New appointments underscore OneRail's
commitment to its growth and profitability strategy
OneRail, a leading provider of solutions in last mile
omnichannel fulfillment, has announced the appointment of several
key executives to its leadership team. These strategic appointments
reflect OneRail's commitment to building a world-class leadership
team and driving sustainable growth and operational excellence in a
rapidly evolving logistics landscape.
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Joining OneRail are:
- Edward Carse, Chief Financial Officer
- Peter Cyr, Senior Vice President of Logistics Optimization
& Procurement
- Chris Frericks, Vice President of Sales and Business
Development
- Ally Smith, Vice President of Customer Growth &
Experience
- Brian Divelbiss, promoted to Chief Growth Officer
In addition, the company continues to evolve its capabilities
and deepen its expertise in order and inventory data to doorstep,
following the acquisition of Orderbot last month, bringing on
Marianne Zakhour, Orderbot Founder, as Associate Vice President of
Solutions.
“With 130% year over year growth, and a similar growth forecast
the next 12 months, we felt it was time to supercharge the
leadership team,” OneRail Founder & CEO Bill Catania said. “We
are experiencing significant network effects with our business, so
it’s only fitting that we have curated a team of leaders with track
records of building and scaling a variety of networks; from payment
networks and shopper marketing/media networks to logistics
networks. The key to omnichannel success is found in the crossroads
of these unique capability sets. We feel that with this new team on
board, we are well poised to help our customers achieve their
omnichannel transformation goals.”
Edward Carse, Chief Financial Officer
Carse is a seasoned financial executive with a wealth of
experience in financial strategy, optimization, and mergers and
acquisitions. Carse will set the company’s finance vision and
strategy, including accounting, budgeting, reporting, compliance,
and financial planning and analysis. His previous experience
encompasses leadership positions at Bear Stearns & Co.,
ServiceSource, Devana Partners, EquiX Inc. and EMC Consulting.
Carse has an MBA from Stanford University and a Bachelor of Science
from University of Pennsylvania.
Peter Cyr, Senior Vice President of Logistics Optimization
& Procurement
Cyr has comprehensive perspective and experience in
transportation logistics and technology, working both at global
logistics companies, such as C.H. Robinson, as well as on the
retail and shipper side as a Supply Chain Buyer at Land O’Lakes. He
worked to help Target build its proprietary last mile network
through his role in procurement. Cyr was most recently head of
global sales at digital freight brokerage company Transfix. Cyr
leads the development and management of OneRail’s industry-leading
last mile courier network, which currently operates across more
than 400 cities in North America, with a reach of over 12 million
drivers. Cyr holds an MBA from Bethel University.
Chris Frericks, Vice President of Sales & Business
Development
Frericks has extensive experience in sales leadership and
business development within the logistics and retail sectors. He
leads OneRail's sales and business development team in expanding
its customer base and driving revenue growth. Frericks was most
recently the vice president of sales at Quotient Technology, and
previously at global consumer goods leader Procter & Gamble.
Frericks has an MBA from Xavier University.
Ally Smith, Vice President of Customer Growth &
Experience
Smith has a background in retail innovation and
network-building. She brings her expertise in driving strong growth
and customer experience-driven partnerships to OneRail’s customers.
Smith is responsible for helping OneRail’s customers optimize their
use of the OneRail OmniPoint® platform to drive growth, while
continuously improving the experience they extend to their
customers. Most recently, Smith was at Slalom, a professional
services and business consulting company; prior to that, she was
part of the team that built and drove the hyper-scale of Blackhawk
Network’s retail footprint. Smith holds an MBA from Monmouth
University.
Brian Divelbiss, Chief Growth Officer
Since joining OneRail when it was founded in 2018, Divelbiss has
partnered closely with the heads of strategy and transformation at
OneRail’s largest customers, such as Lowe’s Home Improvement,
Advance Auto Parts, American Tire Distributors, Tractor Supply
Company and others, to help them execute upon their omnichannel
roadmaps. In his role as Chief Growth Officer, Divelbiss is
responsible for developing and executing the company’s commercial
growth strategy across retail, wholesale distribution, health care,
logistics and food/beverage verticals.
Marianne Zakhour, Associate Vice President of
Solutions
The Founder and CEO of Orderbot, an advanced inventory and order
management enterprise platform, Zakhour has more than 20 years’
experience in catalyzing growth and driving innovation in
technology. As CEO of Orderbot, Zakhour partnered closely with
market-leading brands such as Staples Canada, Petsense, Red Hat and
others, to advance their omnichannel strategy. Upon OneRail’s
acquisition of Orderbot in June, Zakhour joined the company as
Associate Vice President of Solutions, to lead the solution team in
developing and executing innovative fulfillment solutions. Zakhour
has a Bachelor of Commerce from McGill University.
As OneRail continues its rapid growth trajectory and expands its
footprint in the order management and delivery fulfillment space,
these strategic additions bring a wealth of expertise and
experience to the team.
About OneRail
OneRail is a leading omnichannel fulfillment solution pairing
best-in-class software with logistics as a service to provide
dependability and speed to help businesses meet their delivery
promise. With a real-time connected network of 12 million drivers,
OneRail matches the right vehicle for the right delivery so brands
lower expenses and increase capacity to rapidly scale their
businesses. This people-plus-platform approach features a 24/7
USA-based exceptions team who maintain a 99% on-time delivery
rate.
Recently, OneRail acquired Orderbot, an enterprise Inventory and
Distributed Order Management (DOM) solution. This strategic move
integrates Orderbot's advanced inventory and order management
capabilities with our OmniPoint cloud-based last mile operating
system, enhancing our end-to-end solution. By optimizing
fulfillment processes, reducing costs and improving order accuracy,
we're committed to empowering our clients and improving the
customer experience.
OneRail debuted at No. 24 on the 2023 Deloitte Technology Fast
500™, was named for the third year in a row to the FreightTech 100,
was honored as one of Inc. magazine’s Best Workplaces 2023, was
listed on Forbes’ 2023 list of America’s Best Startup Employers,
was named to the Inc. 5000 two years in a row and was most recently
selected as Last Mile Company of the Year for the SupplyTech
Breakthrough Awards. To learn more about OneRail, visit
OneRail.com.
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Julia Grove Director of Marketing, OneRail 703-629-5449
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