Supply Chain Experts
ALPINE TEAM
Michael Wohlwend
Managing PrincipalJesse Parker
Chief Operating OfficerGreg Utter
Senior Managing DirectorBrenda Stoltz
Senior Managing DirectorJim Chamberlain
Senior Managing DirectorJerry Spence
Senior Managing DirectorDavid Fredericks
Managing DirectorDave Kressin
Managing DirectorRon Rafe
Managing DirectorLandon Davies
National Sales DirectorBob Hollman
Senior DirectorBrian Mutter
Senior DirectorBrandon Novak
Senior DirectorAllen Ozyazgan
Senior DirectorSarah Smith
Senior DirectorThomas K. Ryan
Senior DirectorDavid Meyers
Senior DirectorMike Abarelli
Senior DirectorDave Teitsma
Director of SalesDanielle Han
Project ManagerMichelle TeBrake
Project ManagerTrinity Corwin
Project CoordinatorDeepan Kasthuri
Data ManagerTeja Ari
Data EngineerTyler Daniels
Data EngineerAustin Miller
DESIGN ENGINEERViridiana Luna
Senior ConsultantNatalie Landgraf
ConsultantJerilyn Wise
ConsultantNader Nouwairi
Junior ConsultantJulia Wohlwend
Marketing & Events CoordinatorNoelle Abarelli
Marketing ConsultantDyanna Rau
Sales CoordinatorManaging Principal
Michael Wohlwend
Michael Wohlwend is a trusted advisor with a proven track record that includes 30+ years of supply chain experience. Throughout his career, he has helped dozens of Fortune 500 Companies develop and implement their supply chain strategies. He has also held top leadership positions with global software companies and private equity firms, making him skilled to assist with due diligence, acquisitions, roll-ups, and divestitures for both on-premises, hybrid, and Cloud solutions.
Before founding Alpine, Michael spent six years with SAP running the Midwest Services Business, where he was the executive sponsor on three SAP EWM installs. Michael also spent seven years with Manhattan Associates where he was involved in over 30+ WMS installs. Prior to his time at Manhattan, he was a member of several supply chain consulting firms and provided solutions for more than 30 top companies including Technicolor, Warner Brothers/Elektra/Atlantic, Sargento Foods, Johnsonville, IKON Office Solutions, Depuy, Schwarz Pharma, Long’s Drugs, Ross Stores, QVC, eLuxury, Alliance Beverage and Churchill Distributors.
Michael is extremely passionate about the logistics industry and sharing his knowledge. He frequently authors articles for trade publications and has presented more than 70 seminars and speeches at industry events, including Warehouse Education Research Council (WERC) events, Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) conferences, ProMat, and Modex.
Michael also supports numerous non-profit organizations. He served as an Executive Board Member of WERC from 2008 – 2014 and is a current Executive Board Member of Gigi’s Playhouse, nationwide network of Down Syndrome achievement centers. He has a passion for helping young adults with Downs Syndrome get jobs.
Experience:
- Alpine Supply Chain Solutions – Boutique Supply Chain Consulting company focused on Warehousing, HR Solutions, Strategic Planning, and Supply Chain Systems.
- Coupa – RVP Sales
- Iptor – COO & GM
- Infor – SVP Global Cloud Services
- SAP – VP of Midwest Services, Global Head of Cloud Services
- MANH – Alliances, Dir of RFID, Dir of Mid-Market, Sr. Dir of National Accounts
- eSync – Practice Manager
- Catalyst – Alliances
- Tompkins – PM, PD, and then Sales Engineer
- TZA – Engineer
Chief Operating Officer
Jesse Parker
Jesse Parker is an Entrepreneur with experiences ranging from the Corporate Board Room to the Start-Up Garage. As the Chief Operating Officer at Alpine Supply Chain Solutions, he is driven to create efficiencies within the organization such that the company can scale to the ‘Next-Level’. Prior to Alpine, Jesse was the Vice President and General Manager for BroadReach Communications, started an All-natural Sports Drink Company called ASPIRE who’s mission was to improve the health and performance of young athletes across the country, and owns some hockey stores on the side (businesses he started for and with his boys). Jesse also has experience driving entrepreneurial creativity in a corporate environment. He rose through the ranks of Intel and QLogic, creating new innovative products within Intel and integrating new acquisitions into QLogic. Jesse has served on Boards with the Minnesota High Tech Association, Rear Window Media, Chaska/Chanhassen Hockey Association, Chaska/Chanhassen Clay Target Shooting Club, and is currently President of the Chanhassen High School Boys Hockey Blue Line Club.
Mr. Parker spends as much time as possible giving back to local communities, mentoring students, and advising other small businesses. He has taught over 300 High School business classes throughout the United States through a partnership with DECA and Young Business Leaders of America. Jesse joined the CEOs of Caribou Coffee and Buffalo Wild Wings when presented with the 2015 Business Executive of the Year award by the Business Professionals of America.
Jesse spends his family time with his three boys hunting, taking road-trips, traveling, skiing/boarding, and just hanging out with them in the backyard around the fire, throwing the football, playing bagtoss, and listening to country music.
Senior Managing Director
Greg Utter
Greg is a seasoned Supply Chain Technology and Operations Professional focused on driving revenue through value engineering (ROI Analysis), and business development. He has spent his entire career as an innovative leader in Supply Chain Sales, Consulting and Implementation and now joins us at Alpine.
Greg possesses over 30 years of progressive hands-on experience with a broad range of mission-critical supply chain technologies including on-premise, cloud-based, and SaaS solutions. He has deep domain expertise across a variety of solutions sets including supply chain execution, supply chain planning, labor management solutions, and supply chain advanced analytics. Greg has extensive experience evaluating, selling and implementing advanced technologies related to big data, predictive analytics, and artificial intelligence.
Greg is considered an expert in roles related to “C – Level” strategic sales, business growth and expansion, value engineering and business case development. He has leadership experience in Pre-Sales Consulting, Account Executive mentoring, product strategy, training/mentoring and management consulting.
Greg spent the first 10 years of his Supply Chain career at Fleming Foods, a $40B Grocery Wholesaler, and he was responsible for rolling out WMS and Labor solutions to over 30 Distribution Centers within the Fleming network. Greg then transitioned to Dallas Systems/EXE Technologies where, for almost 10 years, he served in various Supply Chain leadership roles. Prior to joining Alpine, Greg spent 15 years at Manhattan Associates, the leading global provider of Supply Chain Software and Services. While at Manhattan, Greg had a proven track record of providing clear, timely and focused solutions to a variety of Fortune 500 Companies in all key vertical markets.
Along with his work, Greg enjoys working with WERC, Supply Chain Management Group (SCM) and CSCMP. He contributes to supply chain publications with the most recent article “READY, SET – DELAY!” in the Q1/2020 edition of CSCMP’s Supply Chain magazine. Greg also serves in various capacities with several non-profit organizations including Feeding America, Native Americans in Business, Habitat for Humanity and The American Red Cross.
Senior Managing Director
Brenda Stoltz
Brenda is a Human Resources Leader and an experienced Operations Manager instilled with the practical knowledge of strategic leadership and management. She holds a strong sense of business objectives and strives to develop a positive culture that promotes constructive growth. As a dynamic leader with robust interpersonal skills, she holds experience in leading highly proficient teams comprising of HR Specialists, HR Business Partners, and operations managers. We are lucky to have her at Alpine.
Brenda aims to develop a healthy workspace environment that nurtures new talent and helps operational partners meet their goals. Ensuring high-end compliance and execution of work responsibilities, she excels in the areas of staffing, employee relations, performance management, payroll/compliance, and development, organizational restructuring, workforce planning, and change management.
Brenda’s greatest source of inspiration comes from witnessing the growth and development of team members & operations partners. She admires working with others and helping them identify, analyze, and solve complex business issues through strategic leadership and teamwork. Besides this, she is an outdoor enthusiast who loves spending time in the company of her husband and two wonderful toddler boys.
Senior Managing Director
Jim Chamberlain
Jim has over 30 years of engineering experience within distribution operations and supply chain logistics. He spent the last 24 years with DSC Logistics where he led engineering teams that provided innovative solutions for Fortune 500 companies within food, tobacco, CPG, electronics, and medical device industries and he is now a part of the Alpine team. Jim focuses on lifecycle support to ensure customers receive exceptional value from RFP to start-up, through steady-state and growth. Key areas of focus are layout design, start-up support, innovation, value added services, engineered labor standards, labor management, Continual Improvement (Lean & Six-Sigma), material handling management, and operations excellence.
- Has led over 50 successful labor management implementations that reduced each customer’s variable labor expense by an average of 20+%
- Develops enhancements to WMS on an on-going basis to drive costs out of supply chain for existing and new customers. Examples include Directed Putaway, Directed Replenishment, Accu-Pick, Pick & Load Optimization, Metrics, Voice Pick
- Implements web-based Material Handling Equipment programs that significantly reduced spend by analyzing and acting on intelligence information related to lift trucks, batteries, chargers
- Focuses on best practices within logistics centers to ensure consistent, high performance across entire network regardless of business vertical and consignee special requirements
- Has led team of packaging engineers that focused on low-cost manual and automated product transformation projects that allow customers to differentiate their merchandise within retail stores
Industry Organizations and Associations:
- Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals
- Warehouse Education and Research Council
- Institute of Industrial Engineers
- MTM Association, Board of Directors
- JDA, Warehouse Labor Management Special Interest Group Chair
Senior Managing Director
Jerry Spence
With a rich background as an engineering leader in the retail industry, Jerry Spence brings invaluable expertise and leadership to the realm of warehouse management. His journey in the warehouse domain includes pivotal Director-level roles at Crate and Barrel, where he spearheaded the development of multiple 800,000 sq ft distribution facilities. His visionary approach played a crucial role in supporting the complex needs of both retail and e-commerce businesses. Jerry has also held roles with Tesla, where he served as a Senior Program Manager in Warehouse Logistics and BAE Systems where served as a Senior Logistics Engineer.
Jerry is well-versed in a spectrum of skills, ranging from Microsoft Word proficiency to expertise in Systems Engineering, Management, and Lean Manufacturing. His strong operational acumen is complemented by a Master of Science (MS) degree in Industrial Engineering from California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo.
Managing Director
David Fredericks
David is a driven self-starter and problem solver with extensive warehouse operational and inventory control experience in high volume, multi-location warehouses throughout the United States. He has been frequently called on to lead diverse cross-functional teams in major cost reduction and performance improvement projects across all categories in the grocery industry.
David has held critical leadership roles in new warehouse start-ups, warehouse acquisitions, WMS conversions, upgrades and major program enhancements. He has also been instrumental in developing, implementing, and training inventory and operational control SOPs. His experience with process mapping, FMEAs, DMAIC and process improvement strategies has resulted in many successful projects. He is also a certified Six Sigma Green Belt. David has been an ardent supporter of the United Way for 30 years.
Managing Director
Dave Kressin
Dave is a very talented and driven supply chain leader with a proven track record of helping others recognize their potential for success and making it happen. His strong expertise in managing distribution, procurement, accounting, transportation, technology, inventory production, inventory control, operations and safety projects in the Logistics industry gives him a strategic perspective of the business, their processes and best practices. Dave’s professionalism, approachability, tenacity and positive attitude is contagious and affords him a reputation for cultivating high functioning teams that exceed their potential delivering projects on time and on budget. His management style is based around mentorship and providing an understanding to both executives and line managers.
Dave’s 30+ years of experience includes planning, designing, and product management for software companies. This combined with business analysis and implementation experience gives him a unique perspective of the industry. This experience and knowledge allow him to assimilate new technology quickly and apply it to his projects. He can see the true potential of new processes, technology, and provide an ROI based on the strength of that knowledge. He enjoys working in a fast-paced environment and excelling at unique challenges. Dave is a true business partner and critical thinker that leads by example and makes the tough decisions.
Dave continues to expand his management and business analysis skills and knowledge through continuing his certification and served various roles within the Project Management Institute (PMI) organization and as a representative for an active member of Retail Owned Food Distributors and Associates (ROFDA). He also serves his heart, soul, and community through his volunteer work with Atria Senior Living and several non-profit organizations: SPCA, Australian Shepard Rescue, Not Home Alone Program, Habitat for Humanity, 4-H and Boy Scouts of America. We are lucky to have Dave at Alpine.
Managing Director
Ron Rafe
Ron is a lifelong supply chain professional with a background in Operations, Consulting, DC Design, Optimizations (Network, Transportation, Slotting) and Facility Implementation (Start-Ups, Reconfigures, Site Moves). Ron is a professional that gets projects completed on-time and on-budget (many Fortune 500 companies), a problem solver, a team player who is experienced with high performance teams. Ron works well with everyone up and down the organization and is a great member of our Alpine team.
Ron does his best when focusing on a challenge whether it is within the four walls or the global network. During his 30+ year career Ron has valued and enjoyed mentoring talent and providing a vision. Ron is constantly on the look out to cross-pollinate good ideas between industries and business sectors. The value that Ron provides is ‘confidence’; Customers and stakeholders have confidence their companies’ goals will be met at when working together at to understand each other’s obstacles, strengths, and needs.
National Sales Director
Landon Davies
Landon has 20 years of engineering experience in logistics, with a large focus inside the four walls of the warehouse. He has led both engineering and sales engineering teams. Landon spent seven years implementing slotting solutions around the world in over 75 distribution centers. This includes slotting in many e-commerce facilities and working with a wide range of automation levels. He cut his teeth in logistics with TNT Logistics, where he performed process improvements in manufacturing environments, completed numerous warehouse layouts, and prepared financial models for warehouse operations. Landon also has experience managing outbound materials for one of the five largest exporters in the country. He is a member of the Warehouse Education and Research Council (WERC) and was awarded a Pro to Know by Supply & Demand Chain Executive in 2018.
Landon earned an industrial engineering degree from Georgia Tech and an MBA from Vanderbilt University. When he’s not working, he enjoys spending time with his wife and two kids. His hobbies include investing in commercial real estate, relaxing on the lake, and mountain biking.
Senior Director
Bob Hollman
Bob is an innovative result-driven operations and engineering management professional with a strong track record of delivering bottom line results. He has a long history in automotive, aerospace, oil & gas, and Pet Food/commercial feed, combined with the successful completion of multiple, complex projects throughout his career. During his 30-year career Bob has demonstrated skills in leveraging business acumen across diverse cultures
Bob has significant experience in the transfer of operations to international low-cost manufacturing sites along with a proven record of successfully meeting or exceeding design, quality, cost product output, customer service and delivery objectives. He quickly immerses himself into an organization’s operations and culture to build trust and a highly collaborative environment and ensure the highest probability of a successful outcome. He is experienced in lean manufacturing, DFSS, FMEA’s, quality systems (ISO 9000, & IATF16949), VAVE, CNC manufacturing and stamping, plastic injection molding, assembly and HAACP/GMP.
Bob is a recognized leader and mentor in building self-empowered teams across multi-functional and geographic lines. He is an effective communicator, presenter and negotiator who excels at building and sustaining strong ties with customers and vendors.
Senior Director
Brian Mutter
Brian Mutter has over 40 years of supply chain operations experience in both private and public Fortune 500 companies. By optimizing operational execution, he has amassed hard savings of over $50MM in his career. He quickly assesses supply chain operations and recommends improvements through data-driven decision making, P&L/Budget management, an attention to detail, creative thinking, and sound business continuity planning.
Brain has served in Consumer, Industrial, Electronics, Aerospace, and Healthcare business sectors with multi-functional, multi-site P/L accountability. His operating environments include, but are not limited to, greenfield start-ups, manufacturing, process manufacturing, food production, make to order/stock, JIT, eCommerce, warehousing, distribution, transportation and logistics, automated storage/retrieval, cooler and freezer space, secured access, pick-pack, full pallet, case pick, bulk/rack storage; 24/7/365 operations, up to 1.5MM sq.ft. of space, staffing in excess of 300 perm/100 temps, P&L’s up to $30MM, and inventory levels up to $2B.
He strategically guides/directs Quality, Continuous Improvement, Customer Service, Inventory (and VMI), Engineering, EHS, and PMO functions insuring external and internal deliverables and employee engagement. His Operational Technology expertise includes WMS (including inventory management) and LMS.
Brian received his B.S.B.A. degree from The Ohio State University majoring in Production and Operations Management. He is a Charter Member of the Advisory Board for The Center for Supply Chain Management at Clayton State University and a Certified Member of ASCM. He holds membership in The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) and the Warehouse Education and Research Council (WERC). He regularly mentors and develops others toward the next generation of supply chain operations through management development, succession planning, and continuing education.
Senior Director
Brandon Novak
Brandon is a results-driven supply chain professional with over 15 years of experience in developing and implementing solutions. He is a dynamic and highly motivated individual with a proven track record of executing large scale projects, performing advanced data analytics and identifying creative solutions to organizational challenges. Brandon leverages his knowledge and leadership style to consistently facilitate above average performances from the teams and projects he leads.
Brandon’s background is in operations and information management with a focus on continuous improvement through lean methodologies and systematic solutions. He has worked with both warehouses and IT teams, His roles include an ISO compliance auditor performing 100+ audits in North America and leader for installing WMS and voice picking solutions. Most recently, he was in charge the planning and management of over $100 million in assets ranging from racking, forklifts and hydrogen fuel cells for a growing fleet of warehouse equipment.
Brandon received his B.S in Operations and Information Management and his M.B.A. from Northern Illinois University. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his wife, Danielle, and children, Jace and Brooklyn.
Senior Director
Allen Ozyazgan
Allen is a seasoned Supply Chain Technology and Sales Professional focused on driving revenue through enterprise software sales, business development and customer success. He has 30 years of progressive hands-on experience, working for some of the prominent Tier 1 Supply Chain Solution providers, with a broad range of supply chain technologies, including on-prem, cloud-based, and SaaS solutions. His domain expertise spans across a variety of solutions sets including supply chain planning and execution, order management, direct and indirect procurement, and store solutions. His sales and supply chain management experience efforted him to service customers across the globe in multiple industry verticals and geographies.
His proven track record in developing go to market strategies and growth through geographic expansion has led to his leadership roles in sales and partner management, solution development, and management consulting.
Allen is involved with several non-profit organizations including; Feeding America, Habitat for Humanity and United Way. Allen has also served in various capacities with WERC, Supply Chain Management Group (SCM) and CSCMP.
Senior Director
Sarah Smith
Sarah is an innovative supply chain professional focused on delivering industry best practices and solid methodologies that ensure client achieve their goals. Over the past 20 years, she has helped clients leverage their competitive advantage in the marketplace through operational assessments, training development, system integrations, vendor selection, and system design and implementation. Sarah has diverse experience within Manhattan Associates’ warehouse management software solutions across a dynamic range of verticals and industries. She has led numerous implementation teams in deploying Manhattan’s suite of products, including their warehouse management system, transportation management system, labor management system, order management solution, and reporting tools.
Sarah specializes in system design and end-to-end implementation, and has successfully led client project teams in developing testing scripts, SOPs, system integration testing and go-live support. She enables high visibility clients to see ROI through labor savings, shipping costs, and reduced order fulfillment time. Her attention to detail and distribution expertise provide the effective formula for focusing on the core issues within a warehouse and solving complex business scenarios.
Senior Director
Thomas K. Ryan
Tom is a dynamic, entrepreneurial, innovative Supply Chain and ERP professional with proven success advising both small and large companies on strategy, change, and technology initiatives. He has proven success in designing, implementing, and managing supply chain strategies and the supporting technology necessary for implementation for a wide variety of industries. A skilled program/project leader; able to direct multiple tasks effectively, master innovative software and tools, and motivate teams to deliver on time and within budget.
Tom leverages more than 40 years of Supply Chain Execution Consulting experience as a warehouse manager, software solution architect and project lead for two different software companies and a RFID solution provider, industry analyst for both the Gartner Group and the Aberdeen Group, Director of Technology/CIO for a start-up 3PL, enterprise application integration practice lead, and independent supply chain execution consultant.
He has led projects on software selection for small companies up to $8 billion enterprises, enabling clients to replace and upgrade their enterprise systems to support their continued growth. Implemented multiple software selection and 3PL selection projects. Led product development of supply chain execution solutions including recommendations on hardware and software. Evaluated supply chain execution operations to make recommendations for improvement and develop and gain consensus on follow-on projects. Developed implementation plans for simple projects up to multi-site, multi-module, multi-year, programs.
Tom has also functioned as an expert witness in eight different software implementation failure lawsuits, delivering analysis concerning root causes; in all cases, his clients won lawsuits or settled favorably.
Tom has authored numerous articles and presentations/speeches. The most recent of these include ERP Licenses, are You Protected? • Why Build a Business Case for ERP? • The Solution Ecosystem for Food & Beverage Manufacturing • Farm to Fork, the Solutions Requirements Model for Food & Beverage Manufacturing (the “Slider Model”) • When is a SaaS or Cloud Solution not Enough? • Challenges Cost Justifying ERP in F&B.
Tom has an MBA from California Lutheran University and a BS in General Engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point. He is a board member of the West Point Society of Chicago and volunteers as a local representative for admissions to the United States Military Academy. He served as a small unit leader as an Armor officer in the US Army.
Senior Director
David Meyers
David is a seasoned Supply Chain Operations and Systems Leader with 25 years of hands-on experience driving strategic and tactical initiatives for clients. Specializing in enhancing operations and implementing supply chain technology solutions, he has successfully navigated diverse verticals including Retail, Pharma, and CPG. David’s expertise encompasses assessing, implementing, and consulting on best-of-breed technology solutions from Manhattan Associates, Blue Yonder, and Körber.
Over the past decade, David has made significant contributions to industry leaders like Advance Auto Parts, Ferguson Industries, and the Hershey Company.
At Advance Auto, he led a multi-million-dollar project consolidating supply chain systems across 40 DCs unifying disparate Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) onto a single Körber platform integrated with Blue Yonder’s Labor Management System (LMS). While at Ferguson Industries, David orchestrated the transformation of their highest-volume DC, replacing all racking, introducing an AutoStore system and shipping sorters to enhance order fulfillment efficiency. The retrofit project was performed as the client was operating in the DC and maintaining consistent service levels. At the Hershey Company, he standardized processes and implemented a common Blue Yonder WMS and LMS solution across their largest DCs.
David is driven by a commitment to finding optimal solutions for clients, ensuring alignment with objectives, and fostering a path for continuous improvement. He holds a B.S. in Mathematics from North Carolina State University. Outside work, he cherishes family time in North Carolina and enjoys fishing whenever he can.
Senior Director
Mike Abarelli
Mike is an accomplished Global Supply Chain Technology Leader with more than 20 years of experience driving strategic initiatives and delivering successful projects on a global scale. His expertise spans various industries, including Retail, GPG, and 3PL. He has worked for leading WMS software vendors, including Manhattan Associates and Blue Yonder (Red Prairie), where he led multiple large-scale projects for Fortune 500 companies in both North America and Europe.
For the last decade, Mike has worked directly for big name brands such as Crocs Footwear, Dannon Yogurt, and Saks Fifth Avenue.
At Crocs, Mike led the roll-out of Manhattan’s WMS solution to six global sites in less than 18 months. Before leaving Crocs, Mike led the SAP-AFS deployment across the company’s global fulfillment network in North America, Europe, and Asia. The deployment’s scope included 17 global distribution centers across four continents with a total CAPEX budget exceeding $100M.
As one of the Supply Chain Transformation Leaders for Dannon Yogurt, Mike oversaw the deployment of the cloud-based Generix WMS solution across Dannon’s North American cold-storage network, resulting in significant improvements in efficiency and cost reduction.
At Saks Fifth Avenue, he played a pivotal role in launching two new fulfillment centers during the pandemic and led the implementation of the Shipium Parcel Shipping platform, projected to deliver over $12M in annual transportation cost savings when fully deployed across the Saks network.
Mike is a supply chain enthusiast who loves solving problems. He is passionate about helping high-growth companies implement technology to improve the customer experience while also cutting costs.
While away from work, Mike is an outdoor enthusiast who loves spending time in Colorado with his wife and two teenage daughters.
Director of Sales
Dave Teitsma
Dave has devoted his 30+ year sales career to delivering EDI, barcode data collection, WMS, ERP, and controls software solutions. His clients range from small and medium enterprises to the Fortune 500, across multiple verticals including automotive, medical device, consumer products, capital equipment, electronics, food & beverage, chemical & pharmaceutical and municipal government. Dave brings industry knowledge and expertise from the warehouse to the factory floor, whether automating transactions and business process flows or integrating complex networks of high-density goods-to-person automated storage/retrieval systems (AS/RS) and related material handling equipment.
Away from the office, Dave and his wife enjoy boating, concerts and spending time with their three grown children and their families.
Project Manager
Danielle Han
Danielle Han is a Certified Project Management Professional with experience in manufacturing, new product development, sourcing, supply chain, and vendor relations. Danielle comes to Alpine as a Project Manager to manage and run projects and bring the project management process to all of Alpine’s projects.
Danielle earned a BS in Biomedical Engineering from The George Washington University. After school, she worked as an engineer for a lighting company before transitioning into project management. While at the lighting company, Danielle earned her Project Management Professional Certification. Danielle specialized in managing new product development and sourced finished goods projects before coming to Alpine. She loves working with different teams to bring projects to a successful closure.
Outside of work, Danielle competes professionally in recurve archery and teaches archery to kids of all ages. She lives with her fiancé and all of their pets in Greenville, South Carolina.
Project Manager
Michelle TeBrake
Michelle TeBrake is a Certified Project Management Professional with experience in logistics, IT, new product development, and vendor relations. She comes to Alpine as a Project Manager focused on helping clients meet their project goals within the given constraints.
Michelle earned a BA in Communication Studies from Gustavus Adolphus College and her Project Management Professional Certification at the University of Minnesota. She has worked as a Project Manager for large corporations such as Target Corporation & CH Robinson, as well as in the non-profit sector of The American Cancer Society & The Grief Club of Minnesota. Michelle enjoys working with multiple levels within an organization to create successful projects.
Michelle lives in Minnesota and loves all the different seasons and temperatures it brings. She volunteers whenever she can and has served on the Board for the local hockey association. Michelle enjoys spending time watching her two boys play hockey, lacrosse, and golf and loves travelling to new places. If you see her driving, her 2-year-old goldendoodle is almost always in the passenger seat.
Project Coordinator
Trinity Corwin
As a dedicated Project Coordinator at Alpine, Trinity Crowin focuses on ensuring the seamless execution of both internal and external projects, adhering to timelines and scopes. Her passion for warehouse consulting and project management drives her pursuit of continuous learning and professional development.
Trinity earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a Minor in Coaching from Regis University. She also holds a Project Management certificate from Regis and is on the path to obtaining her Project Management Professional Certificate from Regis as well.
Based in Denver, Colorado, Trinity enjoys outdoor activities such as hiking and gardening. She is also an avid golfer, who holds a special fondness for the Championship Course at Sand Hollow in St. George, Utah.
Data Manager
Deepan Kasthuri
As Data Manager at Alpine, Deepan oversees the data team. He has four years of experience specializing in data analytics, storage type analysis, improving/designing warehouse layout, slotting optimization, labor cost reduction, return on investment analysis and continuous improvement activities. He holds a Master of Science Degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering and a Bachelor of Engineering Degree in Mechanical Engineering. In addition, he has a great passion towards mathematics and has obtained great analytical skills required for analyzing data.
Deepan joined Alpine in 2019 as an Engineering Intern and worked his way up to the manager role with three years. He has worked on more than 75 Storage Type Analysis, Facility Layout, Slotting & Strategic Master Plan projects at Alpine involving over 50 customers. These projects focused on identifying the optimal storage types required, designing the warehouse optimally, reducing labor costs, and improving throughput/productivity within the four walls of the warehouse.
Deepan is a diligent and focused professional always looking forward to developing his skillset in the desired field of study. He is a certified Six Sigma Green Belt and has experience in utilizing Lean Six Sigma tools to improve the overall labor performance and productivity for the customers. He is copious in expressing his inherent ideas, independent in his thinking, and proven as an active and self-confident individual.
Data Engineer
Teja Ari
Teja Ari is a Data Engineer at Alpine and a hardworking engineering graduate from Northern Illinois University with a master’s in Industrial and Systems Engineering. He received his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Amrita University in India. He is certified Six Sigma Green Belt (CSSGB) as well as in AutoCAD, Logistics. He was sponsored by various organizations such as the OERC, NIOSH, and NIU to complete data collection and data analysis projects as an industrial engineer in residence over the last two years.
His fascination and passion for mathematics began when he was a child when he spent time with his father, Subbarao Ari, a mathematics lecturer. With all the insights and concepts gained through his varied course work, he worked on many data analysis projects on maximizing space and increasing throughput and capability in DCs, finding the best place to set up a new facility or equipment in a facility, and bringing in a lot of savings to the business. He loves problem-solving and playing with numbers. He has presented research work at several international conferences and currently has four publications and two conference papers to his credit. Teja Ari enjoys going on adventures and spending time with his family and friends.
Data Engineer
Tyler Daniels
Tyler was born in Austin, Texas and devoted nearly all his time growing up to exploring almost every discipline of science and mathematics with his grandfather. He attended the University of Texas at Tyler where he received a Marketing degree with an emphasis on Market Research and Analysis. Upon graduation, Tyler began his career in the Emergency Power Industry where he consulted, maintained and designed backup power systems for everything from large warehouses and hospitals, to residential and construction sites. He shifted his focus to warehousing full time when he joined Alpine.
In his free time, Tyler enjoys hiking, riding motorcycles, restoring vintage boats and designing CAD models to 3D print.
DESIGN ENGINEER
Austin Miller
Austin is a Design Engineer at Alpine with a passion for producing efficient and effective facility layouts based off data driven decision-making. Austin started his journey with Alpine as an intern in the summer of 2021 prior to his junior year at Northern Illinois University. During his internship, he gained knowledge of the supply chain and distribution logistics working closely with the Alpine team on 20+ projects that included data analysis and slotting, and warehouse design while simultaneously achieving his Bachelor’s degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering.
Austin started his full-time position in the spring of 2023 with almost two years of invaluable hands-on experience and is excited to continue learning from the best while using his own experiences to carry on with producing effective and efficient facility designs.
Senior Consultant
Viridiana Luna
Viridiana has over 10 years of experience in leadership and team development. Her expertise includes leading and developing teams through engagement and building authentic connections to create sustainable results.
Viridiana has experience leading Inbound, Outbound, Production Control, Logistics and Transportation departments. In her last role, she led a team of 140 hourly employees and 8 salaried Operation Managers in a 1.39M sq. ft. high volume Target Distribution Center. Along with her team, Viridiana implemented and improved initiatives to optimize on time deliveries, transportation budget goals, safety, and quality metrics. She was responsible for overseeing an annual transportation budget of $40 million and an achieved an on-time delivery rate of greater than 99%. Viridiana also oversaw third party vendors, backhaul goals, trailer, and maintenance budgets and identified a savings of $500k annually.
Viridiana is well-versed in using a comprehensive mix of metrics, including operational and team-based methodologies such as Lean Six Sigma. She holds a Master’s in Business Management from the University of Redlands California, with a focus on team and process improvement.
Consultant
Natalie Landgraf
Natalie is a driven, creative, and always optimistic supply chain professional who joined Alpine in March of 2022. She is an end-to-end WMS implementation specialist with particular expertise in documentation, testing, and training. Natalie earned a Bachelor degree in Supply Chain Management with a Spanish minor, as well as an MBA with emphasis in Supply Chain from Western Illinois University. Her interest in supply chain and process optimization began at young age, when she designed the layout plans for a local cancer-research fundraising event. From then to now, she has documented and implemented processes through internships at Fortune 500 companies and projects at Alpine. Natalie lives by the phrase, ‘Let’s do it right the first time… and if we don’t get it right, we’ll make it right.’
Consultant
Jerilyn Wise
Jerilyn Wise is a supply chain professional who provides guidance in a number of key areas, such as defining business requirements, system design and implementation, and training development. In her most recent position as Systems Administrator, she helped integrate a new Warehouse Management System and two additional technologies that improved picking speed and accuracy. Jerilyn also improved employee retention by establishing a comprehensive training program and ensuring all supervisors were crossed-trained across the building to improve leadership coverage. She has experience with Manhattan Associates, NetSuite, 6 River Systems and Kardex.
Junior Consultant
Nader Nouwairi
Nader Nouwairi currently serves as a Junior Consultant at Alpine Supply Chain Solutions. Armed with a Master’s Degree in Supply Chain Management from Western Illinois University, Nader brings valuable experience in supply chain processes and global supplier development.
His expertise shines through in crafting efficient Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) documents to optimize processes and implementing methodologies to track and escalate issues. Before joining Alpine as Junior Consultant, Nader participated in Alpine’s Intern Program during which he played a pivotal role on a large scale D365 project. His responsibilities included implementing and developing SOPs, preparing data for 20+ sites and lead training and go live weeks.
Colleagues regard Nader as a driven, detail-oriented, and adaptive supply chain expert who delivers superior solutions on time and under budget.
Marketing & Events Coordinator
Julia Wohlwend
Marketing Consultant
Noelle Abarelli
Sales Coordinator
Dyanna Rau
Dyanna is a highly accomplished administrative professional with over 25 years of experience assisting C-Level executives in various fields such as Finance, Technology and Manufacturing. Her extensive expertise extends to effectively collaborating with Sales, Engineering, and Client Services teams, consistently optimizing operations while infusing a positive and proactive approach into every endeavor.
Equipped with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from the City College of New York, Dyanna combines her academic foundation with her wealth of practical experience. Beyond her professional pursuits, she enjoys decorating cookies, watching movies, and spending time with her husband and two teen boys.
In Memory of Pat Gallagher
Co-Founder of Alpine Supply Chain Solutions
“Alpine Supply Chain Solutions is an organization built by each of our team members passion and experience. Pat’s enthusiasm for all things supply chain influenced those around him and his contributions to the Alpine team will live on. As we grow the Alpine Supply Chain team, we will always remember Pat’s contributions and know that his spirit is reflected in who we are today.”
– Michael Wohlwend