ABOUT TRANS-SOLUTIONS - PEOPLE

Giles Taylor – Managing Partner

MBA, Providence College.

Giles started Trans-Solutions, Inc. in 1998 after a successful career in corporate logistics. He began his career as an engineer and worked his way through the ranks to Vice President of Operations. Giles brings a well-rounded perspective to his transportation consulting assignments, having run warehouses, logistics operations, transportation departments, truck fleets, facilities, call centers and customer service centers. He has either operated or consulted in the following transportation services: Truckload, Flatbed, Small Package, Less-Than-Truckload, Dump Trucks, Ocean, Air, HAZMAT, Protective Services, Fleets (large & small truck), Courier, Household Moves, and Drayage.

According to Giles, “Having walked in the client’s shoes, I can be more of an active listener, asking probing questions that get to the heart of a problem. My training as an engineer contributes to that, as well. I’m hard-wired to try and understand all the elements of the process in order to see opportunities.”

Giles’ work spans many segments of business: manufacturing, retail, mail order, wholesale and e-business. Some of the companies for which Giles has done work are: General Dynamics, Canon U.S.A., Hoffman La Roche Pharmaceutical, AstraZeneca Pharmaceutical, Allergan, GlaxoSmithKline, EMI Music, Warner Music Entertainment, West Marine and many third-party logistics providers and consultants.

Giles is a frequent speaker at logistics conferences and seminars and holds workshops on negotiating contracts and improving transportation operations. Giles is regarded as an authority on small parcel transportation and network opportunity studies for small parcel distribution.

Jim Curry – Alliance Partner

MBA in Operations Research, Baruch College CUNY.

Jim is a supply chain consultant who works closely with Trans-Solutions, advising on supply chain modeling and systems development. Prior to entering the consulting ranks in 1986, Jim held key information technology and operations management positions with Emery Air Freight, Seagram, and the Equitable. Jim has managed a variety of supply chain management consulting assignments, including supply chain design, distribution, transportation, customer service and international activities. In addition, he has designed and developed an internet-capable software product that integrates application systems on different computer systems.

Jim is a member of the Society for Information Management (SIM) and the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP). He has published work for the Journal of Business Logistics, Gartner Group, Inc., Auerbach Publishers, and the International Warehousing Logistics Association (IWLA). He is also an Associate Professor in the graduate engineering program of Fairfield University (Fairfield, CT), where he teaches courses in supply chain design using simulation to analyze operational performance.