Category: Board of Directors

Mr.Waller was a former Group CFO at CEVA Logistics from 2016 to 2018. Prior to CEVA, he worked as Senior  Director at Alix Partners (2016), interim CFO at Fyber NV (2015 – 2016), and Group CFO at Eurofins  Scientific SE (2013 – 2014). Peter also spent 12 years at Thomas Cook Group in various roles (2004 –  2012), including Divisional CFO at Thomas Cook Online (2011 – 2012), Group M&A and Investor Relations  Director (2006 – 2011). He has also served as a management consultant at several firms.

He received an MBA from ESSEC and the University of Mannheim and a PhD in Strategy from the  University of Paderborn in Germany.

Christopher DiSantis was former CEO of Verso, a North American producer of printing and specialty papers and pulp, until he stepped down in April 2019. Prior to joining Verso, DiSantis served in executive leadership roles for several companies, growing sales via new product development and implementing creative market strategies to enhance equity returns.  From 2012 to 2016, he was CEO of H-D Advanced Manufacturing Company, a diversified enterprise that manufactures motion control products for the aerospace, defence, energy and industrial markets. From 2011 to 2012, DiSantis was CEO of Latrobe Specialty Metals, Inc. (now a part of Carpenter Technology Corporation), a worldwide supplier of essential premium alloys for the aerospace, defence, high speed and tool steel sectors. Before joining Latrobe, he served for a decade in positions of increasing responsibility, most recently as president, at Hawk Corporation, a global manufacturer of braking and power transmission friction products (formerly a public entity – NYSE Amex: HWK). Previous experience includes Vice President at The Seabury Group, an investment bank providing M&A and operational oversight, President of Manufacturing Division at Acutus Gladwin, and analyst in Bankers Trust.

He received an A.B. with double major in Mathematics & Economics from Dartmouth College in 1993.

In 2015 William Gryzenia was named CEO of AxleTech, a provider of off-highway and specialty vehicle powertrain systems and components. William joined syncreon’s board of directors in 2019.

From 2001 – 2010 William served as vice president of Aftermarket at AxleTech. As a key member of the company’s leadership team, he was actively involved in the sale of AxleTech to Carlyle in 2005 and General Dynamics in 2008.

Prior, William served as vice president and general manager of Dana Holding Corporation’s global on-highway and off-highway aftermarket business. In this role, William was responsible for defining and leading the global strategy and implementing operational improvements across 11 global distribution centers.

In addition, from 2000 – 2003, William held the position of director of business development at Apexon, a supply chain software provider of operational supplier relationship management solutions for Global 500 companies. During his tenure, he managed client relationships, developed a strategic adviser program and researched and secured strategic alliance and service partner agreements.

Before moving to Apexon, William worked for Harnischfeger Corporation (Joy Global Inc. / Komastu) in South America as senior sales manager and as assistant general manager.

William holds a Bachelor of Science in industrial and operations engineering from the University of Michigan and an IMBA from the University of Chicago.

Mr. Johar is currently President & CEO of Blume Global, a cloud based digital logistics and supply chain  platform company. Mr. Johar previously worked at Edgeverve where he served as CEO of the InfoSys  subsidiary from 2017 to 2018. Previously, Mr. Johar was President and CEO at Steelwedge Software Inc.,  a supply planning and sales & operations planning company from 2014 to 2017. Under his tenure,  Steelwedge successfully completed a merger with E2open to form the largest purely cloud-based  supply chain software company in the world. Mr. Johar previously served as Vice President of Global  Supply Chain Systems at HP from 2012 to 2014, where he was responsible for strategy and execution of  worldwide supply chain management, manufacturing, product life cycle management, order-to-cash,  and procure-to-pay business processes and IT systems for HP’s supply chain. In addition, he was CTO at  Manhattan Associates, a leading provider of supply chain execution solutions.

He received a Master of Science in Computer Science from Villanova University, and an MBA from  Boston University.

Mr. Daniel Avramovich has taken up the role as chairman of the board of directors at syncreon.

Daniel Avramovich has significant experience in the logistics industry. Most recently, he served as director and head of the audit committee of DCLI from 2016 to 2018. Beforehand, he held various positions at Pacer International / XPO Logistics including Senior Vice President of Strategic Development, Chairman, President and CEO (2009 – 2014), President and COO (2009), and President of Retail Intermodal Services (2008 – 2009).  Previously, he served as Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Kansas City Southern (2006 – 2008). Also, he spent five years at Exel Logistics, now DHL Supply Chain, serving as Division President of Network Services (2003 – 2005), Division President of Excel Direct (2000 – 2003), Senior Vice President of Operational Services in America (1997 – 2000), and CFO / CIO of Allied Van Lines (1996 – 2000).  Daniel also held numerous positions at Union Pacific Corporation as Executive Vice President of Marketing and Sales of Overnite Transportation (1995 – 1996), Senior Assistant Vice President of Marketing and Sales of Union Pacific Railroad (1990 – 1995), Vice President and Controller of Union Pacific Railroad (1986 – 1987).  Additionally, Daniel worked at IU International as Executive Vice President of Operations of Landstar (1988 – 1990), CFO of Ryder & PIE (1985 – 1986), and CFO & CIO of Ranger Transportation (1984 – 1985). Other experience includes PepsiCo (1978 – 1984) and Accenture (1975 – 1978). Daniel has held board positions including the audit committee at DCLI, compensation and audit committees at U.S. Silica Holdings, and Chairman & CEO of Pacer International.

He received a BSBA from University of Akron in 1973 and an MS in Accounting from Kent State University in 1975.