From 1982 to 2008, Frederiksen held various positions at Maersk Line: chief commercial officer; group senior vice president, network and yield management; regional line manager Americas; regional line manager, Asia. He has worked in various countries including Indonesia, Japan, Singapore and the United States.

From 1990 to 2000, he worked at Safmarine UK in various commercial and management positions, which included experience in the trades to/from Africa, Indian Subcontinent, global crosstrades and commodities sectors, where he handled major cocoa, tea and coffee accounts.

From 2000 to 2006, Dekker was the Asian editor for London-based Containerisation International magazine, which included extensive travel to all major Asian countries and exposure to the world’s leading container operators and terminal managers.

In 2006, he became director of container research and development across Drewry’s subscription publications and editor of Drewry’s flagship Container Forecaster product. His speciality areas of research include trade lane analysis and freight rate development. Dekker is the co-author of spotlight reports on China, intra-Asian trades, capacity management and east-west freight rate dynamics. He has also been a speaker and panellist at various global shipping conferences and seminars.

Lenny formerly served as a CBP senior attorney responsible for issuing national rulings and directives regarding food and beverage import laws and regulations. Currently, he advises clients on import classification, valuation and quotas; seizures and penalties; trade agreements; intellectual property; registration and admissibility; and food safety/security. Lenny is a vocal advocate for pro-business policies regarding food and beverage trade at state, local and federal levels.

Lenny has received recognition for his accomplishments from The Vice President of the United States, World Customs Organization, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce, Florida Customs Brokers and Forwarders, Superlawyers Magazine and the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce. He currently serves as Vice Chairman of the World Trade Center Miami.

Lenny holds a J.D. from the University of Florida and a B.A. from Emory University.

Prior to Alexander Proudfoot, she served as Managing Director of the Georgia Tech Supply Chain and Logistics Institute, globally recognized expertise in supply chain and logistics with the largest professional education and research programs. In addition to industry collaboration she established and operated international trade, productivity and logistics innovation research centers for Georgia Tech, including the Integrated Food Chain Research Center.

As Principal of Neogistics, specializing in distribution strategies with offices in US, Mexico and Argentina, she has led 100+ projects in 35 countries. Her expertise includes network design, supply chain management, distribution planning and execution, and custom logistics systems. Clients include Coca Cola system, FEMSA, Unilever, Groupo Bimbo, Diebold, DHL and WWL to name a few.

Ms. Forrest was selected as finalist for Atlanta’s 2012 Supply Chain Professional of the Year Award, 2012 Practitioner Pros to Know for work in cold chain and was recently recognized as one of the top female supply chain executives in 2013 by Supply and Demand Chain Executive magazine.

Ms. Forrest earned a BS from the Georgia Institute of Technology, an MBA from GSU and a Certificate of International Marketing from L’Ecole Superieure du Commerce Exterieur in Paris, France.

The portfolio covers almost every food and beverage category – giving consumers tastier and healthier products to enjoy at every eating occasion and throughout life’s stages including times of special nutritional need.

As Supply Chain Director for Nestlé USA’s International Brands Division and Intermarket Supply, Henry Morita, identifies, develops and executes the international logistics, transportation and governmental compliance criteria for the import and export functions.

Henry started his career at Nestlé USA over 20 years ago after graduating from CSUN where he studied marketing and accounting. Over his career, Henry has held 9 different roles in logistics and manufacturing and has had the opportunity to live in 8 different cities. This has provided Henry with extensive knowledge of the international and domestic business units.

When you don’t see Henry at work, you will most likely find him either on the golf course, watching some form of sports with family and friends or in the kitchen where he will be testing out his latest culinary creations.

Based in Syracuse, N.Y. since 2005, Mr. Taeckens is involved in product development, including the introduction of the NaturaLINE™ unit, the world’s first and only container refrigeration system to use the natural refrigerant carbon dioxide (CO2) with a global warming potential (GWP) of one. Mr. Taeckens is also responsible for the advancement of the new XtendFRESH™ container atmosphere control system, which uses innovative technologies to remove ethylene while actively controlling oxygen (O2) and CO2 levels, distinguishing it from other container atmosphere control products on the market today.

Prior to his current position, Mr. Taeckens was responsible for identifying and launching new products for the Aftermarket division at Visteon Corporation of Dearborn, Mich. In addition, he spent several years at Ford Motor Company and AT&T Istel LTD. He holds an MBA and a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan.

In academic and business circles alike, Dr. Westcott is a thought leader in strategic innovation. He has published and lectured in the areas of leadership, business policy, technology strategy, company change programs, product development, and operations management. His case studies on technology management are published through Harvard Business School and Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Before joining Purfresh, Dr. Westcott held management positions for JDS Uniphase, Inc., Inogen, Inc., AT Kearney, and General Electric, Inc. Dr. Westcott was the first Post Doctoral Fellow at Stanford’s GSB, earned a Ph.D. in management science and a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Stanford University, and holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Lehigh University. Mr. Westcott was recognized as a Hero of U.S. Manufacturing by Fortune Magazine, and was the founder of Westt, Inc., ranked #34 fastest growing company in America by Inc. Magazine.