outbound warehousing operations, transportation management services, and dedicated fleet operations. Terry’s team includes a large staff of supply chain and logistics engineers, along with a consultative business development team. He has been in this role since 2014.

From 2011-2014, Terry was the VP Technology Sector Leader for CEVA Logistics in Americas Region. In this role, he had responsibility to oversee the development and growth of the technology sector throughout the region, which included leading the design of the overall strategy, direct interface and development of strategic customer accounts, and working to expand the CEVA’s services offerings within the sector.

Terry joined CEVA Logistics (then called TNT Logistics) in 2001, where held a variety of positions over the next ten years in business development, marketing and communications, and corporate strategy.

Before joining CEVA in 2001, Terry was based in Chicago and Atlanta, holding numerous positions in logistical operations, including Director of Operations at Ryder Integrated Logistics where he was responsible for selected automotive operations across the United States. 

Terry has served as president of the Jacksonville Roundtable Chapter of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), and he has done some guest speaking for a variety of organizations, including APICS, the University of North Florida, and Boston University. He also has been involved in the Annual MBA Sales Competition, hosted by the business schools of the Ivy League, where he functioned as a competition judge and panelist.

Terry received his Bachelor of Science in Management from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1992, and he completed a Master of Business Administration at Georgia State University in 1994.

Abel Harding - North Florida Market President, IBERIABANK-First Horizon

Recent Work Experience

North Florida Market President, IBERIABANK-First Horizon (2015-Present)

• Leads the bank's commercial, business banking, private banking and retail banking teams in the greater Jacksonville market.

Senior Private Banker, Wells Fargo (2013-2015)

• Served as a credit advisor to high net-worth families. Developed solutions for investment real estate acquisitions and provided jumbo residential mortgages, lines of credit and other specialty credit products.

Commercial Lender/ Vice President, First Citizen Bank (2004- 2009, 2011-2013)

• Served as a solutions provider for small and medium-sized businesses seeking to acquire real estate, equipment, or expand operations. Clients included: religious institutions, medical practices, manufacturers and professional service providers.

Director of Communications, City of Jacksonville (2011)

• Served as senior advisor to the mayor. Developed communications strategies for the mayor of the nation's 11th largest city and managed a communications department of 15 professionals that spanned numerous city departments.

Journalist, Florida Times-Union (2009-2011)

• Award-winning reporter, covered politics and business and investigative stories. Wrote twice-a-week columns on local and state politics and appeared regularly on First Coast News, and WJCT.

Michael Hume - President & Chief Executive Officer, W&O 

Michael Hume is the President and Chief Executive Officer for W&O. Before this position at W&O he served as the Chief Operating Officer. Prior to this role, Mr. Hume served as the Vice President of Business Development, where he focused on acquisitions and expansion opportunities. Mr. Hume first came to W&O in 1992, serving as the branch manager in Long Beach, CA. He left in 2000 for 7 years to pursue other interests, but returned to W&O in December of 2007.

Mr. Hume began his career as a loan officer in the banking industry, working closely with privately held business owners. Through this direct experience, the opportunity to join W&O presented itself. Michael received his Bachelor's degree in Finance from Babson College and went on to earn his MBA in International Business.

Michael has been involved as a Big Brother and a Junior Achievement mentor. He also supports the Mary Knoll Mission and is involved with the local Ronald McDonald House and the ARC of Jacksonville. Michael and Sally, his wife of over 25 years, have 4 children and stay active with their busy lives and many extracurricular activities. Michael especially enjoys playing golf and tennis and rooting for his team from Boston.

Faris Kishek - McKennson, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt 

Faris Kishek is a certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt at McKesson Corporation, a Fortune 500 company. McKesson distributes pharmaceuticals and provides health information technology, medical supplies and care management tools. Faris has worked high complexity, cross-functional process improvement projects which generated millions in financial savings, mentored and coached Green Belts on award-winning projects, and trained hundreds of Yellow Belt and Green Belts on Lean and Six Sigma methodologies. Also, Faris is an Adjunct Instructor at Florida State College at Jacksonville where he teaches in the areas of Project Management, Logistics, Operations Management, and Supply Chain Management. In 2013, Faris achieved a Bachelor in Business Administration degree, with a concentration in Transportation and Logistics, from the University of North Florida. He was a board member on the Transportation and Logistics Society. In 2015, Faris achieve a Master of Business Administration degree from Jacksonville University.

Frank Lee- Founder and CEO, PreVisionX 

Frank Lee’s record is in the successful leadership, sales and delivery of blue chip professional services and technology businesses - including the creation of new businesses and many successful turnarounds. He has worked in many different countries including the USA, Canada, UK, Russia, India, France and Colombia. His responsibilities have included billions of dollars in sales and the management of thousands of people.

As an entrepreneur, Frank has founded several technology companies. After successfully selling his last logistics technology start-up, Frank created PreVisionX as a new cloud and smartphone-based mobility platform with the objective of transforming last mile transportation, logistics, on-demand services and supply chain collaboration. Frank also runs a global training consultancy that supports senior executives from global professional services organizations in their interactions with C-Suite clients.

Frank moved from the UK to Jacksonville in 2015

George Morrison - Vice President Supply Chain Management, The Mosaic Company

George Morrison is a contemporary business transformation and information technology leader with expertise leading business teams in diverse industries such as consumer products, life sciences and performance materials to profitably grow their business. George’s career reflects a demonstrated track record leading large scale cross-functional transformations, improving integrated systems, capabilities of international supply chains, operations and logistics. He brings a deep understanding of technology, risk management, profitability levers and their impact on customer experience and growth. As a hands-on leader and change agent, he has led diverse teams to deliver double digit improvements in customer service, inventory turns and YOY cost reductions.

George has deep background and understanding of corporate governance through his roles at Mallinckrodt, IPS/PE and through experience as a voluntary board member of the St. Louis University Center for Supply Chain Excellence. 

George was most recently a Senior Vice President, Global Supply Chain Planning and Logistics at Mattel, a fortune 500 global children’s entertainment company with over $4.5B in sales and over 50% of its business outside the US. He was accountable for all aspects of global demand and supply planning, sales and operations planning, customer service, distribution and logistics. George re-aligned the global organization, and significantly reduced logistics costs and improved customer service for all of Mattel customers’ globally, by leading cross-functional teams in a demand driven supply network and logistics transformation. Employee engagement scores also exceeded benchmarks as a result of this enterprise wide effort. He was a key member of Global Product Development and Supply, Sustainability and information Technology committees.

George was the Vice President Global Supply Chain and Centers of Excellence, at Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals LLC, a $3.5B global Generics and Specialty pharmaceutical Company. He was accountable for all core supply chain and logistics performance metrics. George led several enterprise-wide initiatives which transformed the complex international supply chains to increase agility and reduce costs delivering top quartile supply chain results on all key performance metrics. George was a member/participant of internal committee’s including the Operating Committee and the Digital Innovation Center of Excellence.

George’s career spans roles of increasing responsibility with Avery Dennison, Johnson & Johnson, Honeywell International and IPS Corporation where he served as Vice President Global Supply Chain and Information Technology, and participated regularly in board meetings.

George has received several awards during his career including standards of leadership for business results, supply chain innovation and business process improvement.

George received Master of Science degrees in Management & Public Policy, Civil Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from MIT, Cambridge, MA.

Rick Thomas - Senior Vice President, CEVA Logistics

Rick Thomas is Senior Vice President, Automotive Operations for CEVA Logistics and he is based in its Jacksonville, Florida office. CEVA is one of the world’s leading logistics companies, providing end-to-end design, implementation and operational capabilities in freight forwarding, contract logistics, transportation management and distribution management.

Mr. Thomas began his career with Customized Transportation, Inc., a CEVA predecessor, in 1993 as a dock supervisor in Memphis, Tennessee working with just-in-time transportation to all of General Motors North America assembly plants.   He continued to take on growing responsibilities within the Company.  Some of the many customers he has served include Verizon, Honda, Rolls Royce Aerospace, Andersen Windows, HP and Caterpillar.

Mr. Thomas grew up in Jacksonville, graduating from Terry Parker High School and graduated from Florida State University in 1993 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Management.

Kirk Williams - President & CEO, Proficient Auto Transport 

Kirk Williams has worked in the transportation and logistics industry for 35 years. He was instrumental in putting together the acquisition of Proficient Auto Transport in 2004. The company has successfully grown nearly 700% during the past 10 years and is now one of the 15 largest auto haul trucking companies in America. Mr. Williams was the most recent Chairman of the Auto Haulers Association of America, and a Vice President of the Florida Trucking Association Representing the State of Florida at the national level of the American Trucking Association. 

He has worked for and managed several of the largest logistics operations, engineering, and marketing departments for companies such as Carolina Freight Corp, now ABF Freight Systems, Exel Logistics, Burlington Northern Railroad, GATX and APL Logistics. He earned a B.S. in Transportation and Logistics Management from Kent State University, and served on advisory councils for Stanford and MIT. Kirk currently serves as a member of the selection committee for the Bank of America Charitable Foundation’s including its Student Leaders Program, and serves as a member of the Business Advisory Council for the Coggin College of Business.