President, Avant Business Services Corp.
New York, New York
markchiusano@avantservices.com
Mark Chiusano graduated from Jacksonville University with majors in both
Business and Economics and received a minor in Finance Administration. In
1998, Mr. Chiusano was selected as a finalist in the Ernst & Young
nationally sponsored Entrepreneur of the Year program. He was elected to
the Board of Directors of the Messenger Courier Association of the Americas
(MCAA) in 1999. He served the MCAA in a variety of roles including
President, Vice President, Treasurer, Convention Committee Chair and
Executive Leadership Series Chair. Mr. Chiusano was instrumental in
creating an "alignment" with the National Federation of Independent
Business (NFIB) who assists the MCAA in its lobbying efforts and has
expanded its membership benefits program.
Mr. Chiusano volunteers his time to the New York State Messenger &
Courier Association (NYSMCA) assisting the Department of Transportation on
issues that affect the flow of commercial traffic in Manhattan. In 2005,
Mr. Chiusano chaired the NYSMCA committee that worked with the New York
State Department of Labor. The committee created Guidelines for the
Utilization of Independent Contractors (IC’s) for the messenger/courier
industry. Mr. Chiusano was inducted into the MCAA “Courier Hall of
fame” in 2009. The Courier Hall of Fame was created to honor the men and
women who founded and shaped both MCAA and the industry as a whole.
Mr. Chiusano is married, the proud father of two girls and an avid golfer.
Vice President, A-1 International, Inc.
Union, New Jersey
jrutigliano@aoneonline.com
John V. Rutigliano is the Vice President of Operations and Information
Technology for A-1 International, Inc. Mr. Rutigliano started with the
company in 1983 running a local New York City messenger office. Since that
time the company has grown from a small office in New York and New Jersey
to brick and mortar locations in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and
Michigan in addition to operations in six other markets. A-1 International,
Inc. offers local same day messenger and trucking services, warehouse,
logistic and fulfillment services and scheduled and distribution services.
In addition to those services, Mr. Rutigliano is responsible for the
operations of A-1 Office Services Management, which is a management
outsourcing company that was established in 1987. In 2005, Mr. Rutigliano
was given the additional responsibility of overseeing the Information
technology for the company.
Mr. Rutigliano is now in his second term on the New York State Messenger
and Courier (NYSMCA) Board of Directors. He is a graduate of New York
University’s Stern Business School and received his Master’s in 1995
from Wagner College, which was the inaugural year of their Executive MBA
program.
Mr. Rutigliano lives in New Jersey with his wife Nicole and their three
children.
President, Mitchell's NY Logistics
Long Island City, New York
Born in New York City, Mitchell Newman began working in his family’s
business in 1961 at the age of eight years old. The business grew from a
small Manhattan candy store on First Avenue to where it is today, the
largest, independently owned, newspaper/magazine home delivery service in
the country. Everyday six hundred contractors distribute over 150,000
publications to the front door of residents in New York City and
Westchester County.
In 2002, Mitchell’s NY Logistics expanded with the purchase of DataMovers
Messenger and Courier Service. Focusing on the metro New York region,
eighty messengers and forty drivers move an envelope to a truckload from
Connecticut to Philadelphia. In 2008, the company began providing
warehousing services for clients.
Mr. Newman has been a member of the New York State Messenger and Courier
Association (NYSMCA) since 2004 and became a Board member in 2010.
Founding Partner and CIO, Strategic Delivery Solutions
Farmingdale, NY
david.kronick@sds-rx.com
David Kronick is the Level Business Partner and Senior Executive Technology Manager with 25 year track record of successfully designing, building and deploying strategic business and IT initiatives. Special Focus on guiding organizations through major growth and acquisition phases while providing both competitive, cost effective, cutting edge technologies and efficient, secure, business process and Intelligence platforms. His experience spans private startups to Public companies. David Kronick's areas of expertise are change management, IT strategy, M&A's and thought leadership. Mr. Kronick's specialties are IT management, strategy, mobile data development and implementation, telecom infrastructure, mergers and acquisitions, project management, change and transition management and leadership training. Mr. Kronick graduated from Claremont McKenna College in 1979 with a Bachelors of Arts in Theatre/Philosophy.
Manager of Delivery Resources, LaserShip
New York, NY
dmilongo@lasership.com
Didier MiLongo is the Manager of Delivery Resources at LaserShip. His
experience includes professional transportation compliance, worker
misclassification and independent contractor issues applied to the
transportation industry, workers’ compensation / occupational case
management and investigation and DOT & federal motor carrier safety
administration (FMCSA) compliance.
Didier MiLongo graduated from Universite Paris XII and received a
Bachelor's degree in Econometrics and Quantitative Economics in 2000.
President, RDS Delivery Service
New York, New York
larry@rdsdelivery.com
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President, Custom Courier Solutions, Inc.
Albany, New York
cmackrell@shipccs.com
Christopher MacKrell is currently President and Chief Operating Officer of
Custom Courier Solutions, Inc., a full service transportation organization
based in Rochester, New York. Custom Courier Solutions, Inc. provides the
full range of logistic services to the less than 24-hour delivery market
from its ten locations throughout New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
Prior to Custom Courier Solutions, Inc., Mr. MacKrell was with CD&L, a
full service transportation company based in Hackensack, New Jersey, where
he held the position of Manager of Business Development and oversaw the
company’s sales effort in the Northeast.
Mr. MacKrell was formerly Regional Vice President-East, overseeing the
field sales and ground operations for AirNet Systems. AirNet operates a
fleet of turbo and jet powered aircraft servicing the Banking and Medical
industry based in Columbus, Ohio. Prior to AirNet Systems, Mr. MacKrell was
employed by Velocity Express, and its predecessor companies, in various
National Sales and Senior Operations position in the Northeast. Mr.
MacKrell has been active in the transportation industry since 1982.
Mr. MacKrell is an active member of the Customized Logistics & Delivery
Association (formally the MCAA) where he has held a board seat for the last
thirteen years and is the Association’s Immediate Past President and
member of the Executive Committee. In addition to his role on the Executive
Committee, Mr. MacKrell also chaired the Industries Government and Legal
Affairs Committee for ten years.
Mr. MacKrell resides in Saratoga Springs, New York.
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