Speakers

Tim Cooper serves as Senior Vice President at Walmart Inc., where he leads the company’s Grocery Distribution network—the largest in the United States. In this role, he oversees the distribution strategy and operations supporting Walmart’s expansive food business, while also managing reusable assets, imports, consolidation, and offshore operations. His leadership ensures the reliable, efficient movement of goods at an unprecedented national scale.

Over his distinguished career at Walmart, Tim has held several senior leadership roles, including Divisional Vice President and Distribution Center General Manager, along with numerous positions across logistics and transportation operations. Across every assignment, he has delivered high performance and consistent results grounded in values-based leadership.

Tim’s influence extends beyond operations. He has served on Walmart’s President’s Inclusion Council, participated in the Criminal Justice Shared Value Network, and acted as executive sponsor for multiple mentor circles—reflecting his deep commitment to inclusion, mentorship, and community impact. Among his many professional honors, he was recognized by Savoy magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential Black Executives in Corporate America.

Prior to joining Walmart, Tim served for ten years as a United States Army Officer. A helicopter pilot and decorated combat veteran, he completed assignments in Europe, the Middle East, and multiple duty stations across the United States—experiences that shaped his disciplined, mission-focused leadership style.

Tim is also an active community leader, having served as a director or trustee for organizations including the Regional United Way, Chamber of Commerce, Economic Development Committee, Meals on Wheels, Mary Martha Outreach, and the Orange County (CA) Food Bank. He has served in numerous leadership capacities within his local churches.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Hampton University, two Master of Science degrees from the University of Central Missouri, and a Master’s Certificate in Supply Chain Management from Michigan State University.

Tim resides in Northwest Arkansas with his wife, DeLisa. He is a proud father and grandfather.

Rahquel is a Supply Chain executive with over three decades of experience, known for driving transformative results through consumer-centric innovation. Currently, she serves as L’Oréal’s North America Chief Transformation Officer, where she oversees a vast portfolio of tech-enabled, scaled productivity and digital omni-commerce initiatives. Rahquel’s impressive career includes 20+ years at P&G and international leadership roles across Western Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Joining L’Oréal USA in 2016, she rose to become Chief Operations Officer for North America, spearheading growth throughout the pandemic and transforming L’Oréal’s Supply Chain into a powerhouse, delivering record results and market leadership. Beyond her corporate role, she co-founded @KeepYourKookee, a mother-daughter podcast that elevates intergenerational conversations about relationships and womanhood. Rahquel also serves on the Board of MSC Industrial Supply and is a passionate advocate for diversity and inclusion, underscoring her commitment to fostering an inclusive and vibrant corporate culture. She holds a degree from the University of Michigan and honorary degrees from MIT, Harvard, and CEDEP Business School.

Chris Nielsen is executive vice president of supply chain, chief supply chain officer and chief quality officer for Toyota Motor North America (TMNA).

In his role, Nielsen oversees all supply chain operations, including: purchasing, logistics, quality, integrated planning and control, innovation and strategy, service parts and accessories, and the Toyota Production System development groups.

Previously, Nielsen served as senior vice president of human resources, corporate strategy, and purchasing for Toyota Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. (TEMA) located in Erlanger, Kentucky. During his tenure, Nielsen’s leadership was pivotal in the “One Toyota” Headquarters initiative resulting in a successful merger of two Toyota affiliates with distinct cultures that operated separately for over 30 years. Prior to that assignment, Nielsen was president of Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas, a vehicle assembly plant located in San Antonio, Texas. From 2003 to 2006, Nielsen served as project leader responsible for the overall design and construction of TMMTX, a $1.2 Billion project.

Nielsen joined Toyota in 1987 as a buyer at its Georgetown, Kentucky plant and progressed through a series of positions including vice president of purchasing where he was responsible for overseeing over $30 Billion in parts and materials procurement.

He was the first American to participate in the management expatriation program, a year-long management development assignment with Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) in Japan in 1999.

Nielsen holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from Kettering University (formerly General Motors Institute), and an Executive Education Certificate from The Wharton School of Business. He is a member of the Mazda Toyota Manufacturing U.S. Board of Directors and serves as Chair of the Toyota Motor North America Audit Committee.

Nielsen is also a member of the National Association of Manufacturers Board of Directors (Executive Committee), Manufacturing Institute Board of Directors, Dallas Regional Chamber, Board of Directors(Executive Committee, 2019 Chair – Largest Regional Chamber in the United States), Dallas Citizens Council Board of Directors, and Texas 2036 Donor Advisory Council.

Roberto Canevari is Executive Vice President, Chief Value Chain Officer, overseeing the end-to-end
Global Supply Chain, including global Manufacturing, Fulfillment, Planning, Supplier Management,
Quality, Environment, Health & Safety, and all Global Region and Brand Value Chains across all
channels.

As a seasoned global supply chain expert and member of the company’s Executive Team, Mr.
Canevari drives innovation, operational excellence, and sustainable growth through the
development of end-to-end strategies that exceed global customer expectations. He partners closely
with R&D to ensure supply chain capabilities support and scale alongside product innovation. Mr.
Canevari strengthens supplier relationships and evolves sourcing models with a focus on safety,
sustainability, and delivering high-quality, luxurious products.

Prior to joining The Este e Lauder Companies, Mr. Canevari served as Executive Vice President of
Supply Chain, Europe at Unilever PLC. Mr. Canevari has also held senior leadership roles at
Burberry, Carrefour, Nestle , and Reckitt Benckiser, managing large-scale operations and teams
across food, home, and personal care categories.

Becky Crane has 20 years’ experience at General Mills working across the company’s end-to-end supply chain, in multiple U.S. and international locations. Highlights include plant manager at one of our largest facilities (Hannibal, Mo.), as well as standing up a global procurement organization in Switzerland as an expat. She’s known for leveraging her breadth of experience to build bold strategies and highly effective cross-functional teams to solve problems and create long-term advantage for our businesses. Crane leads manufacturing, engineering and global safety teams with accountability for over 9,000 employees (approximately 30% of the company’s employee base). This includes responsibility over $1B in capital across the enterprise, standardizing processes, and establishing strong business partnerships to enable advantaged agility and accelerate innovation. In less than one year, her team stabilized line performance, reduced open headcount to less than 4% (industry leading), while delivering the capital plan.

Becky Crane joined General Mills in 2003 as a Distribution Management Associate at the Buffalo, N.Y., Flour Mill. Over the next 10 years, she held various roles with increasing responsibility moving around the U.S. in the process. Roles included Logistics Operations Planner (Minn.) for Yoplait, implementing a new planning system (Minn.), Logistics Manager (Avon, Iowa, and Buffalo, N.Y.), Operations Manager (Hannibal, Mo.) for Progresso Soup and Chewy Bars, and Supply Chain Development Manager (Walmart Sales; Bentonville, Ark.). Crane stepped into two Plant Manager roles – first in Vineland, N.J., and shortly thereafter was approached to lead one of General Mills? largest facilities in Hannibal, Mo. Continuing to broaden her experience, Crane embraced a unique opportunity as Director of Global Sourcing Packaging for Sourcing in Nyon, Switzerland.

Upon her return stateside, Crane joined an executive leadership team, leading Supply Chain Transformation and Business Performance Management (BPM) for the North America Retail segment. Crane then stepped into an executive business leadership role as the Supply Chain Leader for the Morning Foods Operating Unit where she had accountability for the end-to-end supply chain. Crane grew up in Golden Valley, Minn. and attended the University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Management where she holds degrees in Marketing and Supply Chain Management. She and her family currently reside in the Minneapolis.

Alexandre (Ale) Eboli is Executive Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer for Conagra Brands. He has end-to-end supply chain responsibilities for the company, overseeing the manufacturing, procurement, environment, health and safety, plant quality, logistics, and transportation and warehousing teams. Ale joined Conagra Brands with 25 years of experience of global end-to-end supply chain leadership within the consumer-packaged goods industry and has held a variety of roles in finance, planning, distribution, logistics and manufacturing.

Prior to Conagra, Ale served as the Head of Supply Chain, North America for The Unilever Group, where he was responsible for overseeing manufacturing facilities and co-manufacturers producing personal care, food and ice cream products as well as the related planning, procurement, manufacturing, engineering, logistics, quality, manufacturing excellence and customer service functions. Ale earned a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Michigan and a Bachelor of Science degree in Naval Engineering from Sao Paulo University. Ale serves on the board for Ardent Mills.

Frank Sanders has progressed through a series of technical and leadership roles over his 20+ year professional career. In his current role, Mr. Sanders leads a global organization with employees spanning 20+ countries and 30+ global sites. He is responsible for managing multibillions in spending for Intel for across several spend categories such as IT, Research and Development Services, Engineering Capital, Intellectual Property, Logistics and Transportation and HR services just to name a few. He is also responsible for Intel?s Supplier Diversity program. He also has been recognized by Diversity MBA Magazine as one of the Top 100 Emerging Leaders under 50 and has led his organization to win distinguished awards internally and externally for leadership in driving innovation in supply chain and sustainability. He has served on boards for organizations such as the Urban League, the Boys and Girls Club and Procurecon.

Ms. Fisher has served as the Company’s Chief Information Officer and Executive Vice President Supply Chain since 2017. Reporting to the CEO, she is responsible for all aspects of the company’s Supply Chain and Information Technology, including strategies, policies, programs and business transformations leading to improved financial results and new customer experiences.

Prior to joining Reynolds Consumer Products, Ms. Fisher served as Vice President and Head of Global Business Services for Kraft Heinz. During her 22 years at Kraft Heinz, she held many global and regional roles in Information Technology and Supply Chain, including Head of Global IT and Senior Director Supply Chain Transformation.

Rita led large organizations through major acquisitions, several divestitures, a split of $50 billion company, an acquisition of Kraft Foods by 3G/Heinz, and most recently an IPO of Reynolds Consumer Products.

Ms. Fisher was a member of the Board of Directors of Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. from 2023 to 2025. Ms. Fisher earned a B.S. in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Chicago and an M.S. in Computer Science from DePaul University.

Joshua Dolan is the Senior Vice President, Demand Chain for 7-Eleven, Inc. In his role, he is responsible for expanding and optimizing 7-Eleven’s enterprise-wide logistics capabilities and improving execution.

Joshua joined 7-Eleven in 2025 and brings an extensive background in global supply chain and logistics leadership to 7-Eleven. Prior to joining 7-Eleven, Joshua served as President of the Consumer Products Division of GXO Logistics and as Senior Vice President, Supply Chain & Global Logistics for Cardinal Health. He has also held senior supply chain roles with Amazon, Target and Dick’s Sporting Goods.

Joshua earned his Master of Business Administration from Penn State University and is an alumnus of Harvard Business School and Bridgewater State University.

Sean Trainor is senior vice president of HP Inc.’s Personal Systems (PS) Operations, an organization spread across 12 countries and 29 sites. PS Operations is responsible for delivering a resilient, agile, innovative supply chain that supports the PS business portfolio, which exceeds $40B+ spanning PCs, displays, peripherals, services, software, and immersive computing. Sean joined HP in 2023 and brings more than 30 years’ experience in manufacturing, engineering, supply chain management, and product development. Prior to joining HP, Sean served as chief supply chain officer for Cynosure.

His responsibilities included the operation and transformation of the global supply chain network focusing on quality, scale, and efficiency. Sean led world-class, high-tech, manufacturing, operational, supply chain, and procurement functions. Previously, Sean was senior vice president of Manufacturing and Distribution for Visionworks, where his teams transformed the end-to-end supply chain driving break-through improvements in service, quality, cost, and customer value. He was also senior vice president of Global Operations Engineering and Quality at Dell. He was responsible for new product introduction, supplier and factory quality, and operations engineering for all of Dell’s products across the global supply chain. Sean’s teams formed the linchpin between product research and development and supply chain operations to enable flawless product and solution delivery.

During his 18 years at Dell, Sean also served as an executive overseeing many transformative teams. On assignment in Singapore, he led Dell’s Global Supply Chain and Fulfillment organization that focused on the end-to-end supply chain and fulfillment transformation to provide the lowest cost and best value of products for customers. Sean earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from GMI Engineering and Management Institute and a master’s degree in business administration from Louisiana State University. He serves as an advisor to the University of Houston C.T. Bauer College of Business. Sean is married with two daughters and is based in Houston, Texas.

Mr. Laks Lakshmanan has held the position of Chief Supply Chain Officer since July 2025. In this capacity, Mr. Lakshmanan is responsible for overseeing worldwide operations, which encompass product sourcing, manufacturing operations, demand forecasting, merchandise and inventory planning, warehouse operations, logistics, repair, and customer care.

Prior to his current role, Mr. Lakshmanan served as a Managing Director & Partner at Alvarez & Marsal (“A&M”), within the firm’s Consumer and Retail Group. Before his tenure at A&M, Mr. Lakshmanan was a Principal in the Strategic Operations practice at Kearney, where he successfully led several operations transformation projects spanning supply chain strategy, network design, inventory management, and end-to-end planning for multiple Fortune 500 companies.

In his capacity as an operator, he functioned as a Group Manager of Distribution and Transportation at Target, where he was responsible for leading the functional analytics and reporting capabilities.

Mr. Lakshmanan earned a Master’s degree in Operations Management from the University of Delaware and a dual degree in Management and Chemistry from the Birla Institute of Technology, Pilani, India.

Tim Feldman is Director, Supply Chain Operations at L3Harris’ $12B/yr Space & Mission Solutions Segment.  In this role he is responsible for Supply Chain Strategy, Processes, Tools, Compliance, Data Analytics, and Functional Excellence.  Prior to his four years at L3Harris he spent over a decade at General Dynamics in roles of increasing responsibility in Contracts, Subcontracts/Supply Chain, Operations, and Project Management.

Tim is a certified Project Management Professional and has both his Bachelors and MBA from the University of Florida.  He lives in Orlando, Fl with his wife Melissa and 15-month-old daughter Mackenzie, along with their two pets.

Hank Sheller is the Strategic Sourcing Manager at D’Addario & Co., Inc., where he has led global strategic sourcing and supply chain initiatives since 2016. He brings 25 years of experience across international procurement, manufacturing services, and supply chain cost and risk mitigation. Fluent in Mandarin Chinese, Hank is certified as a court interpreter for the New York State court system. He holds a BA in East Asian Studies from Queens College and an MBA in International Business and Entrepreneurship from the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College, both part of the City University of New York.

Vince Cappello serves as the Director of the Logistics Management Division (LMD) and is the NASA Functional Lead and Senior Executive for Logistics, Supply Chain and Product Support Management. He has been with NASA since 2021, previously serving as the LMD Deputy Director before his appointment as Director.

Before joining NASA, Vince served as the Branch Chief for the General Services Administration’s Office of Customer and Stakeholder Engagement National Accounts Management Program, where he provided leadership and oversight to agency National Account Managers. Prior to his tenure at GSA, he worked at the Pentagon as the Director of Acquisition Logistics Policy and Information Technology (IT) Advocacy within the Department of the Navy’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Expeditionary and Logistics (DASN (E&LM)) Office. In this role, he advised ASN-RDA on acquisition and sustainment policy and oversaw logistics business process advocacy to support digital modernization. Vince also served as the Naval Air Systems Command Tactical Maintenance and Product Lifecycle Management Commodity Line Program Manager. His other assignments included roles as the Product Support Manager for PMA-281 Strike Planning and Execution Systems, supporting the Navy’s mission planning capabilities and Tomahawk Weapons System, and a logistics manager for PMA-271 E-6 Airborne Strategic Command, Control, and Communications Program Office.

A native of the Philadelphia, PA area, Vince served ten years active and reserve duty in the U.S. Navy as a Radioman, Information Systems Technician, and Naval Aircrewman aboard E-6B Mercury (TACAMO), C-9, C-20, and C-130 aircraft. Vince holds a bachelor’s degree in history from St. Mary’s College of Maryland, a master’s degree in public administration from Villanova University, and a master’s degree in national resource strategy from the National Defense University’s Eisenhower School. He has been a member of the Senior Executive Service since 2023

Director of Supply Chain, Blachford Acoustics Group.
Jarek currently leads a multisite purchasing and scheduling team, overseeing the end-to-end supply chain across Blachford’s North American operations. He is responsible for strategic sourcing, production planning, inventory control, logistics, and supplier performance, ensuring alignment across plants in a highly customized, engineer-to-order manufacturing environment.

Blachford Acoustics Group (USA, UK) Driving supply chain strategy under IATF 16949, ISO 9001, and ITAR compliance. Leading multisite teams responsible for procurement, scheduling, and inventory across Blachford’s facilities. Key customers: Caterpillar, Daimler, Oshkosh, Kohler, AM General, Alstom Developed sourcing strategies to support programs for defense, rail, and commercial vehicle sectors. EMSUR (Grupo Lantero) Played a pivotal role in launching a greenfield plant in Elk Grove Village, IL—overseeing plant setup, vendor onboarding, and compliance with ISO, FDA, BRC, and FSC standards.

Supported major clients such as Danone, General Mills, PepsiCo, and Lactalis with customer-focused supply planning and production execution. Hillphoenix (Dover Corporation, Mexico) Managed and led bilingual sales and customer service teams in Mexico, serving major retail chains like Walmart, Costco, Soriana, La Comercial Mexicana, and HEB. Improved service and delivery execution in a high-demand retail environment.

Senior Executive with extensive experience in E2E SC & Manufacturing operations. Born and raised in the Dominican Republic, has worked and led operations in both Latin America and North America. Worked 18 years in Unilever ( Latam and NA), local Canadian CPG companies and now leads Supply Chain for Coca Cola Bottling Limited for Canada for the past 2.5 years. Has 3 kids and enjoys the outdoors and travelling.

Arun joined Delta Faucet Company in 2021 and brings global experience in the U.S., India, China, Brazil, Japan, and Mexico to his role as senior vice president, supply chain & service. He is responsible for leading our global manufacturing, supply chain, and customer service activities and creating an environment that supports high[1]performance individuals and teams. Prior to joining the Company, Arun held leadership positions at Colfax Corporation (a Danaher Company), Amazon.com, and Cummins. He studied in India for his bachelor’s degree in engineering and a postgraduate diploma in management, finance, and operations. He also holds an MBA in finance and supply chain from Michigan State University.

Jason Dols serves as Senior Vice President of Operations for Chomps. Jason joined Chomps in early 2024 and has supported the rapid scaling of the Chomps business and built out his organization to support growth while optimizing processes. In his role, Jason has responsibility for a wide-variety of functions including R&D, food safety and quality, manufacturing, engineering, procurement, planning, logistics (3PL, transportation), commercialization and productivity, and is a key member of senior leadership team.

Over his 25 year career, Jason brings a wealth of knowledge in supply chain, operations and manufacturing, finance, and strategy. Prior to joining Chomps, Dols spent 16 years at PepsiCo in wide-variety of progressive supply chain and operational leadership roles for brands including Gatorade, Quaker Foods, Tropicana and Naked Juice. He also served as Vice President of Supply Chain for Party City, where his work enabled improvements across manufacturing, in-stock levels, costs, and the company’s end-to-end supply chain. Early in his career, Jason developed foundational experiences at the Boston Consulting Group and McMaster-Carr Supply Company.

Jason earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering from MIT, and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

About Chomps: Chomps is America’s fastest-growing meat snack brand, redefining convenient snacking with a commitment to real ingredients and bold, satisfying flavors. Crafted from 100% grass-fed, grass-finished beef and venison, along with antibiotic-free turkey and chicken, each Chomps meat stick delivers 10+ grams of high-quality protein without sugar, hormones, soy, dairy, artificial preservatives, artificial nitrates, or MSG. Seasoned with a blend of flavorful herbs and spices, Chomps provides a nutritious protein snack for the whole family. As a minority-owned, family-operated, and B Corporation-certified business, Chomps prioritizes thoughtful sourcing and recently earned the non–ultra-processed food certification through the non-GMO project. Discover a new standard in snacking at www.chomps.com.

Andrea Parnau serves as the Vice President of Supply Chain for the Americas region at Plexus, where she leads the regional supply chain including materials, sourcing, solutions, procurement, and planning. For Andrea, supply chain is more than just logistics—it is an avenue for creative problem-solving and an opportunity to build and empower talented, high-performing teams. Ultimately, her driving motivation is translating complex supply chains into seamless solutions for customers.

Since joining Plexus in 2020, Andrea has held key leadership roles—including Director of Sourcing Operations and Senior Director of Materials—consistently delivering agile strategies. Her distinguished, nearly twenty-year career also includes managing global support operations for Briggs & Stratton and a successful tenure at Direct Supply, where she specialized in optimizing vendor performance and building nationwide provider networks.

Andrea holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Finance from Wisconsin Lutheran College and an MBA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Outside of the office, Andrea resides in Wisconsin and stays busy as the proud mom of three children, ages 10, 8, and 4.

Justine Franchina was most recently Chief Operations Officer (COO) of Greene Tweed. Previously, Justine was the COO of Ketjen, a subsidiary of Albemarle. Justine earned her PhD in Polymer Organic Chemistry from Texas A&M University in 1999. She started her career with DuPont in Deepwater NJ developing and manufacturing new products. Throughout her 17.5-year career with DuPont, Justine held various roles across Technology, Sales, Marketing, and Operations. In her last role with DuPont, Justine had responsibility for over 200 people working across the world at 25 plant sites. In mid-2017, Justine took the Global Manufacturing Director role at Chem-Trend, a Release Agent manufacturer. In early 2020, Justine was named COO of Chem-Trend. Justine had responsibility for eight manufacturing facilities across the world and the Global Operations group. At the end of February 2023, Justine was named COO of Ketjen. She had responsibility for Operations across three plant sites, two in the US and one in the Netherlans. In Greene Tweed, Justine had responsibility for the Operations organization across seven facilities. Four facilities in the US, one facility in the UK, and two in Asia. Justine has vast experience in leading diverse global teams, driving continuous improvement, developing talent, improving quality and safety culture, communicating across multiple functions, coaching others in planning and executing projects, and developing and executing strategies. Most recently, Justine drove a series of programs to reorganize an Operations organization globally, develop a continuous improvement organization to reduce Labor & Overhead costs by 2% points, and implemented a Strategy Cascade process to improve execution of tasks to meeting strategic goals. Justine is married with three children. She enjoys playing pickleball and making chocolate confections.