Juan Perez (Past Speaker)

Juan Pérez is an accomplished multi-lingual business leader with vast experience working for multinationals ranging from family-owned to private-equity held and publicly-listed organizations. Currently, he serves as Director of Logistics and Trade Compliance at Ennis-Flint, Inc. where he is responsible for strategy formulation and execution of the organization’s logistics and trade compliance programs as critical drivers to the success of the supply chain strategy. Logistics activities include procurement and operational leadership of transport logistics, reverse logistics, network optimization, warehousing/distribution models and fleet asset management. Trade compliance responsibilities include overseeing import and export regulatory controls to include EAR adherence and restricted party screening, leveraging free trade agreements and import duty deferral programs.

In addition, Juan currently serves as President of the APICS Triangle Chapter, a non-profit organization which provides end-to-end supply chain training and serves as a professional networking association to supply chain professionals in the eastern and central regions of North Carolina.

Prior logistics-related roles included heading the logistics and trade compliance functions at Reichhold Specialty Chemicals, which also included oversight of the company’s rail fleet. He also served in a general management role as Vice President for the Americas Region at GKN Freight Services, a 3rd Party Logistics provider. Juan also held customer-centric roles in the brewing industry as Director of Client Services and Key Account Management at John I. Haas, Inc., the world’s largest supplier of hops.

He proudly served in the U.S. Army on active duty and reserve status for a total of eight years in the Military Intelligence field, serving in Berlin, Germany, and National Security Agency headquarters at Fort Meade, MD. He received his Master’s degree in International Commerce from George Mason University, a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Radford University and a Post-Graduate Certificate in Leadership Studies from the University of Virginia.