About Dave kalata
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Academic Level Degree Bachelor
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Gender Male
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Sub-sector FinancialLogisticsManagementOperation & ShipmanagementPorts & TerminalsProject ManagementSales & MarketingTrading & Agencies
About me
Key components of my background and professional experience:
Degree – B.S., Business Administration, Field of Specialization Logistics/Transportation, Arizona State University.
Experience – 30 years in U.S. domestic and international logistics/transportation of 25 years in the Maritime industry with Lykes Lines, Sea-Land and HMM in various Commercial/Sales/Tradelane and Operational positions.
Major Maritime Management Roles:
- Lykes – Tradelane Manager, Great Lakes/Med
- HMM – Regional Manager, Midwest / V.P., Trans-Pacific / V.P., Trans-Atlantic & Latin America
Experienced in major North American trade lanes; Trans-Atlantic & Med / Trans-Pacific / North-South as well as; Asia-Europe / Asia – Latin America.
Experienced with Breakbulk, Containerized and Ro/Ro cargo, including; Dry, Reefer, Haz Mat, Heavy Lift/OOG/Project.
Experienced with North American domestic transportation; Barge, Rail (Carload and Intermodal) and Road (Drayage, Truckload, LTL, Expedited, Heavy/OOG/Project) as well as Trans-Load between ISO and domestic equipment.
Additional professional experience; 3PL/Forwarder/NVOCC, Railroad and Air Freight.
Team leader involving; hiring, training, mentoring, managing and session planning.