Los Angeles A Part-Time

John Conyne

Semi-retired logistics professional

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310-***-**** ********@*****.*** Redondo Beach, CA 90277 Career Objective:

Semi-retired professional interested in utilizing my skills in a part-time remote role. Experience:

CREW MEMBER, Manhattan Beach, CA

Trader Joe’s, October 2023-current

Semi-retired June 2022. Searched for a part-time job in 2023 at a local Trader Joe’s and accepted an offer in October 2023. Hands-on customer interface. Cash register operation. Bagging groceries, stocking shelves, creating signage, assisting customers with item location and other questions, as well as hosted product samplings and other related store functions. VICE PRESIDENT-OPERATIONS, Studio City, CA

FreightPal, Inc., August 2014-June 2022

Managed daily processes for a proprietary API-enabled shipping platform, including ground/air parcel and ground/air freight shipments. Vendor selection, including rate/service negotiation and the coordination of API connectivity between vendor, user, and development teams. Hire/direct operations staff. P&L responsibilities. Created hybrid manual/automated user experience. Represented company at trade shows, exhibitions, and various sales presentations.

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WEST COAST SALES DIRECTOR, Los Angeles, CA

Fourth Seacoast Publishing/Quick Caller, November 2011-November 2014 West Coast advertising creation and sales for an industry-leading cargo directory. Responsible for the timely release of Los Angeles/San Diego, San Francisco Bay Area, and Seattle/Portland Pacific Northwest directories. Role included logistics consultation services. Interfaced with Customs brokers, freight forwarders, trucking companies, 3PL operators, importers/exporters, and others. Instrumental in company's Web/mobile initiatives.

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SALES MANAGER, Manhattan Beach, CA

3PL Central, June 2009-November 2011

Sales support for a SaaS Warehouse Management System (WMS) start-up/software provider. Responsible for client sales, product development, and client/product demonstrations.

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LTL SALES/OPERATIONS, Los Angeles, CA

DTI International, November 2007-June 2009

Sales/operations for LTL/FTL/air freight services. OFFSHORE PROJECT MANAGER, Sakhalin Island, Russia

World Projects International, June 2007-October 2007 Temporary offshore/expat contract position in the Russian Far East. Provided logistics support for Sakhalin Island Exxon-Neftegas oil/gas project. Responsibilities included operational support for warehouse and communications infrastructure construction and coordination of oil field demobilization, equipment staging and repositioning. STATION MANAGER, Los Angeles, CA

Nations Express, 2006-2007

Responsible for operations management of all aspects of both the Los Angeles Tradeshow logistics division and the airfreight/ground network truckload and LTL operation. Developed operational gateway/hub consolidation program. Managed station functions. Responsible for vendor management/pricing. Directed national truck brokerage sales and operations for company.

LOGISTICS DIRECTOR, Los Angeles, CA

B.E. Logistics, 2003-2006

Responsible for company freight operations. Developed international/domestic agent networks. Designed truck brokerage operations, including gateway/hub consolidation network. OPERATIONS MANAGER, Los Angeles, CA & STATION MANAGER, San Francisco, CA Senderex Cargo, 1999-2002

Responsible for LAX and SFO station management, including cargo forwarding and warehouse functions. Responsible for cargo operations and warehouse/distribution services. Developed company truck brokerage operations. VARIOUS POSITIONS, Champlain, NY, Los Angeles, CA, and San Diego, CA F.W. Myers & Co., Inc./Myers Group, 1984-1998

U.S./Canada services, air/ocean/surface/warehouse & distribution management, LAX and Compton, CA, maquiladora services, San Diego, CA.

EDUCATION

NORTH COUNTRY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

SARANAC LAKE, NY

AAS—MENTAL HEALTH, 1982