Dennis Oates

Academic role within the College of Business Administration bringing three decades of global operating experience into undergraduate and graduate supply chain education. Teaching core supply chain and logistics courses while actively connecting students with industry through guest executives, company visits, and applied learning experiences.

Independent advisory and fractional leadership practice focused on global supply chain strategy, network transformation, and operational excellence. Supporting executives, investors, and organizations navigating growth, complexity, and strategic change. Selected engagements include providing fractional supply chain leadership to a global tier 1 automotive supplier, supporting operational due diligence for Federation Asset Management on the FAST Group merger, and designing supply chain and fulfillment architecture for Enigma Aerospace, an early stage logistics technology company. Core focus areas: global supply chain strategy · alternative fulfillment design · network optimization · AI-enabled planning · logistics infrastructure · M&A due diligence

Chief Logistics Officer and Strategic Advisor across a four year engagement with Sendle, a high growth ecommerce shipping platform and the only 100% carbon neutral delivery service operating in both the US and Australia. Chief Logistics Officer — Seattle, WA / Sydney, Australia Served as trusted advisor to the CEO and key member of the leadership team during a period of rapid revenue growth. Led network expansion across the US and Australia, developed the supplier base to enable expansion into Canada, and built the core logistics team. Managed carrier strategy, network design, commercial negotiations with delivery partners, and customer support operations in the Philippines. Focused on improving Net Promoter Score while reducing cost to serve. Strategic Advisor Continued advising executive leadership and board on global supply chain strategy, network optimization, and operating model scalability across the US, Canada, and Australia.

Early stage logistics technology platform focused on sortation efficiency and network optimization for enterprise customers. Led operations, technology, and commercial execution during a period of rapid growth. Achieved FedEx Vendor certification and supported seed and $7M Series A funding to drive further expansion.

Two successive Director roles during Amazon's highest growth period. North America — Scaled sortation network from 3 to 29 sites, leading 35,000+ employees with a $3B+ budget and processing over 1 billion packages annually. Europe — Led turnaround of 23 sites across 7 countries, managing 7,500+ employees and €1.1B in OpEx. Directed 17 greenfield launches introducing advanced automation and robotics while driving meaningful improvement in cost, service, and safety simultaneously."

16 years at FedEx across two subsidiaries in progressively senior roles, culminating as Vice President of Postal Operations and Engineering at FedEx SmartPost. Vice President, Postal Operations & Engineering — FedEx SmartPost Led all transportation and postal operations for FedEx's ecommerce shipping and returns platform. Managed $200M in transportation spend and a $750M USPS partnership, one of the largest carrier relationships in the industry. Oversaw transportation planning, network design, facilities engineering, and business development. Delivered 5% labor cost reduction through operational standardization and received the FedEx Five Star Award for operational performance. Earlier roles as Managing Director included leading North American field operations with a $1.6B budget and 6+ million packages daily, directing a COO-sponsored workforce reorganization that integrated two divisions, redeployed 550 employees, and delivered $30M+ in annual benefit, and leading the rollout of FedEx's Independent Service Provider model to restructure last-mile delivery contractor operations across a large national network.