The Dynamo Show: a Dynamo Ventures Podcast

Highlights from their conversation include: Steve Wen’s entrepreneurial path to starting Dray Alliance (1:23) Reducing inefficiencies of delivering shipping containers with a DoorDash-style system (5:30) Using data-driven insights to help drivers become more efficient (7:21) Use case of how Dray Alliance is implemented (9:05) Container visibility and transparency (11:37) Assessing the current stat...

On this week’s episode of The Future of Supply Chain, Santosh talks with Matt Silver, CEO, and co-founder of Forager, to discuss how they’ve built a platform and a marketplace for cross-border freight. With more than 10,000,000 North American cross-border shipments a year, Highlights from their conversation include: Forager’s origin (1:03) Matt’s path from making music videos to working in logisti...

On this week’s episode of The Future of Supply Chain, Santosh chats with Tracy Black, operating partner at NewRoad Capital Partners. Together they discuss exciting opportunities in the supply chain world and provide a VC perspective on the industry. Highlights from their conversation include: Tracy Black’s introduction into the supply chain and venture capital (1:21) NewRoad’s VC strategy (5:21) T...

*From time to time we’ll re-air a previous episode of the show that our newer audience may have missed.* In this episode, we sit down with Ken Braunbach, VP of Transportation at Walmart to talk about retail, eCommerce transportation, and logistics as well as growth opportunities for the future. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and u...

This week on The Future of Supply Chain, Santosh chats with Steve Denton, CEO of Ware2Go, a UPS company. Together they discuss doing business with everyone, the geospatial considerations involved with that, and optimizing the supply to better reach customers. Highlights from their conversation include: Ware2Go helps small and mid-sized businesses get closer to their customers to compete in the wor...

This week on The Future of Supply Chain, Santosh is joined by Zvi Schreiber, founder, and CEO of Freightos, to discuss the intersection of international logistics and marketplaces. Highlights from their conversation include: Zvi Schreiber’s background in software engineering and computer science and his transition to logistics (1:25) Balancing being connected to the tech world and being a CEO work...

On this week’s episode of The Future of Supply Chain, Santosh sits down with Michael Krakaris, the co-founder of Deliverr, to talk about the rapidly changing world of e-commerce. Highlights from their conversation include: Deliverr’s origin and emphasis on ultra-fast shipping, simple pricing, and easy on-boarding (1:19) The acceleration in e-commerce trends (4:58) Lower tolerance for longer delive...

*From time to time we’ll re-air a previous episode of the show that our newer audience may have missed.* On this episode, we host Paul Noble, Co-founder and CEO of Verusen, and Aaron Meredith, Director of Manufacturing Innovation at Georgia Pacific. The discussion covers the importance of experimentation, change management, and startup/corporate engagement. About The Future of Supply Chain: During...

On this week’s episode of The Future of Supply Chain, Santosh talks with John Urban, the now-retired co-founder and president of GT Nexus. John shares his experience founding, scaling, and selling his supply chain software business.  Highlights from their conversation include: John Urban’s background (1:32) The innovations of GT Nexus “The slowest overnight success” (3:29) Challenges with over int...

On this week’s episode of The Future of Supply Chain, Santosh talks with AK Schultz, the CEO and co-founder of SVT Robotics. SVT Robotics connects businesses to robots, using its SOFTBOT Platform to enable clients to rapidly deploy enterprise robot technology. Highlights from their conversation include: SVT Robotics’ mission and AK’s introduction to automated logistics (1:27) Tackling the ineffici...

On this week’s episode of The Future of Supply Chain, Santosh talks with Avi Gellar, co-founder of Maven Machines. They discuss the incredible opportunities to help trucking operations run more efficiently, successfully, and profitably with modern software platforms. Highlights from their conversation include: Avi’s MIT computer science background and how the trucking industry drew him in (1:10) T...

*From time to time we’ll re-air a previous episode of the show that our newer audience may have missed.* In this week's episode, we sat down with Rich Tompkins, VP of Southeast Operations at Veryable to discuss flex labor solutions and helping businesses navigate surge and scale issues in today's workplace environment. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information a...

On this week’s episode of The Future of Supply Chain, Santosh is joined by Tom Ruth, VP Americas at Quuppa. Headquartered in Finland with US offices in Washington D.C., Quuppa is a leading provider of Real-Time Locating Systems, using Bluetooth as a primary transport medium. Highlights from their conversation include: An introduction to Quuppa and Tom’s background and role at the company (1:09) Th...

On this week’s episode of The Future of Supply Chain, Santosh talks with David Warrick, Microsoft’s Global Supply Chain GM. Together they look at how the supply chain industry is on the cusp of going from a stagnant system to being a “thinking, living, breathing supply chain.”  Highlights from their conversation include: Microsoft’s global supply chain and David’s engineering background (1:22) Dav...

On this week’s episode of The Future of Supply Chain, Santosh is joined by Nate Wells, SVP LTL Operations & Innovation at XPO Logistics. Together they look at the state of affairs in the LTL space, discuss ways XPO is pushing innovation, and talk about the idea of “finding your goldilocks”. Highlights from their conversation include: Nate’s responsibilities at XPO and his background (1:12) State o...

*From time to time we’ll re-air a previous episode of the show that our newer audience may have missed.* In this episode, we sit down with Bruce Welty, Founder and CEO of Quiet 3PF to talk about autonomous robots, warehouse logistics, and the future of e-commerce and omni-channel fulfillment. About The Future of Supply Chain: During each episode of The Future of Supply Chain, we sit down with a di...

On this week’s episode of The Future of Supply Chain, Santosh is joined by Mark Ford, COO of BlueGrace Logistics. BlueGrace is a mode-agnostic, full-service 3PL that, among other things, differentiates itself by how it handles LTL and truckload, its managed logistics, its transparency, live data, and more. Highlights from their conversation include: Overview of BlueGrace and Mark’s career (1:07) S...

On this week’s episode of The Future of Supply Chain, Santosh chats with Rob Garrison, founder, and CEO of Mercado Labs. Mercado’s import management system connects importers with suppliers, partners, and products, connects product with demand, and connects team members together. Using a SaaS platform, Mercado looks to transform the first mile of logistics, a complex part of the supply chain that...

On this week’s episode of The Future of Supply Chain, Santosh is joined by Trey Closson, director of maritime logistics at Georgia Pacific. As a part of Koch Industries, they are the largest US exporter of containerized ocean freight. 2020 was an interesting year for maritime freight and in this conversation, Santosh and Trey explore what 2021 and the future of the industry might look like. Highli...

*From time to time we’ll re-air a previous episode of the show that our newer audience may have missed.* In this week's episode, Santosh sits down with Katy George, Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company to discuss her recent report on Industry 4.0 and the Lighthouse companies that are leading the way for innovation, automation, and worker adaptation in the new digitally-led environment. Hosted by S...

On this week’s episode of The Future of Supply Chain, Santosh talks with Abe Eshkenazi, CEO for the Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM). ASCM is the largest non-profit association for supply chain professionals with 45,000 members in 40 countries with 300 partners across the globe. Together they discuss how the supply chain can make the world a better place. Highlights from their conver...

On this week’s episode of The Future of Supply Chain, Santosh is joined by Ilya Levtov, founder and CEO of Craft. Craft is building a modern platform for enterprise intelligence. Ilya discusses how Craft helps enterprises map, track, and spot risks living in the supply chain. Highlights from their conversation include: What Craft is focusing on building currently (1:02) Ilya Levtov’s background (1...

On this week’s episode of The Future of Supply Chain, Santosh is joined by Dean Tomazic, EVP and CTO of FEV to discuss the role that alternative fuels can shape the future of logistics. FEV (Forschungsgesellschaft für Energietechnik und Verbrennungsmotoren) is an engineering service provider in the mobility and energy management domain with 6,700 employees globally. FEV seeks solutions to the futu...

*From time to time we’ll re-air a previous episode of the show that our newer audience may have missed.* In this week's episode, we sit down with Sam Ryan, CEO and Co-Founder of Zeelo to talk about personalized bus service for employees and the organization's critical care policy in response to COVID-19. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about ou...

*From time to time we’ll re-air a previous episode of the show that our newer audience may have missed.* In this week's episode, we sit down with Justin Lum, Director of Strategic Alliances at Locus Robotics, to talk about robotics, AI, and a new approach to e-commerce fulfillment and warehouse automation. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about...