Industry Technical Workshop - Innovations in Last Mile Delivery

INDUSTRY TECHNICAL WORKSHOP

INNOVATIONS IN LAST MILE DELIVERY

EVENT CO-CHAIRS

Hani

S. Mahmassani - Patterson Transportation Chair / Director, NUTC Bret Johnson - Senior Associate Director, NUTC / Director, CCITT

The pandemic brought ecommerce orders to new levels inspiring new innovato online ordering and home delivery continue to grow year after year. To provide further insight, Northwestern University Transportation Center (NUTC) will host the Spring 2023 Industry Technical Workshop— Innovations in Last Mile Delivery.

ABOUT NUTC

The Northwestern University Transportation Center (NUTC) is one of the world’s leading interdisciplinary education and research institutions, serving industry, government and the public sectors. Founded in 1954 to generate substantive and enduring contributions for the better movement of materials, people, energy, and information, NUTC stands at the forefront of transportation research and education. NUTC brings together academic

and international transportation policy, management and technological developments with the goal of making transportation and supply chain

ABOUT CCITT

The Center for the Commercialization of Innovative Transportation Technology (CCITT) fosters the implementation of innovative technologies for all modes of surface transportation, including but not limited to railways, mass transit, highways and waterways.

Workshop Agenda

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 2023

Ford Engineering Bulding , Evanston, IL

2:00 PM Welcome / Opening Remarks

Hani Mahmassani | Director | NUTC

Bret Johnson | Senior Associate Director | NUTC

2:10 PM Presentations

Alex Coburn | Director of Market Optimization | Shipt

Sandeep Dhaliwal | Managing Director, Operation Planning s

Cristina Hall | VP Customer Success | Bringg

Zach Noren | Enterprise Partner Manager, Restaurants | Uber Direct 3:15 PM Networking Break

3:45 PM Panel Discussion | Presenters + Discussants

Moderator

Moderator | Bret Johnson | Sr. Associate Director | NUTC 4:30 PM End of Program @infoNUTC

Speaker Bios

Alex Coburn

Director of Marketing Optimization

Shipt

Bret Johnson

Senior Associate Director, Transportation Center

Northwestern University

Sandeep Dhaliwal

Managing Director, Operation Planning And Engineering

FedEx Express

Cristina Hall

VP Customer Success

Bringg

Hani S. Mahmassani

William A. Patterson Distinguished Chair in Transportation Director, Transportation Center

Northwestern University

Zach Noren

Enterprise Partner Manager, Restaurants

Uber Direct

ALEX COBURN Director of Market Optimization

Shipt

and an M.B.A. from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.

BRET JOHNSON

Sr. Associate Director, Northwestern University Transportation Center

Director, Center For The Commercialization Of Innovative Transportation Technology

Bret Johnson is the senior associate director of the Northwestern University Transportation Center (NUTC), and the director of the Center for the Commercialization of Innovative Transportation Technology at Northwest-from Stanford University, and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

SANDEEP DHALIWAL

Managing Director, Operation Planning and Engineering

Fedex Express

Sandeep Dhaliwal is the Managing Director of Planning and Engineering atdigitally transform operations, and optimize Last Mile Delivery. Sandeep’s team provides engineering support to hubs, ramps, and stations that cover -

Transformation in Operations from Northwestern University - Kellogg School cuisines, and keeping up-to-date with emerging technologies.

CRISTINA HALL VP Customer Success Bringg

delivery management resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic. Previously companies across a variety of industries to quantify the value of their learn-

ing & development investments. Today, she keeps her team focused on helping Bringg’s customers optimize their delivery management processes -

time member of Chicago’s tech startup community, Cristina was featured in TechChicago’s “Faces of Chicago Tech” campaign in 2022. She holds an MBA in Finance from Lindenwood University.

William A. Patterson Distinguished Chair in Transportation Director, Northwestern University Transportation Centerliam A. Patterson Distinguished Professor in Transportation at Northwesternments in the McCormick School of Engineering and the Kellogg School

the transportation and logistics area.

Mahmassani is recognized nationally and internationally for a broad array of transportation research achievements; his applications span both passenger and freight, and he has been especially effective at connecting novel data sources and real-time data streams in transportation modeling and decision-making, including sensor data from intelligent transportation

current research is focused on autonomous vehicle deployment, including

Zach Noren is an Enterprise Partner Manager for Restaurants at UberDirect. Uber Direct is the white label (1P) solution that restaurants and retailers of all shapes and sizes can leverage in an ever-changing delivery ecosystem.

to API integration scoping, launching with the platform, and growing the Enterprise restaurant partnerships with global and regional brands such as McDonald’s, Shake Shack, Sweetgreen,YUM Brands, among many others.

he discusses and shares his knowledge on all things delivery.

New England territory, helping restaurants grow their marketplace presence prior to Covid-19. When Covid-19 hit, Zach was the lifeline for many restaurants during the pandemic, helping them keep their lights on through 3rd party delivery and personally oversaw the implementation of

HANI MAHMASSANI

ZACH NOREN Enterprise Partner Manager, Restaurants Uber Direct

an eater donation pilot for restaurants COVID-19 relief funds. -

wood as a production assistant for shows such as Jimmy Kimmel Live and Echo