Management Team

Robert H. Shellman, Chief Executive Officer and President
Mr. Shellman has been a leader in the transportation and supply chain field for over 25 years. As President of UniGlobal Logistics, Mr. Shellman had responsibility for global transportation and logistics operations supporting Union Carbide's global sales. In addition, his responsibilities included commercial transportation responsibility for many international ventures. Mr. Shellman has held a number of leadership positions that include Director of Union Carbide's Global Transportation Purchasing Department, Operations manager for global terminals, warehousing, and transportation. In addition, to his experience in the process industry he held senior supply chain positions at Eveready batteries, Prestone and Glad home products. Mr. Shellman earned a BA in Public Accounting at CW Post College and in Business Administration at the State University of NY.

Denis Bruncak, Chief Commercial Officer
Mr. Bruncak is responsible for leading Odyssey’s global strategic development, marketing and new business development activities. Having joined Odyssey in early 2007, he is applying his 30-plus years of management, operating and commercial experience in the transportation and logistics industry to expand Odyssey’s global footprint. He was a founding member of Rail Van Inc., a logistics services organization, where he served as CEO and was instrumental in driving revenues from $14 million to over $500 million—culminating in 2000 with the business’ purchase by Pacer International (PACR), where Mr.Bruncak remained to serve as Senior Vice President of Public Relations and the logistics services division’s Chief Commercial Officer. During his time at Pacer, he spearheaded the commercial sales team for all retail business units and maintained and grew retail logistics services. In addition Mr. Bruncak directed the preparation and presentation of the company's retail commercial, strategic and cross business unit recommendations to business unit leaders, customers and analysts.

Raymond G. Maier, Senior Vice President - Law and Administration, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Mr. Maier has more than twenty-three years of experience in providing legal counsel and services to businesses in a variety of fields, including electronics, industrial gases and more than thirteen years in the chemical industry. Most recently, Mr. Maier was Group Counsel for Union Carbide Corporation, serving as general counsel for global chemical business units with sales in excess of $1.5 billion. He has extensive experience in corporate, international, and transactional work, having been lead counsel on numerous significant transactions, including acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures and financings in the U.S. and throughout the world. Mr. Maier earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Colgate University, and J.D. and MBA degrees from the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana. He is a member of the bars of the States of New York and Connecticut.

Cosmo J. Alberico, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Mr. Alberico, Chief Financial Officer, is a proven leader in running world class financial organizations and has extensive experience in all areas of financial management. His industry experience includes manufacturing, telecommunications, professional services and technology. Throughout his 20+ year career, Mr. Alberico has held senior financial positions for small entrepreneurial, mid market and large multinational companies whose product and service offerings included high quality and cost effective outsourcing solutions. Mr. Alberico has worked for PepsiCo, DunsNet (a division of D&B), Sprint, and most recently System Management ARTS. As head of finance with System Management ARTS, Mr. Alberico was a key member of the executive leadership team which successfully built a profitable company and grew net revenues from $15M to $70M within a 3 year period. Mr. Alberico has extensive experience building and running global finance teams in North America, Europe and the Far East. Mr. Alberico holds a Bachelor of Business from Iona College and an MBA in finance from Iona College Graduate School of Business.

Michael Sadowski, Chief Information Officer
Since Odyssey's formation, Mr. Sadowski has played a lead role in creating Odyssey's unique software applications, such as Odyssey's web-based international freight forwarding system, and Odyssey's applications for the bulk logistics market. Mr. Sadowski joined Odyssey from RELY Software, a maker of transportation management software, where he was VP of Product Management. Prior to that, Mr. Sadowski was a principal with PRTM Management Consultants, a $100 million consulting firm focused on product development, product strategy and supply chain management. Mr. Sadowski has a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Toronto. He attended Cornell University's Program in Manufacturing Management dual degree program, and received both an M.B.A. and a Master of Engineering in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering from Cornell. He is certified in production and inventory management (CPIM) by the American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS).

Leonid Podoshev, Vice President - Engineering
Mr. Podoshev has more than 25 years of experience in software architecture, design and development. He joined Odyssey Logistics & Technology Corporation from RELY Software, where he was Vice President of Engineering. Mr. Podoshev led software development for RELY's key clients such as Rayonier, Atofina, and Samsung. Prior to that, he founded and ran an ERP software company with over 100 customers, worked as the head of a software research laboratory at Kharkov State University, and as a software development lead in an engineering company. He received a master's degree in applied mathematics from Kharkov State University in 1976 and a Ph.D. in mathematics in 1989. Mr. Podoshev has been published more than a dozen times in mathematical journals worldwide.

Douglas L. Clark, Vice President - Global Marine and Import/Export Businesses
Mr. Clark has 25+ years of experience at Union Carbide and The Dow Chemical Company, with over 13 years managing international transportation purchasing and operations. His commercial experience involves chemical tanker chartering from North America to Latin AM, Africa, and MidEast, International Air freight contracts, U.S. inland marine barge transportation and maintenance service contracts, and global ocean containership contracts at Union Carbide. Prior to joining Odyssey, Mr. Clark led Dow Chemical's logistics procurement activities in North American on Ocean containership transportation, Isotank transportation and equipment leasing, and Dow's global marine surveyor and lab services contracts, involving a total of $100+ million of freight and logistics expenditures annually. Additionally, Mr. Clark was Manager of Export Operations for Union Carbide, leading a staff which handled contract administration, export compliance regulations, and supplier quality performance for their ocean carriers and freight forwarders. Mr. Clark also has experience as a process engineer, which included plant design, project engineering and process licensing support. Mr. Clark received a BS in Chemical Engineering at Michigan Tech University and an MBA from WV State College.

Lawrence C. Hu, Vice President - Warehouses, Terminals and International Sites
Mr. Hu has combined 27 years of diverse experience with Union Carbide Corporation, EQUATE and The Dow Chemical Company ranging from manufacturing, business/financial analyses and logistics procurement to chemical supply chain management. In the last 12 years his focus has been on international logistics procurement with emphasis on freight forwarding, ocean container shipping, terminals and warehousing. In addition to his work in the U.S., Mr. Hu has worked in both the Middle East and Europe as Supply Chain Manager of the Polyethylene business for EQUATE. He was responsible for designing, implementing and managing the supply chain for the shipments of resin to the Far East and Europe. Most recently, he was responsible for The Dow Chemical Company warehouses and terminals procurement. He holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Saint Thomas (Philippines) and an MBA from Lehigh University.

Glenn E. Riggs, Vice President - Truck, Rail and Warehouse Business
Mr. Riggs has over twelve years experience in chemical supply chain management with Union Carbide, UniGlobal Logistics and The Dow Chemical Company. During the merger of Union Carbide and Dow Chemical, Mr. Riggs held a leadership role in the integration of the companies motor carrier distribution networks. Mr. Riggs experience also includes working at world scale North American chemical plants where he held various distribution, materials management and contracting positions. His chemical transportation management experience includes the safe and efficient operations of large package truck, bulk truck and rail distribution networks. Mr. Riggs received a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of New Hampshire.

Russ Marky, Vice President - Operations
Mr. Marky has over 15 years of experience in supply chain and operations management. Prior to being appointed Vice President, Operations, Mr. Marky was Director, Client Integration Services overseeing all system and work process integrations with Odyssey's clients. He came to Odyssey Logistics from RELY Software where he was Director of Client Services having overall responsibility for the company's client installations and product support. Prior to joining RELY, Mr. Marky held sales and project management positions with a consulting firm engaged in the implementation of supply chain technology solutions for companies that included Circuit City and Lowes. Mr. Marky has extensive experience in manufacturing and distribution environments. Mr. Marky's career began with Ryerson Tull, the largest steel distributor in the USA, where he was recruited into their Operations Leadership program. Mr. Marky held various operations management and sales positions within Ryerson Tull up to and including Plant Manager for their Wallingford, Connecticut facility. Mr. Marky was employed by Colt Manufacturing, the premier firearms manufacturer in the United States. He led the finishing and assembly production units for Colt for their largest volume product lines. Mr. Marky received a BS in Business Logistics from The Pennsylvania State University.

Charles H. Midkiff, Vice President - Client Services
Mr. Midkiff has more than 19 years of experience in with Union Carbide, EQUATE and The Dow Chemical Company ranging from manufacturing to supply chain planning, analysis and management. His supply chain experience for Union Carbide includes supply chain network analysis, cost reduction planning, and work process optimization for the EO/EG business. As Supply Chain Manager for EQUATE EO/EG, he was responsible for designing and implementing the work processes for enabling day-to-day shipments to Europe, the Far East and Middle East, including the role of SAP subject matter expert for Sales & Distribution. During the merger of Union Carbide and Dow, Mr. Midkiff held a leadership role in the integration of supply chain organizations. Most recently in Dow, he was North American Marine & Terminal Leader, responsible for US and Canadian deep-water tanker and barge shipments, third-party terminal management and global marine planning. Prior to being appointed Vice President, Client Services, he was Director, Project Management overseeing the overall integration with Odyssey's clients. Mr. Midkiff holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from West Virginia Institute of Technology.

Lou Trillo, President, North American Transportation for Odyssey Overland LLC
Mr. Trillo leads the North American third party services division. Prior to joining Odyssey, he was the owner and founder of Omni Logistics, which Odyssey acquired in 2004. Recognized as a logistics industry innovator, he was the first broker to successfully enter the tank truck market offering capacity enhancing services to both shippers (demand) and carriers (supply). Mr. Trillo’s industry experience runs the gamut, including tank truck driver, dispatcher, sales, and running his own company (Omni) for 22 years.

Warren Hoppmeyer, Vice President - Marketing & Sales Administration
Mr. Hoppmeyer has over 25 years of experience at Union Carbide Corporation and The Dow Chemical Company, principally in sales and sales management and in business management. In sales, Mr. Hoppmeyer managed two large geographic areas as regional sales manager and served as national sales manager. In his role as business manager he was responsible for five different businesses. In his last business assignment at Union Carbide and Dow he gained extensive experience in the area of chemical transportation. Mr. Hoppmeyer earned a B.S. degree from Louisiana State University.

Michael A. Luizzi, Vice President - Global Sales
Mr. Luizzi has over 27 years of diverse experience in the Chemical Industry having held senior positions in Supply Chain including leadership roles in the areas of logistics, distribution, finance, global trading and procurement management. Throughout his career with Union Carbide and The Dow Chemical Company, Mr. Luizzi has demonstrated superior competency in the design and implementation of complex supply chain solutions totaling billions of dollars. Specifically, these accomplishments include supply chain strategy development, domestic and international procurement, as well as the full scale implementation of global logistics solutions. At Odyssey, Mike has responsibility for global sales of the full suite of services available within the business process outsourcing platform. Mr. Luizzi holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from Rutgers University and an MBA in Finance from Rutgers Graduate School of Management.

Chris Andries, Managing Director, European Headquarters
Mr. Andries has more than 21 years of experience in European Supply Chain and Logistics Management.  Before joining Odyssey Logistics in 2008 as Managing Director of the European Operations, Mr. Andries was responsible for directing supply chain, logistics, transportation and customer service operations in Europe for Chemtura Corporation (and its predecessor company, Crompton Corporation), and ultimately served as European Logistics Director.  Previously, Mr. Andries had worked for Union Carbide Corporation in their European operations in functions including product and distribution safety, product quality and logistics management.  He received his degree in Chemistry from the University of Louvain, Belgium as well as Management Training from the "Program for Executive Development" at the IMD Business School of Lausanne in Switzerland.