ADVISORS: Jack T. Ampuja

Mr. Ampuja has over 30 years of supply chain management experience with five Fortune 500 firms. He served as Senior Vice President of Operations at a multi-billion dollar international company heading up a $200 million division. He has presented for the US Agency for International Development and testified before U.S. Congress as a transportation expert. Mr. Ampuja has been featured on the cover of Logistics Management magazine.

Mr. Ampuja is certified by the American Society of Transportation and Logistics, and the National Association of Purchasing Management. He has served as Co-Chairman of the Canadian American Border Trade Alliance Transportation Committee for five years and on the Logistics Committee of the Grocery Manufacturers of America for over ten years. Currently, Mr. Ampuja serves on the editorial advisory board for Supply Chain Management Review, the Business School Dean’s Council at the University of Massachusetts, is Co-Chair of the Logistics Council for Buffalo Niagara Partnership (Chamber of Commerce) and Chair of the Western New York Roundtable for Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals. Additionally, Mr. Ampuja serves as the Executive Director for the Center for Supply Chain Excellence at Niagara University and the President of Supply Chain Optimizers.

Mr. Ampuja has a BS degree in business administration from the University of Massachusetts, a year of post graduate study in transportation at Northeastern University, and an MBA degree from the University of Connecticut.