NUTC's Fall 2022 BAC Meeting Program

WELCOME

We are delighted to welcome you back at Northwestern for the Fall 2022 BAC meeting!

We have invited Dean Julio Ottino to welcome you to the University and VP of Research Milan Mrksich to share an update on the Northwestern research enterprise.

Many of the challenges I mentioned in my spring letter have persisted, amid uncertainty about the global macroeconomic situation and the overall demand for freight service in the fourth quarter and beyond. Notably, the ongoing global turbulence associated with war-related disruptions in the supply of various

and increased volatility on both demand and supply sides. Last spring, the federal government announced an experiment in data sharing with industry, the Freight Logistics Optimization Works (FLOW) program, to

examine the FLOW program as a data sharing model for logistics. We have invited Andrew Petrisin, Supply Chain Advisor at USDOT, to provide an overview of FLOW. Then, BAC Chair Jeff Silver (Mastery Logistics Systems) will lead a discussion with Jason Craig (C.H. Robinson), Jennifer McNeill (True Value Company), Roger Nober (BNSF Railway), and Gene Seroka (Port of Los Angeles) to discuss FLOW’s impact thus far, how FLOW may be a blueprint for logistics collaboration, and the long-term role for the federal government in such collaborations, among other topics.

To address the labor situation, “Where are the Workers?”, we have invited Neil Collins from KornFerry to share insight into the perceived or real labor shortage, the expectations and behaviors of job seekers, recommendations for companies and governments to affect change, and impacts on the transportation sector. In continuation of our theme this year of looking toward a more sustainable future, our second panel examines the question, “To What Extent is Sustainability Affecting Strategy and Operational Decisions of Both Shippers and Carriers?” Professor Klaus Weber, the Thomas G. Ayers Chair in Energy Resource Management and professor of operations and management at thex Kellogg School of Management, will lead a conversation with Suresh Krishna (Northern Tool + Equipment), Christine Landmeier (United Airlines), and Doug Waggoner (Echo Global Logistics).

We are pleased to also showcase a recent NUTC research product, the Northwestern University Freight Rail Infrastructure & Energy Network Decarbonization (NUFRIEND) network planning tool to support evaluation of railroad decarbonization pathways, developed in collaboration with Argonne National Lab through an

from guidance from the Anacostia Rail, Association of America Railroads, BNSF, CSX, Norfolk Southern, and OmniTRAX.

Preceding our BAC reception and dinner, we were pleased to welcome a group of experts on supply chain visibility technologies, tools and best practices – Visibility Through the Supply Chain: Technologies and Best Practices– for the fall 2022 Industry Technical Workshop, a discussion aimed at addressing opportunities for visibility platforms to improve the resilience and reliability of supply chains. A highlight of the BAC dinner meeting was the opportunity to hear from Roger Nober, Executive Vice regulatory trends impacting the freight transportation sector.

We take pride in the trust our BAC companies have placed in our Transportation Center, and truly value the us and with our distinguished roster of fellow BAC members to be time well spent. Our team at NUTC has worked hard to make it a productive and enjoyable experience.

Thank you for your continued support of NUTC programs and research. We sincerely value our association with all of you.

Hani S. Mahmassani

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

AGENDA

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Northwestern University Transportation Center (Chambers Hall) 600 Foster Street, Evanston, IL, 60208

7:30 AM

8:00 AM

8:05 AM

Continental Breakfast

Call to Order: BAC Chair presiding

Jeff Silver - CEO, Mastery Logistics Systems

Welcome from the University

8:15 AM 8:30 AM 8:55 AM 9:00 AM 10:15 AM 10:45 AM 11:00 AM

11:30 AM

12:30 PM

12:45 PM

@infoNUTC #BAC2022

Dean Julio Ottino - Dean, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

Milan Mrksich - Vice President for Research, Northwestern

Director’s Report - Hani S. Mahmassani - Director, NUTC / Patterson Transportation Chair

BAC Membership: New Member Introductions

Panel – Freight Logistics Optimization Works (FLOW) as a Data Sharing Model for Logistics

Moderator: Jeff Silver, CEO, Mastery Logistics Systems

Jason Craig, Director of Government Affairs, C.H. Robinson

Jennifer McNeill, Vice President, Logistics, True Value Company

Roger Nober, , BNSF Railway

Andrew Petrisin, Supply Chain Advisor, US Department of Transportation*

Gene Seroka, Executive Director, Port of Los Angeles

Break

Presentation - Northwestern University Freight Rail Infrastructure & Energy Network Decarbonization (NUFRIEND)

Adrian Hernandez, Doctoral Researcher, Northwestern

Max Ng, Doctoral Researcher, Northwestern

Presentation – Labor, Where are the Workers?

Neil Collins, Regional Market Leader, Global Industrial Market, Korn Ferry

Panel – To What Extent is Sustainability Affecting Strategy and Operational Decisions?

Moderator: Klaus Weber, Thomas G. Ayers in Energy Resource Management, Professor of Management & Organizations, Kellogg School of Management

Suresh Krishna, CEO, Northern Tool + Equipment

Christine Landmeier, Director of Environmental Sustainability, Operations, United Airlines

Doug Waggoner, CEO, Echo Global Logistics

Introduction of Students

Adjournment and Lunch

*Pre-recorded video message

SPEAKERS

Speakers

NEIL COLLINS

Regional

Market Leader, Global Industrial Market Korn Ferry

Neil Collins leads the Global Industrial Markets Practice for North America. In leading this team, Mr. Collins partners with clients in the industrial markets to coordinate and deliver talent solutions that enhance performance. Working broadly across the industrials space, Mr. Collins specializes in logistics, distribution and transportation. He previously built the Global Logistics, Distribution and Transportation team which is recognized as having a leading market position by the sector it serves.

Before joining Korn Ferry in 2012, Mr. Collins worked with a leading global executive search firm for nearly twelve years, initially in the United Kingdom before relocating to Atlanta, where he was managing partner, America’s transportation and logistics and ran the Atlanta office.

His early professional experience was at Shell U.K. Exploration and Production, working in the human resources/engineering support functions. Mr. Collins’s career continued with Ward Wilson, a boutique U.K. management consultancy firm, where his focus was on developing competency frameworks for senior management at a European blue-chip company.

Mr. Collins graduated from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh with a bachelor of science degree (Hons) in business and quality management.

JASON CRAIG Director of Government Affairs C.H. Robinson Worldwide

Jason Craig has been in the transportation and logistics industry and with C.H. Robinson since 1996. His career began in operations on the global forwarding service line, primarily arranging for ocean exports of lumber from Northern Minnesota to Asia. He has managed a variety of operational roles, including network analysis, operational implementation, RFP response and solution design. He has spent time on-site at customers around the country.

In 2006, Mr. Craig created and implemented the government affairs role at C.H. Robinson. His focus is on freight transportation, trade, customs brokerage, and fresh produce issues. He routinely blogs and comments on C.H. Robinson’s Transportfolio blog (https://www.chrobinson.com/blog/).

Mr. Craig serves on the Advisory Committee on Supply Chain Competitiveness convened through the Department of Commerce. He is also the vice-chair of the Minnesota Freight Advisory Committee and was recently awarded the 2019 William K Smith award from the University of Minnesota’s Center for Transportation Studies given “for his leadership and contributions to the education of future leaders in private sector freight transportation.” He is an election judge in the City of Minneapolis and a graduate of Carleton College.

ADRIAN HERNANDEZ Doctoral Researcher Northwestern University

Adrian Hernandez is a current Ph.D. Candidate in Northwestern University’s Transportation Program in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. At Northwestern, he is advised by Prof. Pablo Durango-Cohen, and has been conducting research on the decarbonization of freight rail in the U.S.

Adrian received his B.S. in Civil Engineering from Cornell University, where he researched algorithms for vehicle routing problems under the supervision of Prof. Samitha Samaranayake and Juan Carlos Martinez Mori. Adrian has been the recipient of the LSAMP Fellowship and is a current GEM Fellow. His academic interests lie in optimization, operations research, infrastructure management, transportation, and public policy.

SURESH KRISHNA CEO

Northern Tool + Equipment

Suresh Krishna joined Northern Tool + Equipment as CEO in April 2020 after five years as a member of the Advisory Board. He brings entrepreneurial leadership and innovation skills to help propel the next phase of growth for Northern. Prior to joining Northern, Krishna held senior leadership roles at leading global companies including Polaris, United Technologies, Diageo and Sleep Number. He has vast experience in driving innovation, implementing operational excellence, building flexible supply chains and leading mergers and acquisitions. Krishna’s broad and strategic mindset and ability to drive transformative change position him to help Northern achieve its potential. Suresh holds an M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL, and a B.S. in mechanical engineering from the National Institute of Technology in India.

CHRISTINE LANDMEIER Director of Environmental Sustainability, Operations United Airlines

Christine Landmeier is a Director of Environmental Sustainability, Operations in the Environmental Affairs department at United Airlines. She is responsible for overseeing environmental sustainability and compliance within United’s ground operations globally.

Ms. Landmeier has 19 years of professional experience in environmental management at United and previous to United, she was in environmental consulting.

She has a B.S. in Geology from Eastern Illinois University.

HANI MAHMASSANI

Director, Transportation Center

William A. Patterson Distinguished Chair in Transportation Northwestern University

Hani S. Mahmassani is Director of the Transportation Center and the William A. Patterson Distinguished Professor in Transportation at Northwestern University--which he joined on September 1, 2007, with joint appointments in the McCormick School of Engineering and the Kellogg School of Management. He previously served as an endowed faculty positions at the University of Maryland and the University of Texas at Austin. Mahmassani has over 35 years of experience as a researcher, scholar, and professional in 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 advanced models to emerging policy issues. He has pioneered the use of novel data sources and real-time data streams in transportation modeling and decision-making. His current research is focused on autonomous vehicle deployment, advanced air mobility services, supply chain resilience, and machine learning applications in transportation and logistics systems.

He currently serves in various editorial capacities for the field’s major journals and was elected Convenor of the International Symposium on Transportation and Traffic Theory International Advisory Council. He serves on the International Advisory Board of the Panama Canal Authority and the Executive Committee of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies. Mahmassani has received numerous awards for his contributions, including the Roy W. Crum Distinguished Service Award from the Transportation Research Board (2022) and the Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award from Purdue University (2022). In 2021, he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE).

JENNIFER MCNEILL Vice President, Logistics True Value Company

As Vice President of Logistics, Jennifer McNeill is responsible for movement of product into the regional distribution centers from domestic and international suppliers, import and export trade compliance, and the delivery of product to True Value customers worldwide. McNeill holds a bachelor’s degree from Loyola University in New Orleans. She is a member of the AWESOME network (Achieving Women’s Excellence in Supply Chain Operations, Management and Education) and part of the FLOW (Freight Logistics Optimization Network) Committee spearheaded by the U.S. Department of Transportation as part of the Biden-Harris Supply Chain Disruption Task Force.

MILAN

MRKSICH Vice President for Research Northwestern

University

Milan Mrksich is a scientist, entrepreneur, and administrator who was named Northwestern’s Interim Vice President for Research on October 1, 2019, and assumed the permanent role on May 14, 2020. A nationally known multidisciplinary investigator, Mrksich is the Henry Wade Rogers Professor with appointments in the Departments of Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry, and Cell and Developmental Biology. He also was Founding Director of Northwestern’s Center for Synthetic Biology and an Associate Director of the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, where his focus included strengthening state-of-the-art instrumentation and techniques.

Dr. Mrksich is an award-winning leader in the science and engineering of developing surface chemistries for life science applications. His laboratory has pioneered several technologies, including: strategies to integrate living cells with microelectronic devices; methods to enable high throughput assays for drug discovery; and approaches to making synthetic proteins for therapeutic use. Most notably, he developed the SAMDI biochip technology. SAMDI vastly increases the pace of experiments by allowing enzymes to be tested at a rate of a hundred thousand per day, a breakthrough that has become the leading ‘labelfree’ technology in drug discovery and has addressed a pressing need in early stage drug development. His research has been described in approximately 200 publications and 500 invited talks.

As Vice President for Research, Dr. Mrksich and his senior staff direct a research infrastructure with $893.4 million in annual sponsored funding. He oversees an integrated portfolio of expert services and resources delivered by 18 units. This administrative support includes a host of compliance-related expertise as well as management of animal care, laboratory safety, research IT, core facilities, and 40 interdisciplinary University Research Institutes and Centers. Mrksich also leads the development and implementation of University-wide strategic plans that support high-impact research efforts.

Dr. Mrksich earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of Illinois and a doctorate in chemistry from Caltech. He then served as an American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard

University before joining the faculty at the University of Chicago in 1996, where he remained until joining Northwestern in 2011. His many honors include the Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, the TR100 Innovator Award, Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award, Pittsburgh Analytical Chemistry Award, election to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, and the Illinois Bio ICON Innovator Awardee.

ROGER NOBER

EVP & Chief Legal Officer

BNSF Railway

Roger Nober joined BNSF Railway Co. in January 2007 and oversees legal and regulatory matters, environmental, claims, compliance, communications as well as state government and community affairs. Prior to that, Nober was a partner in the Washington office of Steptoe & Johnson LLP. From 2002 to 2006, Nober chaired the U.S. Surface Transportation Board. From 1993 to 2002, he served in various roles at the Department of Transportation and in the U.S. House of Representatives, including serving as chief counsel for the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. He has a bachelor’s degree from Haverford College and a Juris Doctor from Harvard University School of Law.

JULIO OTTINO

Dean, McCormick School of Engineering & Applied Science

Walter P. Murphy Professor of Chemical & Biological Engineering & (by courtesy) Mechanical Engineering Distinguished Robert R. McCormick Institute Professor Northwestern

Dr. Julio M. Ottino holds the titles of Distinguished Robert R. McCormick Institute Professor and Walter P. Murphy Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering. Previously, he was chair of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and founding co-director of NICO, the Northwestern Institute for Complex Systems, run jointly by McCormick and the Kellogg School of Management. Ottino received his PhD in chemical engineering at the University of Minnesota and held positions at UMass/Amherst and chaired and senior appointments at Caltech and Stanford. Ottino’s research has appeared on the covers of Nature, Science, Scientific American, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, and other publications and has impacted fields as diverse as fluid dynamics, granular dynamics, microfluidics, geophysical sciences, and nonlinear dynamics and chaos.

A recipient of many awards in the field, Ottino was listed by AIChE as one of the “One Hundred Engineers of the Modern Era” (Post WWII) and was awarded the Fluid Dynamics Prize from the American Physical Society. In 2017, he was awarded the Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education from the National Academy of Engineering, regarded as the highest award for engineering education. He is a member of both the National Academy of Engineering and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

GENE SEROKA

Executive Director

Port of Los Angeles

Mr. Seroka was confirmed as Executive Director for the Port of Los Angeles by the Los Angeles City Council on June 11, 2014. An industry-known leader, he brings more than 28 years of experience in shipping, global logistics and executive management to the Port. As Executive Director of the busiest container port in North America, Gene Seroka is responsible for managing a $1 billion budget, leading a team of more than 900 employees, advancing major capital projects, growing cargo volumes, and promoting innovative, sustainable practices that improve Southern California’s economy and quality of life.

JEFF SILVER Chief Executive Officer Mastery Logistics Systems

Jeff Silver joined American Backhaulers in 1984, fresh out of the University of Michigan with an undergrad degree in Economics. He helped grow the business by focusing on customer interactions and the sales force, training, and designing its ground-breaking technology. When ABH was sold to CH Robinson, Jeff spent a year helping to integrate the businesses and working to adapt the ABH system to the needs of the global company, and then retired. During his retirement, Jeff completed an MBA at Michigan as well as a Masters of Engineering in Logistics at MIT. In 2006, he and his wife Marianne, who created the methods of recruiting and training and focus on culture that have been copied by many in the industry, co-founded Coyote Logistics, which he led through its acquisition by UPS in 2015, after which he spent several years working with the broader UPS group on automation and advanced technology.

DOUG WAGGONER Chairman & CEO Echo Global Logistics

Doug Waggoner has served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Echo Global Logistics since 2006 and has contributed to making Echo a leading provider of technology-enabled transportation management. Prior to Echo, he founded SelecTrans, LLC, a freight management software provider. From 2004 to 2005, he served as the CEO of USF Bestway. Prior to this, he was the senior vice president of strategic marketing for USF Corporation. He also serves on the Board of Directors for the Supply-Chain Innovation Network of Chicago, a new organization emerging out of World Business Chicago’s Plan for Economic Growth and Jobs. Waggoner holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from San Diego State University.

KLAUS WEBER

Thomas G. Ayers Chair in Energy Resource Management Professor of Management & Organizations Kellogg School of Management

Klaus Weber is a Professor of Management & Organizations and serves as the deputy director of the Northwestern Buffett Institute for Global Affairs. He is also affiliated with the Department of Sociology and the Northwestern Institute for Sustainability and Energy.

His research concerns the dynamics of organizational and institutional sustainability transitions; the interactions between social movements, corporations, and markets; and economic globalization. He specializes in cultural and institutional forms of analysis and methodologies.

Klaus’ research has been widely published in journals such as Administrative Science Quarterly, American Sociological Review, Organization Science, Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Harvard Business Review and many others. His work has won best paper awards at the American Sociological Association, Administrative Science Quarterly, and the SYNTEC Conseil en Management. He was a senior editor at Organization Science and has guest edited volumes for Organization Studies and Organization Science.

Klaus teaches courses on environmental sustainability in Kellogg’s MBA program and ISEN’s MS Energy & Sustainability; and doctoral seminars on organization theory, cultural analysis, and research methods. He received his PhD from the University of Michigan and joined the Kellogg faculty in 2003.

MEMBER DIRECTORY

Leadership Level

Sustaining Level Association Level

David Arganbright

VP Government Affairs | OmniTRAX Inc. darganbright@omnitrax.com 215.205.0202

Jared Azcuy

CEO | AGI - Alliance Ground International Inc. jazcuy@allianceground.com 786.607.1070 305.206.1414

Andrew Bata

Regional Manager (North America) | UITP - International Association of Public Transport andrew.bata@uitp.org 917.403.3445

Farrukh Bezar

CSX Transportation farrukh_bezar@csx.com 571.214.8578 904.359.1512

Jason Birnbaum

SVP, Digital Technology | United Airlines, Inc. jason.birnbaum@united.com 872.825.4550 630.512.1411

L. Price Blackford Managing Director | Scott-Macon Ltd. pblackford@scott-macon.com 646.572.2409 917.861.7772

John Bowe

Principal | American Maritime Group LLC johnbowe22@gmail.com 510.813.9574

Andrew Boyle Co-President | Boyle Transportation andrew.boyle@boyletransport.com 978.670.3409 978.430.9942

Joe Boyle VP U.S. Transportation | UPS jboyle@ups.com

Mike Brennan President | Farmer’s Fridge mbrennan575@gmail.com 847.971.8939

Vicki Bretthauer Independent Consultant vickib777@sbcglobal.net 847.873.0664 847.331.5333

Ike Brown President & Vice-Chairman | NFI Industries Inc. 214.431.5530

Shaun Bunch

SVP, Inventory Control & Logistics | Northern Tool +Equipment shaun.bunch@northerntool.com 859.321.8127

Edward Burkhardt

Former Chairman President & CEO | Rail World, Inc. eaburkhardt@railworld-inc.com 773.714.8669

James Burnley IV, Esq. Partner | Venable LLP jhburnley@venable.com 202.344.4054

Michael Burton President & CEO | C&K Holdings Acquisition, LLC mburton@cktrucking.com 312.617.7470

Frank Bush

Industry Consulting, Travel & Transportation | Teradata frank.bush@teradata.com 972.971.9702

Perry Cantarutti

SVP Alliances | Delta Air Lines perry.cantarutti@delta.com 404.715.2874 612.845.2849

Norman Carlson Board Chairman | Metra normancarlson2021@gmail.com 847.542.7393

Grace Cerocke VP Finance | Matson Logistics Inc. gcerocke@matson.com 630.203.3552

Satish Chandra Cummins Inc. satish.chandra@cummins.com 812.344.1534

Bob Chappuis

General Manager | Uber Freight LLC bob.chappuis@uber.com 312.605.0192

Brandy Christian President & CEO | Port of New Orleans ChristianB@PortNO.com 504.528.3201

Lee Clair Managing Partner | Transportation & Logistics Advisors, LLC lclair@tandla.net 312.961.4403

Vince D’Angelo

AVP East Geo Communications & Travel | Teradata Vincent.Dangelo@Teradata.com 631.672.1522

Michelle Dilley CEO | AWESOME michelle.dilley@awesomeleaders.org 269.277.3593

Bill Driegert

Head of Operations & Co-founder | Uber Freight driegert@uber.com 214.966.3366

Toby Enqvist

United Airlines, Inc. toby.enqvist@united.com 872.852.7709

Sean Fahey

EVP, Head of Freight Management | Capstone Logistics Sean.Fahey@capstonelogistics.com 847.372.7278

Ed Feeley

Managing Director | Littlejohn & Co. LLC efeeley@littlejohnllc.com 203.552.3520 203.253.3187

John Fitzgerald VP Business Development | project44 630.373.4983

Mark Fornasiero

Managing Partner | Clarendon Group mfornasiero@clarendongrp.com 301.990.3912

Andrew Fox

Managing Director | Overland Limited Associates Inc. afox905@comcast.net 312.324.7360

Craig Fuller CEO & Founder | FreightWaves cfuller@freightwaves.com 423.503.3296

Eli Gross

Managing Director | Head of Global Transportation & Infrastructure | Morgan Stanley eli.gross@morganstanley.com 212.761.8193

Ankit Gupta Airlines, Inc. ankit.gupta@united.com 872.825.2273 312.343.6322

Michelle Halkerston

President & CEO | Hassett Logistics michelle.halkerston@teamhassett.com 630.530.6515 630.880.6578

Ed Hamberger

former President & CEO | AAR edhamberger@gmail.com 202.297.6131

Rob Hart

Senior Consultant | AllTranstek LLC rwh55@mac.com 312.316.7465

Martin Haycraft

President & CEO | Progress Rail Services | a Caterpillar Company mhaycraft@progressrail.com 256.505.6408

David Horwitz

VP & Executive Director | Fleet Portfolio Management | GATX Corporation david.horwitz@gatx.com 312.621.6563 312.882.4852

Adam Inselbuch

Managing Director | South Street Ventures, LLC inselbuch@southstreetventures.com 917.727.5568

Ian Jefferies

President & CEO | AAR - Association of American Railroads ijefferies@aar.org (202) 639-2100

Ed Jenkins

Principal | Strategy & Logistics Consulting edjenkins58@icloud.com 904.629.3288

Regg Jones

Founder & Managing Partner | Greenbriar Equity Group rjones@greenbriarequity.com 914.925.9688 203.979.0410

Warren Jones

VP, Business Development | AGI - Alliance Ground International wjones@allianceground.com

Larry Jordan

CEO & Founder | Wi-Tronix lawrence.b.jordan@wi-tronix.com

Gary Kaufman

gary.kaufman@wi-tronix.com 630.679.9927 ext. 424 847.877.8857

Brendan P. Keegan

CEO | Merchants Fleet 603.836.6416 703.674.9200

Peeter Kivestu Principal | Oplytix LLC peeter@oplytix.com 612.310.2297

Jan Krems

President | United Cargo | United Airlines, Inc. jan.krems@united.com 872.825.3125

Suresh Krishna

President & CEO | Northern Tool + Equipment suresh.kirshna@northerntool.com 763.234.2473

H. Merritt Lane, III

President & CEO | Canal Barge mlane@canalbarge.com 504.584.1512

John Larkin

Operating Partner | Clarendon Group LLC jlarkin@clarendongrp.com 301.337.2700 x702

Robert Levin

Founder & CEO | Republic Partners rob.levin@republicpartners.com 773.281.7700 312.560.7026

Danny Loe

President, Asset-Light Logistics and Chief dannyloe@arcb.com

Patrick Lortie

Partner & Tranportation Services

Practice Leader | Oliver Wyman patrick.lortie@oliverwyman.com 514.350.7228 514.402.7086

Charles Lounsbury

Former SVP | Ryder System chucklou@aol.com 612.819.8141

Regis Luther VP, Engineering & CTO | AM General LLC regis.luther@amgeneral.com 630.352.8471

Robert Martínez

Senior Advisor for Freight and Economic Development | Moffatt & Nichol rmartinez@moffattnichol.com 757.630.2172

Jett McCandless CEO | project44 jett@project44.com 312.376.8883

Benjamin McLean CEO

Ruan Transportation Management Systems bmclean@ruan.com 515.245.2594

Shawn McWhorter President (Americas Region) | Nippon Cargo Airlines shawn.mcwhorter@nca.aero 773.894.8201 347.203.5238

Gregg Mitchell

Trinity Industries, Inc. gregg.mitchell@trin.net 214.589.8360 214.519.1344

Vaughn Moore President & CEO | AIT Worldwide Logistics vmoore@aitworldwide.com 630.766.0711 x6308 630.400.3182

Matthew Mullarkey SVP | Strategic Projects & Planning | CenterPoint Properties mmullarkey@centerpoint.com 630.586.8071 630.707.4982

Ben Nimmergut

VP, Boeing Commercial Airplanes Engineering | Boeing Benjamin.K.Nimmergut@boeing.com 425.750.9112

Roger Nober

EVP | Law & Corporate Affairs / CLO | BNSF Railway Co. roger.nober@bnsf.com 817.352.1460

Patrick Nolan

VP North America | CH Robinson pat.nolan@chrobinson.com 800.334.8789 x1192 312.286.3431

Elsey Ocejo

Director, Supply Chain Strategy | Bimbo Bakeries USA elsy.ocejo@grupobimbo.com 224.935.6259

Mike O’Malley

SVP Government & Public Relations | DCLI – Direct Chassis Link, Inc. mike.omalley@dcli.com 904.314.2152

Aurelio Pérez Alonso

Associate Director & CFO | Mobility ADO aureliop@grupoado.com.mx 52.555.133.2575

Jamie Peters VP - Intermodal Excellence | jamiepeters@up.com 402.544.5699

Craig Philip Research Professor & Director | VECTOR | Vanderbilt craig.e.philip@vanderbilt.edu 615.812.0300

Chris Pickett 312.835.3579

Robert Puentes

President & CEO | Eno Center for Transportation rpuentes@enotrans.com 202.879.4711 202.415.1073

Cherilyn Radbourne

Managing Director Equity Research | TD Securities Inc. cherilyn.radbourne@tdsecurities.com 416.308.3403 416.666.0348

Priya Rajagopalan priya@fourkites.com

James Rankin

CEO | West Star Aviation jrank2004@aol.com 503.678.1222 920.475.3285

Jean Regan

President CEO & Chairman | TranzAct Technologies, Inc. reganjean@tranzact.com 630.530.6191 708.751.9830

Michael Reymann

Senior VP & Manager | National Transportation Banking | US Bancorp / US Bank michael.reymann@usbank.com 612.303.3781 612.710.6444

Steven Rothberg

Founding Partner | Mercator International, LLC srothberg@mercatorintl.com 425.803.9876 425.503.6688

Jennifer Rumsey

President & CEO | Cummins Inc. jennifer.rumsey@cummins.com

James Runde

Special Advisor | Morgan Stanley jim.runde@morganstanley.com 212.761.8449

Konrad Salaber

Managing Director | Wind Point Partners kas@wppartners.com 312.255.4825 314.517.6842

Thomas Sanderson Director | Product Marketing, 777, 787, & thomas.d.sanderson@boeing.com 206.259.1623

Andrew Schmidt

Managing Director | Seabury Capital LLC aschmidt@seaburycapital.com 312.303.0800

Paul Schneider

Managing Director | Schneider paulschneider@schneiderpe.com 920.403.7824 920.246.9865

Gene Seroka

Executive Director | Port of Los Angeles gene_seroka@portla.org 310.732.7678

Jonathan Shaver

Founder and COO | StrategIQ Commerce

Jonathan.Shaver@StrategIQCommerce.com 312.324.DATA 312.399.2830

Andrew Silver

CEO | MoLo Solutions andrew.silver@shipmolo.com 847.306.3805

Jeff Silver

CEO | Mastery Logistics Systems silvjef@hotmail.com 847.235.8201 847.710.5988

Shelley Simpson

President | JB Hunt Transport Inc. shelley.simpson@jbhunt.com 479.790.3222

Kathleen Smith

Vice President Business Development and Real Estate | Norfolk Southern Corporation Kathleen.Smith@nscorp.com 757.876.1529

Chris Spear

President & CEO American Trucking Associations cspear@trucking.org 703.838.1840 980.230.9115

Jo Strang

SVP Safety, Regulatory and Environmental | American Short Line & Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) jstrang@aslrra.org 202.585.3432

Andy Sze

Managing Director & Partner | Fastraxx Group LLC ahfsze@gmail.com 630.697.1728

Jeffrey Tallman

VP Operations Planning and Engineering | FedEx Express jptallman@fedex.com 901.434.2018

Rick Tomcho

President | Capstone Logistics rick.tomcho@capstonelogistics.com 770.414.1929

Doug Waggoner

Chairman & CEO | Echo Global Logistics doug@echo.com 312.676.2700 800.354.7993

Tomeka Watson-Bryant

General Manager | New Orleans Public Belt Railroad, Port of New Orleans tomeka.bryant@railnola.com 504.896.7410

Kevin Weiss CEO | Spireon kweiss@spireon.com 714.600.5952

Thomas Wells

President & CEO | TTX thomas.wells@ttx.com 312.984.3833

Barbara Wilson

Principal | Hill Road Capital bww415@gmail.com 415.609.9811

Loli Wu

Managing Director | Head of Global Transportation & Infrastructure | Bank of America Merrill Lynch loli.wu@bofa.com 646.855.4571 646.244.7442

Phillip Yeager

President & CCO | Hub Group pyeager@hubgroup.com 630.271.3680 630.292.3224

James Zubik

VP, Finance & Administration | Anacostia Rail Holdings Co. jzubik@anacostia.com 312.324.7363

Justin Zubrod Sr. Managing Partner | Justin Zubrod & Co. jzubrod@zubrodco.com 847.886.4401 224.659.2646

Member Companies

AAR - Association of American Railroads

ArcBest Corporation

AGI - Alliance Ground International LLC

AIT Worldwide Logistics

Allstate Corporation

AM General LLC

Anacostia Rail Holdings Company

ASLRRA – American Short Line Railroad Association

ATA - American Trucking Associations

AWESOME

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Bimbo Bakeries USA

BNSF Railway

The Boeing Company Boyle Transportation

C&K Holdings Acquisition LLC

Canal Barge

Capstone Logistics

CenterPoint Properties

CN - Canadian National Railway Company

CP - Canadian Pacific Railway Coyote, A UPS Company

CSCMP

CSX Transportation Cummins Inc.

DCLI

Delta Air Lines

Echo Global Logistics

Eno Center for Transportation

FedEx Express

GATX Corporation

Greenbriar Equity Group LP

Grupo ADO

Hassett Logistics

Hub Group

JP Morgan

Littlejohn & Co. LLC

Mastery Logistics Systems Matson Logistics Inc. Mercator International LLC Merchants Fleet Morgan Stanley

NCA - Nippon Cargo Airlines NFI

Norfolk Southern Corporation Northern Tool + Equipment Oliver Wyman

OmniTRAX Inc.

Port of Los Angeles Port of New Orleans

Progressive Rail Services, A Caterpillar Company Project44

Republic Partners LLC

Ruan Transportation Management Systems Schneider

Seabury Capital LLC Spireon

StrategIQ Commerce TD Securities Teradata

TranzAct Technologies Inc. Trinity Industries Inc. TTX

Uber Freight

UITP - Union Internationale des Transports Publics

Union Pacific Railroad

United Airlines

UPS

US Bancorp / US Bank Wind Point Partners Wi-Tronix

NUTC RESEARCH PROJECTS

Research Projects

New Kind of Experiment and Theory to Determine the Effect of Crack-Parallel Stresses on Fracture of Concrete and Similar Materials

National Science Foundation Bazant, Zdenek

Enabling Predictive Scale-Bridging Simulations through Active Learning

Triad National Security, Lost Alamos National Laboratory, National Nuclear Security Administration Bazant, Zdenek

HDR DSC: Collaborative Research: The Metropolitan Chicago Data Science Corps (MCDC): Learning from Data to Support Communities

National Science Foundation Blomberg Stathopoulos, Amanda; Gray, Kimberly

Models and Policy Tools for Emerging Transportation Services: Promoting Socially Inclusive Outcomes

Federal Highway Administration Blomberg Stathopoulos, Amanda

CAREER: Transformative Mobility Analysis: Mixed Methods Framework National Science Foundation Blomberg Stathopoulos, Amanda

Collaborative Research: CNS Core: Medium: On the Criticality of the Submarine Cable Network

National Science Foundation Bustamante, Fabian

National Science Foundation Bustamante, Fabian

Multidimensional Network Analysis for Data-Driven Vehicle Preference Modeling and Segmentation Prediction: Extension to Spatiotemporal Modeling of Diffusion Pattern in China Auto Market

Ford Motor Company Chen, Wei

NRI: Shape-Based Remote Manipulation

National Science Foundation Colgate, Edward

Collaborative Research: TouchBots for Surface Haptics

National Science Foundation Colgate, Edward

CREWS: Crew Recommender for Effective Work in Space

NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Contractor, Noshir

The Next Normal for Teaming: Transitioning Out of COVID-19 National Science Foundation Contractor, Noshir

Natural Experiments with Online Games: Support, Impact and Mitigation During the COVID-19 Pandemic National Science Foundation Contractor, Noshir

Teaming in the Time of COVID-19: Understanding How Technology Affordances Can Enable Collaboration During Sudden Workplace Disruption National Science Foundation Contractor, Noshir

Diversity, Impact, and Potential of Teams

National Science Foundation Contractor, Noshir

The Signatures of Success in Human-Agent Teams

U.S. Army Research Laboratory Contractor, Noshir

SCHNEIDER: System for Counterfactual Human Network Evaluation of Individual Differences, Errors, and Residuals

Smart Information Flow Technologies, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Contractor, Noshir

Collaborative Research: Innovation in Sustainable Mass Timber Building Systems National Science Foundation Corr, David; Cusatis, G.

Optimizing Bridge Abutment Slope Protection at Stream Crossing Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration Cusatis, Gianluca

HCC: Visual Processing Capacity in Dynamic Data

National Science Foundation Franconeri, Steven

CHS: Medium: Collaborative Research: Empirically Validated Perceptual Tasks for Data Visualization National Science Foundation Franconeri, Steven

The Industry Origins of Slow U.S. Productivity Growth Smith Richardson Foundation Gordon, Robert

Designing Sustainable & Just Communities: Developing an Undergraduate Curriculum Around Innovation, Climate Action and Social Justice

National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance, Inc. Gray, Kimberly; Blomberg Stathopoulos, A.; Corr, D.; Cusatis, G.; Durango-Cohen, P.; Youn, Hyejin

Future Innovations in Embassy Planning, Design, Construction & Operation Krueck & Sexton Architects, LTD; Department of State Gray, Kimberly; Blomberg Stathopoulos, A.; Corr, David; Cusatis, Gianluca; Nie, Yu

LEAP-HI: Catalyzing Resilient Urban Infrastructure Systems: Integrating the Natural and Built Environments

National Science Foundation Gray, Kimberly

HDR TRIPODS: Collaborative Research: Institute for Data, Econometrics, Algorithms and Learning

National Science Foundation Horowitz, Joel

CRII CHS Early Detection of Collective Misconceptions with Network Aware Machine Learning Tools

National Science Foundation Horvat, Emoke-Agnes

Collaborative Research:HCC:Small: Science communication in the ecosystem of digital media platforms National Science Foundation Horvat, Emoke-Agnes

Decision Flow Queueing Networks for Analysis of Knowledge Based Service Operations Systems National Science Foundation Iravani, Seyed

Comprehensive AI Architecture: One Model Fits Many Data Sources and Tasks Allstate Insurance Company Klabjan, Diego

Which cities will thrive in the next normal?

Cintra US Services Mahmassani, Hani S

LOCOMOTIVES: Lowering CO2 – Models to Optimize Train Infrastructure, Vehicles, and Energy Storage

Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy Mahmassani, Hani S.; Durango-Cohen, P.

NSF RAPID - Tracking and Deconstructing Covid 19 Vaccine as an Extreme Logistics Event National Science Foundation Mahmassani, Hani S; Smilowitz, Karen

Tier I Center on TELEMOBILITY Department of Transportation Mahmassani, Hani S; Smilowitz, Karen; Blomberg Stathopoulos, Amanda; Sunil, Chopra; Yu, Nie; Durango-Cohen,Pablo; Schofer, Joseph; Shaheen, Susan (UC Berke ley); Walker, Joan (UC Berkeley); Stamatopoulos, Ioannis (UT Austin)

Advisory Services for MAG ABM-DTA Integration - Phase II MAG Project

Arizona State University, Maricopa Association of Governments Mahmassani, Hani S

Third Generation Simulation (TGSim) Data: A Closer Look at the Impacts of Automated Driving Systems on Human Behavior

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Federal Highway Administration Mahmassani, Hani S

Illinois, a Leader in Mobility 4.0 and Beyond

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Department of Transportation Mahmassani, Hani S

Advancing Air Mobility in Illinois

Illinois Department of Transportation Mahmassani, Hani S

Analysis of Metra Rail Commuter Service Contraction Impact on Regional Mobility Using Integrated Multimodal Network Modeling Platform

Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation Mahmassani, Hani S

CSP Real-time Operations Optimization Software

Alliance for Sustaining Energy, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Department of Energy Morton, David

UT Austin Vaccines Planning Tool: COVID-19 Modeling Accelerator (CMA) University of Texas at Austin, John Hopkins University Morton, David

Value-focused Robust Optimization for Disaster Response

Arizona State University, Department of Homeland Security Morton, David

Collaborative Research: Adaptive Gaussian Markov Random Fields for Large-scale Discrete Optimization via Simulation National Science Foundation Nelson, Barry

Mobility as a Service Network Optimization via Simulation

General Motors Corporation LLC Nelson, Barry

National Science Foundation Nie, Yu; Wang, Z.

SCC-PG: Improving Healthcare Access in Marginalized Communities Through Smart Connected Technologies

National Science Foundation Nie, Yu; Blomberg Stathopoulos, A.; Zhu, Q.

EAGER: Collaborative Research: An Autonomous Modular Vehicle Technology-based Multifacet ed Mobility Service Paradigm – A Proof-of-Concept Study National Science Foundation Nie, Yu

Rethink Ride-hail: from Understanding Limits to Reaching Full Potential National Science Foundation Nie, Yu

PFI BIC Smart CROwdsourced Urban Delivery (CROUD) System National Science Foundation Nie, Yu; co-PI Blomberg Stathopoulos, Amanda

Alterations of Sleep and Circadian Timing in Aging National Institute on Aging Reid, Kathryn

Effect of Sleeping Place on Objective and Subjective Sleep Quality Technogel Italia S.r.l Reid, Kathryn

Improving Veterans Referrals by Optimizing Network Design in Response to COVID-19 Smilowitz, Karen

EAGER ISN: Unraveling Illicit Supply Chains with a Citizen Science Approach

University of Notre Dame, National Science Foundation Smilowitz, Karen

Exploiting Network Structure in Routing Problems: Applications to School Bus Routing National Science Foundation Smilowitz, Karen

PFI: AIR-TT SAFE (Situational Awareness for Events): A Data Visualization System National Science Foundation Smilowitz, Karen

Alterations of Sleep and Circadian Timing in Aging

National Institute on Aging Turek, Fred

Mechanisms Underlying Sleep Disturbances in Parkinson’s Disease

U.S. Army Medical Research and Material Command Turek, Fred

Multi-System Physiology

NASA Ames Research Center Turek, Fred

Team Dynamics, Networks and Assembly (Team DNA)

University of California at Los Angeles, National Institute of General Medical Sciences Uzzi, Brian; Contractor, N.

QUANTA Quantitative Network-based Models of Adaptive Team Behavior

Uzzi, Brian

Development of Instruments and Techniques that Can Assess Tire Life and Increase Re-Manufacturing of Commercial Vehicle Tires

Michelin North America, Department of Energy Wei, Chen

Integration of ICME Tools in Casting Design and Process Optimization for Intelligent Manufacturing

American Foundry Societym Inc., Defense Logistics Agency Wei, Chen

Operator 4.0 via Fatigue and Motion Analyses in Human Digital Twin Enabled Framework for Smart Manufacturing UI Labs, Picatinny Center for Contracting and Commerce Zhu, Qi

CPS: Medium: Batteryless Sensor Enabling Smart Green Infrastructure National Science Foundation Zhu, Qi

S&AS: INT: Autonomous Multi-Robot Visual Monitoring for Urban, Agricultural, and Natural Resource Management

University of California, Riverside, National Science Foundation Zhu, Qi

CPS: Synergy: Securing the Timing of Cyber-Physical Systems National Science Foundation Zhu, Qi

NUTC STAFF & EVENTS

Director & Staff

HANI S. MAHMASSANI

Director masmah@northwestern.edu 847.491.2282

BRETON JOHNSON

Senior Associate Director bretj@northwestern.edu 847.491.2194

ANDREA CEHAIC

Assistant Director andrea.cehaic@northwestern.edu 847.491.2280

TORENE HARVIN

Senior Program Coordinator torene.harvin@northwestern.edu 847.491.2787

MARINKO KULJANIN

Financial Assistant mrinko.kuljanin @northwestern.edu 847 491 2275

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION CENTER

600 Foster Street, Evanston, IL 847.491.7287 tcinfo@northwestern.edu transportation.northwestern.edu

THANK YOU

About the Business Advisory Council

Unequaled by any academic transportation advisory board in the country, the Northwestern University Transportation Center (NUTC) Business Advisory Council (BAC) has long been a major force behind the Center’s success. The BAC is structured through four distinct levels of membership: Leadership, Sustaining, Individual, and research, education, and outreach initiatives.

All BAC members enjoy access to Northwestern’s world-class faculty, opportunities for networking with industry peers, invitations to and involvement in special programs and events, insights into cutting-edge research and industry trends, discounted tuition fees for the Center’s Executive Education Series, and access to Northwestern’s bright student population and renowned Transportation Library.

The BAC meets twice yearly on the Evanston campus to foster an exchange of ideas among its members and Center faculty, staff, and students. The meetings are designed to explore the areas of interest and relevance to BAC member companies. Each meeting features working sessions, panel discussions, and speaker presentations, as well as opportunities for more informal networking and exchange.

About the Transportation Center

For the last six decades, the Northwestern University Transportation Center (NUTC) has proudly conducted research, provided education and performed outreach for 600 Foster Street | Evanston, Illinois 60208 847.491.7287 | tcinfo@northwestern.edu transportation.northwestern.edu