Denton McLane

For the past fifteen years, Denton McLane has been directly responsible for managing McLane Global on behalf of McLane Group. Click here for more information.

Todd Frease

Todd’s more than 20 years’ experience in accounting and finance within the grocery industry allow him to navigate the complex challenges of the business. His leadership plays a vital role within our management team. Todd graduated from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio with a BA in Accounting and Finance. Earning his CPA in the state of Ohio in 1993, He joined The Kroger Co. and held positions in Audit, Tax, as well as Assistant Corporate Controller of The Kroger Co. and Director of Finance for the Southwest Division of The Kroger Co. encompassing the Texas/Louisiana Division. Todd is responsible for the Domestic Sales Division and International Sales Division of McLane Global. His previous position within the organization was Senior Vice President.

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John Pollock

John Pollock is our Vice President of Global Sourcing. He is a 25 year veteran in the food industry with over 10 years of international direct procurement experience. He began his food career in 1995 with Darden Restaurants as a seafood buyer and then accepted a role to manage the seafood category at Sysco Corporation in 2000. He held various roles at Sysco in sourcing and category management, including the creation of Sysco’s global procurement teams based in Hong Kong and Ireland. He has a BS degree in Finance from Lehigh University and an MBA from the University of Denver. Born and raised in Venezuela, he is fluent in Spanish. John’s background and experience provide McLane Global the ability to discover and develop strong international supplier relationships improving our product options and costs for our customers.

Jordan Laccetti

Jordan Laccetti is the Vice President of Sales for McLane Global. Jordan received his Bachelor’s degree in Business, as well as a Master of Business Administration, from the College of Saint Rose in Albany, NY. As a seasoned sales professional with extensive experience in both sales and management, Jordan’s responsibility as VP of Sales is to set the direction for McLane’s Domestic Sales Teams, including U.S. Sales and Manufacturing, McLane Hunger Solutions, and McLane Health Solutions, and work to effectively and efficiently achieve McLane’s business objectives.

John O’Dell

John O’Dell is our Vice President of Supply Chain and brings to McLane Global over 25 years of extensive experience in all facets of Operations, Transportation, Manufacturing and Supply Chain. He has held various leadership roles at UPS, PepsiCo, and Coca-Cola leading teams across the United States achieving growth and high caliber performance dedicated to superior customer service and reliability. He is a veteran of the United States Military holding two technical diplomas in Logistic and Supply Chain Management along with a degree in Sociology to help us build the future and direction for Operations, Transportation, and Support functions inside McLane Global.

Dr. James J. Gillespie, PhD, JD, MPA

Dr. James J. Gillespie, PhD, JD, MPA, is Senior Advisor of McLane Health Solutions, a division of McLane Global. He focuses on the intersection of food, healthcare, and logistics. Dr. Gillespie is committed to the principle that healthy, nutritious food is the foundation for health and wellness, so he is energized to help lead McLane’s innovative initiative to provide high quality, affordable food to consumers, patients, families, and communities when and where they need it. Dr. Gillespie is also a Senior Advisor & Strategy Consultant at the Stanford University School of Medicine and a Research Affiliate at the Yale University School of Medicine. Dr. Gillespie’s volunteer civic/professional roles include Co-Founder & Board Member of the Black Healthcare & Medical Association, Advisory Board Member at Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association, Co-Founder & Vice President of Action For India, and Advisory Board Member at America-Israel Chamber of Commerce Chicago. In his scholarship and writing, Dr. Gillespie focuses on the advanced application of analytics, data, and technology to address business challenges and opportunities, particularly in the biopharmaceutical, healthcare, and medical sectors. Dr. Gillespie’s education includes Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management, M.A., Ph.D.; Harvard University School of Law, J.D.; Princeton University School of Public Policy, M.P.A.; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, B.S.; Carnegie Mellon University Heinz School; and Rand Graduate School. He is fortunate and honored to have served his country in the United States Army Reserves.

Patrick Kerim

Patrick Kerim brings McLane Global 25 years of experience developing and managing food and non-food programs for retailers and national brand owners in the USA and overseas. He is an expert at business development, global sourcing, private label, and contract manufacturing. He has worked in both the import/export and manufacturing areas, with his most recent position at a €600 million per year multi-category food manufacturer with 17 factories around the world.

His main focus at McLane Global is the U.S. Sales and Manufacturing division, where he is responsible for developing sales to retailers and co-manufacturing partnerships with national brand owners. In addition, he provides guidance, leads, sources, and knowledge to other team members in the international, hunger relief, food service, procurement, and logistics divisions of the company. Patrick has a bachelor’s degree in International Business from the University of California, Davis and speaks English, Spanish, French, and conversational Arabic.

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Stacey Walker

Stacey Walker brings to McLane Global over thirteen years of logistics experience. Embarking upon her career after receiving a Bachelor’s Degree in Maritime Administration from Texas A&M University, her early work, for container shipping lines, positioned her to learn the strategies of logistics from the ground up. Later she also thrived in a role supervising the handling of every available mode of transportation as a Logistic Manager for a large international energy company. Stacey earned a Master’s Degree in Global Supply Chain Management from the University of Southern California. Her end to end mastery of supply chain management and solution strategies was birthed within this impressive formal education but also then honed by her success in diverse real-world experience. Stacey’s complete repertoire of skills ensures the continuation of McLane Global’s history of excellence in service and efficiency.

Melissa Hunter

Melissa Hunter brings more than 13 years’ Brand Marketing and Advertising experience to McLane Global. With a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications from Baylor University, Melissa comes to the McLane family from Simply 7 Snacks and Dishaka Manufacturing, where she served as Brand Marketing Manager, developing the Simply7 brand throughout the US and across more than 30 countries. Through her extensive knowledge of the CPG industry, manufacturing, brand development and marketing strategy, retail strategy, design and analytics, Melissa provides effective tools to drive success and growth for the various divisions of McLane Global. Melissa’s role is product innovation, marketing strategy and brand development for all McLane Global divisions including International Sales and Marketing, Lady Liberty, Domestic Sales and Marketing, MC Trader, McLane Global Logistics, and McLane Hunger Solutions.

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Mauricio Gallego

Mauricio joined McLane in July 2017, bringing nearly 16 years’ experience to the McLane Global team. He has handled operations for industry players from Sun City Produce, the largest exporter of produce to the Caribbean, to full Operations Management for all divisions in export, import, cruise ship lines and customers including 99 Cents, Fresh Market, Whole Foods and more. Mauricio has completed the HACCP Manager training program through The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) and has helped various organizations obtain their food safety certification at a superior level. His years of experience and commitment to results are at the center of Operations here at McLane Global.

Anpin Hsieh

Anpin Hsieh is our Director of Procurement and brings to McLane Global over 19 years of experience in food procurement. She has a Bachelor’s degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University in Economics with a minor in International Affairs and is bilingual in English and Mandarin. Her experience is quite extensive, from retail (ShopRite/Wakefern), wholesale procurement and distribution (C&S Wholesale Grocers) to food imports and food service (Rema Foods & Royal Food Import). This allows her to leverage her comprehensive understanding of both domestic and international sourcing, purchasing, supply chain and logistics to optimize procurement activities at McLane Global. Anpin’s strength in international procurement and sourcing provides a significant advantage for our MHS and value customers. This allows McLane Global to have the flexibility to source goods domestically and/or internationally so that savings can be passed on to our customers.

Mario Castillo

Mario leads operations of McLane Global’s California warehouse. He brings 13 years of Operations experience in food import and export, and heavy machinery. He has worked on distributing food to corporate accounts like Caeser’s Casinos, Chick-Fil-A, Red Lobster, Logan’s Roadhouse, Applebee’s, Denny’s, Black Bear Diner, local restaurants and retail locations in California, Nevada and Oregon and exporting to countries like Europe, Asia, South America, Pacific Islands and Australia. Mario has led food safety for 4 years securing A+ score under the BRC Criteria. His key skills include systems implementations used to drive the operational cost down and improve the customer service (3 ERP systems, and 2 WMS systems)
Mario plays an important role in expanding McLane Global’s operations to the West Coast by providing our existing and potential customers added options for storage and distribution of their products.

Prashant Iyer

Prashant Iyer brings over 15 years of international business experience from food companies such as The Global Green Company, Pepsico and Poore Brothers, working in international business development, private label programs and global sourcing. As a performance driven leader with a global mindset, Prashant has successfully grown and developed new business in Asia, Indian sub-continent and Middle-east. As the Director of International Sales, Prashant’s role at McLane Global is to lead the international team as the company moves into a new and exciting phase of global expansion. Prior to joining McLane Global, Prashant worked as an analyst in market research at Sun Microsystems. Prashant has an MBA in International Management from the Thunderbird School of Global Management, and a second Master’s in International Business from India. He is fluent in English, Hindi, and Tamil.

Michael Lin

Michael Lin brings over 12 years of experience in sales, sourcing, purchasing, logistical operations, and business development in China. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics. Michael joins McLane Global as General Manager for Greater China and is involved in developing the Chinese and Hong Kong markets, as well as distributor partnerships and joint business ventures. He is fluent in English, Mandarin Chinese, and Wenzhou Chinese.

Cindy Wang

Cindy brings more than 10 years’ experience in sales and marketing to McLane Global, as our International Business Development Manager in China. Throughout Cindy’s career, she has developed successful sales and marketing strategies for E-commerce, modern retail, distributor channel and trade marketing programs, working with large CPG brands including P&G top-selling products. Cindy has a Master’s degree from Xi’an University of Technology in China. With her expertise in building CPG brands and her in-depth understanding of the China market, Cindy is a valuable member of the McLane Global International Sales team. She is fluent in English and Mandarin Chinese.

Yujing Huang

Yujing Huang began her career at McLane Global preparing all McLane Global office systems for migration to Dynamics A/X. When that project was complete, she moved into her permanent position supporting the traders while learning the International Trading Business. In her current role, Yujing is the International Business Manager in charge of developing a large portion of the Southeast Asian market. Yujing received her MBA from the Keith Busse School of Business at St. Francis University in Fort Wayne, Indiana and her BS in Environmental Science and Engineering from Feng Chia University in Taiwan. Yujing is fluent in English, Mandarin and Taiwanese.

Waseem Mohammed

Waseem is based out of Dubai and brings over 15 years of experience in Food and Beverage trading – the Middle East, in both Modern Trade and Foodservice. He graduated from Madras University, India, with a Bachelor’s Degree in Physics. Waseem’s greatest strength is building strong relationships with internal and external partners, he has traveled extensively in Middle East, USA and Europe for Trade shows and handled a diverse customer base ranging from 5-star Hotels, Catering Companies, Hospitals to Ship Chandlers, Traders, and Retailers. Waseem is fluent in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.

Ahmed Choukab

Ahmed joined McLane Global in 2015 after graduating with honors from University of Houston Downtown as a Trader Assistant. He is fluent in several languages, including Arabic (multiple dialects), French, Spanish, and English. This linguistic ability has proven to be invaluable in the international environment within McLane Global. After walking the walk and fully mastering international business operations, he was promoted to International Business Manager for the Middle East & Africa. Since then, Ahmed has been working tirelessly to build strong relationships with customers in those regions.

Suwannarat Chaihang

Suwannarat started her career here at McLane as an Associate Buyer in our Procurement department, and now serves as our International Brand Sourcing Manager. Her experience spans domestic food sourcing and purchasing for food bank, program builds, and program quotes, as well as inventory management, purchasing for regular turn business, one-time buys and project specific buys. Suwannarat is now a member of our International Sales Team sourcing, purchasing and managing the manufacturing of new brands and products for emerging export markets. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Medical Science from Naresuan University, Thailand, and a Master’s Degree in Logistics and Supply Chain Technology from the University of Houston Main Campus. She is fluent in English and Thai.

Daniela Gomez

Binh Phi

Binh Phi was born in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam and moved to Houston in 2013. He brings to McLane Global years of customer service experience and supports the International team with processing sales and purchase orders, stickering and coordinating with the warehouse and logistics departments. Binh is fluent in English and Vietnamese.

Mohamed Rochdi

Mohamed Rochdi Kouar was born and raised in Algiers, Algeria. He moved to Houston in 2013 after completing a bachelor’s degree in International Trade from “école des Hautes Etudes de commerce “and an internship at Orkila Algérie – a distributor for raw materials and chemicals. At McLane Global, Mohamed creates SOs, POs, multi-lingual stickers, files claims, and coordinates with domestic and international customers and vendors, and internally with warehouse and logistics departments. Mohamed is a certified French-English interpreter and proficient in English, French and Arabic. Apart from Import/Export, languages and culture, he is a big sports fan and loves Soccer.

Fouad El-Taha

Fouad joined McLane Global in 2020. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Geophysics from the University of Houston. He has experience working in the oil & gas industry monitoring drilling operations in the offshore Gulf of Mexico. At McLane Global, Fouad is responsible for creating sales and purchase orders, filing claims, multi-lingual labels for exports, and coordinating orders with customers externally, and warehouse & logistics personnel internally. Fouad is fluent in Arabic and English. He is currently pursuing an MBA in Data Analytics from the Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.

Khalil Aldahouk

Brent Douthit

Brent Douthit has a background in sales, operations, and management. Prior to joining McLane Global, he was also responsible for managing all aspects of the 300,000 sqft warehouse. Prior to Gleaners, Brent was in the classroom education market working for National Geographic, Herff Jones, and the George F. Cram Co.

Dustin Aglietti

Dustin joins McLane Global as the National Sales Manager for our Foodservice division, helping identify solutions that bring the most value to our customers. Raised in Westchester County, NY, he holds a Bachelor’s degree from Marist College, Poughkeepsie. Dustin brings 10+ years’ experience in the food industry working for major national importers, with a strong background in Mediterranean foods, industrial-sized canned goods and sourcing unique products from around the globe. With the addition of Dustin to the McLane Global sales team, we are able to offer value and growth opportunities through foodservice products for National Chains and Distributors.

Matt Rizzo

Matt joins McLane Global as our National Retail Sales Manager focusing on our national and regional grocery/retail business.  He has a bachelor’s degree in marketing from Rowan University and resides in Southern NJ.  Matt brings 15 years of consumer packaged goods experience with him specializing in Private Label and developing store brands.

Casey Stermer

Casey joins the McLane Global team as Operations Manager for McLane Global Manufacturing. Casey brings several years of leadership experience in the food production industry. Combining his experiences from the US Army and prior food production knowledge, Casey will create an engaged, customer-focused culture at McLane Global Manufacturing. Casey is originally from Kalamazoo, Michigan and lives in North Dakota presently. He is currently attending the University of Jamestown pursuing a degree in Industrial Management. He also holds certificates in HACCP, SQF, PCQI and Internal Auditor training. Casey’s goal is to make the highest quality, safest food for our customers at the BEST price!

Phung Can

Phung Can joined McLane Global with more than 10 years of experience in the foodservice industry. She has worked with Sysco and PFG pioneering innovative foodservice products. She has considerable knowledge supporting sales, marketing and operations to improvement overall business performance. She works closely with the McLane sales team to maximize operational efficiency and continues to improve system processes.

Phung grew up in Lubbock, Texas and holds a Bachelor of Science in Marketing/Merchandising from Texas Tech University. She volunteers and serves on the Board of a local animal rescue organization.

Sri Godavarthy

Sri is a proven Quality and Food Safety leader with more than a decade of experience in driving foodservice operations. She has experience across multiple industries specializing in managing quality control and food safety in compliance with local and federal regulatory authorities and manufacturing processes. She is a highly skilled auditor for internal and external audits with certifications and skills in HACCP, SQF, BRC, PCQI, FSVP, GMP, ISO, NSF, QMS, and SAP. Sri is responsible for the development and execution of comprehensive programs involving supply chain food safety, product integrity, and quality assurance domestically and internationally in McLane Global. She holds an MBA in Business Management from the Missouri University of Science and Technology, and a second Master’s in Computer Science from India.

Dhana Bellamkonda

Dejan Snajder

Cody Berrill

Kathy Soliz

With over 6 years in the customer service field in north Houston, Kathy Soliz’s fluency in both English and Spanish has proven invaluable over her career with the Health and Human Services Department of Texas. Kathy, a Houston native, will be attending school and majoring in accounting. She assists the accounting team with mailing and receiving invoices, filing, payment claims, payment and data entry relating to accounts receivable and payable, in addition to an ever growing list of accounting tasks as her education and experience expand. Her eagerness to gain a working knowledge in the field of her study, while continuing to work toward becoming a CPA, has made her a valuable asset to the Mclane Global team.

German Turcios

German joined McLane Global as our Data Integrity Associate, and has since moved on to join our Procurement Team as Associate Buyer. Originally born in Chicago, he graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain Management from the University of Houston, Main Campus. As a Data Integrity Associate, German’s experience includes Microsoft Dynamics documentation continuity, ensuring accuracy of all product specifications and inventory. He now supports our Hunger Solutions team as an Associate Buyer, overseeing domestic food sourcing and purchasing for food banks, program builds, customer program pricing, inventory management, and project specific buys.

Elise Miller

Zachary Henry

Katana Gifford

Heather Braud

Heather joined McLane Global in 2020 with extensive experience in the oil field industry. Before joining, she graduated from Nicholls State University with a Bachelor of Psychology. At McLane Global, she provides key support to the domestic sales team and manages inquiries for the Emergency Meals-To-You program. She was born and raised in Louisiana and moved to Houston in 2015.

Joshua Hoyt

Josh Hoyt has a Bachelor‘s degree in Hotel and Restaurant Management from the University of Houston. Prior to arriving at McLane Hunger Solutions, Josh worked in a variety of sales and sales management roles at Sysco Foods Houston. Josh and his prior sales teams consulted closely with local multi-unit and independent restauranteurs to be better operators while serving the community. His twenty-plus years in food distribution, operations, supply chain, product knowledge, and sales management are an added benefit to McLane Hunger Solutions. “Customer service, the right product at the right price at the right time is paramount to our partnering companies’ success.” Josh’s role with McLane Hunger Solutions as National Sales Manager is to lead the daily sales and service activities of the Regional Managers while driving the direction and future of this service-based company.

Allan Allen

Allan Allen is an accomplished sales professional with more than 30 years’ experience in the Consumer Packaged Goods Food Industry. Allan has broad experience with leadership roles in sales management, account management, route sales management (DSD), and retail grocery management. Prior to joining McLane Global, Allan spent 11 years with the Kellogg Company where he held multiple leadership roles. His last role was managing a network of Master Distributors and Wholesale Customers who distributed Kellogg’s products to retail customers across an 8 state region, focusing on driving sales in all channels of trade classes (both national and regional accounts) across diverse categories. Since joining McLane Global in April 2014, Allan has been responsible for managing regional retail, wholesale, and distribution channels of business. In June of 2015, Allan moved into the McLane Hunger Solutions business, where he is now responsible for the growth and development of MHS customers across Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Arkansas.

Lauren (Watson) Qorlaze

Lauren Qorlaze has a Bachelor’s of Science in Marketing, Supply Chain Management, and International Studies from Indiana University Kelley School of Business. She has always had a passion for helping others, which led her to volunteer at Gleaners Food Bank during her time at college. After graduating college, Lauren worked in various sales and customer service roles and eventually started working at Gleaners Food Bank in Indianapolis, IN. As Gleaners’ Food Acquisition Manager, Lauren oversaw all product procurement including purchased product and donated product, and helped Gleaners launch its regional produce cooperative. She was responsible for managing relationships among member food banks, sourcing produce according to co-op demand, and overseeing distribution. Lauren brings to MHS her knowledge of the food banking industry to help hunger relief organizations maximize their purchasing budgets, distribute food more effectively and work toward ending hunger. Lauren is responsible for the Northeast and Mid-West regions. In her free time Lauren enjoys baking cakes, restoring vintage handbags, and traveling.

Brianna (Keglovitz) Pinkston

Brianna (Keglovitz) Pinkston has a Bachelor’s of Science in Nutrition, and a minor in Human Development and Family Studies from the University of Alabama. She joined McLane Global and McLane Hunger Solutions in November 2017. Prior to joining MHS, Brianna was the Programs Coordinator at the Palm Beach County Food Bank in Florida. She managed the Palm Beach County Food Bank’s weekend backpack and nutrition education programs. Her past work experiences include the non-profit sector and government funded nutrition education programs. Brianna is currently responsible for the Southeast region covering Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.

MacKenzie Wilkinson

MacKenzie Wilkinson, has a Bachelor’s degree in Public Health and Nutrition from Syracuse University, paired with a Master’s degree in Nonprofit Leadership and Management from Arizona State University. Since the first time she volunteered at a food bank, she knew she had found her passion, wanting to help those in need and assist food banks to become more efficient. Prior to joining McLane Hunger Solutions, MacKenzie was the Food Resourcing and Purchasing Developer at St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance in Phoenix, Arizona, where she oversaw the procurement of both donated and purchased food for one the largest food banks in the Feeding America network. MacKenzie brings to McLane Hunger Solutions her knowledge of the nonprofit sector, understanding of the challenges food banks face, and desire to help hunger relief organization become more efficient. MacKenzie is responsible for the Southwest Region: Arizona, Colorado, Southern California, New Mexico, Nevada, and Utah.

Mallory Weber-Eldred

Mallory Weber-Eldred joined McLane Hunger Solutions in November 2020 from Feeding America West Michigan. She was the Food Acquisition Manager and led the sourcing and purchasing team. Before working with Feeding America West Michigan, she worked for the Farm Journal Foundation. She was the Senior Project Manager and managed their mobile hunger awareness program. Too, she organized and attended meetings on Capitol Hill with their Farm Team members. With her, she brings an understanding of the unique challenges food banks face, especially while operating during a global pandemic. She also brings an extensive background in the non-profit sector and a passion for fighting food insecurity. Mallory supports the Midwest Region covering Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas.

Kimberly Long

Kimberly Long joined McLane in 2018.  Prior to joining us, Kimberly held various roles in International Logistics for key freight forwarders in Houston area and brings years of customer service experience to the McLane Global Logistics team.

Faisal Rana

Faisal joined McLane Global in July 2019, bringing with him 15 years of logistics industry experience. Prior to joining McLane Global, Faisal worked for container lines in various roles, for the Freight Forwarding industry facilitating Domestic and International Air, Ocean, and Projects shipments. Faisal has a bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management from the University of Houston (Downtown) and is fluent in English, Hindi and Urdu.

Richard Matto

Richard is Peruvian born, and studied High Voltage Electricity at the Technology School in 1989, accounting studies at UNSAAC University in 1991, and became a Police Officer in 1992 (trained in anti-terrorism and narco terrorism). Working in warehouses for over 18 years, Richard has spent 6 of those years of those dedicated to McLane Global, becoming the Distribution Manager in 2017. Richard is a Martial Arts practitioner and is currently training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.

Lisabeth Loya

Lisbeth Loya started her career with McLane Global with Hometown Favorites. This eCommerce division of the company was a natural fit for one such as Lis and her prior experience working in industrial assembly of electronic equipment. As Project Manager, Lis oversees all small parcel fulfillment, kit assembly, maintaining inventory accuracy across all companies and managing all production line projects for McLane Global’s divisions including, but not limited to, student backpack assembly for MHS and all product labeling or repacking for the International Division that are necessary for translation or for customs clearance requirements.

Suyen Leon

Tiffany Barnes

Tiffany Barnes brings to McLane Global several years of operations and customer service management experience. After earning her Bachelor of Science degree in Maritime Administration from Texas A&M University, she began her career at APM Terminals, an international container terminal operating company. While there, she held the positions of Assistant Marine Manager, Special Commodities Manager, and Yard Manager. In all capacities, she found ways to streamline processes for efficiency gains. She simultaneously earned her Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Houston-Clear Lake. After 5 years at the terminal, she transferred to another container shipping line, Safmarine, to be their Customer Service Manager. In this capacity, she managed a call center for both import and export cargo, as well as built and strengthened relationships with both internal and external customers. Her commitment to the customers and desire for efficient results aid in the overall operations at McLane Global.

Rudy Guerra

Chris Coleman

Chris is a dynamic leader with a multitude of experience leading a variety of diverse teams and organizations in many different industries and disciplines such as the United States Army, NATO, NGO’s, Embassies, Global Tier 1 Automotive Suppliers, Amazon, and Aviation/Aerospace manufacturers such as Boeing, Space X, and Rolls Royce. Chris is an Army Veteran, who is currently serving in the United States Army Reserves as a Psychological Operations Specialist. Chris graduated from Tennessee State University with a bachelor’s degree in Music Liberal Arts, and English Composition and earned his MBA with a concentration in Global Business from the University of Redlands. At McLane Global, Chris is driven to develop leaders, promote great customer service, and increase profitability through Operational Excellence.

Tawnya Jones

Chanae Higgs

Chanae joined McLane Global in July 2020 with over 12 years of experience in fulfillment, production, and operations. She attended Southern Utah University and graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management. Then in March 2020, she obtained a CLTD Certification with APICS. When she’s not overseeing operations, you can find her outdoors due to her strong passion for hiking, backpacking, and snowshoeing.

William Tunis

William joins Mclane Global with over sixteen years of experience in maintenance management. Previously, he worked with Sun City Produce for ten years before moving to New Jersey to be the maintenance manager for Imperial Bag & paper for six years. Along with him, he brings certifications from American Lincoln, Factory Cat, and Advance scrubbers.

Edward Setchim

Ramsey Tofaeno

Luis Villalobos

Ryan Evans

Ryan joined McLane Global in 2018 bringing in over 4 years of logistics experience.  His history in 3PL brings expertise in negotiations and customer relations.  Ryan has a Bachelors Degree in Personal Financial Planning, a minor in Business, and is a former football player at the University of Missouri.

Michael Olivas

Michael brings 20 years of business to business sales and operational experience in the long-haul and short-haul transportation industry. Before beginning his career, he attended the University of Texas in El Paso. His primary goal at McLane Global is to generate new business, build on existing relationships and continue the growth of the logistics department.

David Kaykeo

David comes to McLane Global with over 13 years in fulfillment production and operations from Backcountry.com. David currently oversees any and all warehouse projects at our Salt Lake City, UT warehouse and distribution center. When he is not tackling projects at the Utah location, he enjoys spending time with his family and being outdoors. David frequently goes hiking, camping, fishing, and even paddleboarding.

Justin Kemple

Kartik Sharma

Kartik is a recent graduate from the Pennsylvania State University majoring in Management Information Systems with a minor in Supply Chain Management. His previous experience entails working with KPMG and Anheuser-Busch with an emphasis on efficiency improvement implementation. Kartik is a part of the newly created Management Trainee Program where he gets exposure to all facets of the company resulting in experience to what it’s like to run a warehouse. Kartik’s current project revolves around adding automation into the warehouse by overseeing the transition of the traditional picking process to Voice Move and Picking.

Steven Bement

Diana Gutierrez

Diana Gutierrez comes to McLane Global with over 5 years of Logistics experience with a background in transportation of fresh and frozen produce, dry freight, and importing steel structures from Mexico when she worked as a logistics coordinator for a steel manufacturing company. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology with a minor in Sociology from the University of Texas RGV and spent 13 years of her career as a Social Worker in the deep South Texas border before relocating to Houston 3 years ago.

Shaun Allen

Kevyn Dimas

Sohail Usmani

Elizabeth McGuire

Elizabeth brings to McLane 20 years in warehouse and manufacturing experience. Her area of expertise is with retail customers providing inventory and quality control from production to finished goods.

Vince Abella

Vince joins McLane Global as a Customer Service Associate in our Logistics division. Vince’s experience with air and ocean imports and exports, and customs brokerage, and his top-level order management and communications skills bring the best level of service to all McLane Global Logistics customers.

Kimberly Traywick

Charles Bitsue

Andrea Quintero

Andrea joined the McLane team July of 2017 as Warehouse Clerk. She brings her experience with Customer Service from First Service Credit Union into her current role as a Customer Service Representative where she assists customers, warehouse staff and sales reps to ensure all products get received and shipped in a timely manner. Andrea has her AAS degree in Business Office Management.

Matt Barth

Maya Vega

Elsa Figueroa

Shannon Chacon

Ankit Kumar

Ankit brings more than 6 years of diverse experience by working as Data Analyst and ETL/BI developer to McLane Global. During these years, Ankit worked across multiple business industries like Logistic, Oil and Gas, Healthcare, e-commerce, Trading and Banking. He completed his Master in Business Analytics from University of Texas, Dallas. He started his career as Business Intelligence developer and currently working as Data Analyst/Report writer for McLane Global. During his whole career his major role has been to draw insight from data and present it before the business users.

Matthew Beck

Matthew Beck brings over a decade of software development experience to McLane Global. Starting out as an Electrical Engineering graduate from UCF, he has brought software solutions into existence for healthcare and governmental organizations including the Veterans’ Affairs. In his first few months at McLane Global, Matthew has developed a system to track parcels from order to delivery – including operations, planning and scanning, labeling, shipping, and reporting. Matthew focuses on the human aspect of computing – he has a unique ability to transfer knowledge and understanding ever since his years as a Supplemental Instructor for C programming and computer science at UCF.  Matthew leads a local software enthusiasts meetup, and when he is not writing software, he is reading about it, talking about it, or taking care of his new baby boy, Theodore.

John Reece

John Reece comes to McLane Global with over 10 years of experience in product positioning, brand management, marketing communications, and strategic marketing. John holds a BA in Spanish from the University of St. Thomas as well as an MBA in Marketing from the University of Houston. At McLane Global, some of John’s responsibilities include assisting in the development and execution of brand direction, marketing strategies, trade show booth and materials, corporate events, new product launches, packaging design, project management, and advertising campaigns. When John isn’t busy marketing, he enjoys spending time with his family, teaching jujitsu, and camping in the great outdoors.

Jared Russell

Taylor Patin

Taylor joins McLane Global with experience in an array of different industries such as Corporate Retail, E-Commerce, Higher Education, and Human Capital Management Technology. Before launching her endeavors into the professional world, she obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Marketing from Texas State University. Her main areas of focus at McLane Global include conducting email campaigns, managing social media, overseeing SEO, handling website updates, supporting the McLane Hunger Solutions division, and aiding the marketing team with any other major projects. In her free time, she enjoys being outdoors and hiking with her two dogs.

Laura Morin

Laura comes to McLane Global with over 7 years of accounting and financial analysis experience within multiple industries. She is skilled in financial reporting, forecasting, and providing valuable decision support for multi-million dollar projects. Laura holds a Bachelor’s in Accounting from State University of New York at Oswego, and an MBA from Texas Woman’s University. Laura’s main responsibilities at McLane Global include account reconciliations, month-end closing procedures, and other financial accounting projects.

Binh Nguyen

Binh is an Accounting Specialist providing broad accounting and key sales support to all divisions of McLane Global.

Suraya Abd Kadir

Sue works at McLane Global as an Accounting Specialist supporting the Accounting Team, mostly taking care of the Accounts Receivable section. She was a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, UK (ACCA) and the Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Singapore (ICPAS) when she was completing the Accounting professional exams. Sue has several years of experience in the accounting field for various industries – Oil & Gas, Trading, Non-profit Organization, and Hospitality. She speaks fluent English and Malay/Bahasa.

Soraya Elnagar

JC Arrieta

Cristal Burrola

Antonia Thomas