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Leadership Lessons from the Navy to Veritiv, with Chris Martin, Veritiv Corporation

July 29, 2024 by John Ray

Executive Perspective

Leadership Lessons from the Navy to Veritiv, with Chris Martin, Veritiv Corporation

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Leadership Lessons from the Navy to Veritiv, with Chris Martin, Veritiv Corporation (Executive Perspective, Episode 14)

Chris Martin, Senior Vice President of Global Operations at Veritiv Corporation, discusses his transition from the U.S. Navy to corporate leadership in this episode of Executive Perspective, with host Danny Vander Maten. Chris discusses his diverse roles at Veritiv, the company’s mission and services, and the critical importance of people and culture in business. The conversation covers leadership lessons, the impact of mentoring, and the challenges and successes of Chris’s career. Chris offers insights into effective supply chain planning, inventory management, and the dynamic nature of the commercial real estate and packaging industry.

Executive Perspective is sponsored and presented by Cresa Atlanta. The show is produced by John Ray and the North Fulton affiliate of Business RadioX®.

Chris Martin, Senior Vice President of Global Operations, Veritiv Corporation

Chris Martin, Veritiv — **Chris Martin, Vertiv**

Chris Martin is the Senior Vice President of Global Operations for Veritiv, a B2B packaging, facility solutions, and fine print distribution company based in Sandy Springs, GA, with 90+ distribution centers across North America.

Chris has been with Veritiv for over 11 years, and prior to that, he served in leadership roles as an officer in the Navy, as a District Manager with Aldi Foods, and as a Senior Consultant with Deloitte Strategy and Operations Consulting.

Chris completed his MBA in 2014 at Xavier University in Cincinnati, OH, where he and his family are originally from. Chris also serves on the Advisory Board for the Atlanta Community Food Bank.

Chris partners in life with his wife, Erica and their three daughters, Audrey, Addyson and Annabel, who are all in the Fulton County School system. He enjoys reading historical non-fiction, being outdoors, playing and watching golf, and passionately following his Cincinnati Bengals and Reds. He spends time chauffeuring his girls between lacrosse, soccer, dance/voice/music theatre events, and playing with his 2 dogs, Beasty and Simba.

Veritiv Corporation

Veritiv Corporation, headquartered in Atlanta, is a full-service provider of packaging, JanSan, and hygiene products, services, and solutions. Additionally, Veritiv offers print and publishing products, as well as logistics and supply chain management solutions. Serving customers in a wide range of industries both in North America and globally, Veritiv operates distribution centers throughout the U.S. and Mexico and employs team members around the world to help shape the success of its customers.

The company’s vision is to be the most desired B2B design-to-delivery provider by serving its customers with a solutions-first mindset. This is achieved through living its CODE of Values every day. These values unite the team, represent the company’s identity, and influence its operations. The Veritiv CODE serves as a guidepost for everything the company does to achieve what matters most:

C: Cultivate Innovation
O: Own It
D: Delivery and Delight
E: Embrace the Green

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Topics Discussed in this Episode

00:00 Introduction to Executive Perspective
01:04 Meet Chris Martin: From Ohio to Veritiv
02:54 Navy Experience and Transition to Civilian Life
04:31 Career at Aldi and Deloitte
07:04 Role and Operations at Veritiv
18:23 Leadership and Mentorship Insights
23:16 Navigating Career Transitions
23:39 Building Relationships in Business
23:56 The Power of Communication
24:59 Difficult Decisions in Leadership
25:56 From Navy to Corporate Life
29:54 Mentorship and Personal Growth
32:59 Reflections on Career and Leadership
37:38 Balancing Work and Life
40:10 Final Thoughts and Contact Information

About Executive Perspective

Executive Perspective features executives and business leaders from a wide variety of sectors. Host Danny Vander Maten and his guests cover industry trends, insights, challenges, success strategies and lessons learned. Executive Perspective is underwritten and presented by Cresa. The show series is produced by John Ray and the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® and can be found on all the major podcast apps. A complete show archive can be found here.

Executive Perspective

Danny joined Cresa in the Spring of 2016 and brought a diverse background with nearly 10 years of experience in finance, business operations, and strategy to his client’s real estate transactions.

At Cresa, Danny’s primary responsibilities include strategic planning, lease analysis, negotiations, and cost mitigation. As a registered Certified Public Accountant with an active license in the state of Georgia, Danny provides unique financial insight into every critical aspect of the transaction.

Cresa is the world’s most trusted occupier-centric commercial real estate firm. They strategize for the best possible results for occupiers everywhere. Cresa thinks beyond space. Partner without conflict. And apply their integrated expertise to make your business better.

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Silver Lining in the Cloud on Gwinnett Business RadioX Features Deloitte Consulting – Business RadioX

October 27, 2015 by angishields

ATLANTA, GA–(Marketwired – October 27, 2015) – On October 14, 2015, Silver Lining in the Cloud welcomed to the studio Preeti Maini with Deloitte Consulting. Host Dominick Rainey sat down with Maini to learn about Deloitte’s SAP practice.

Maini is a manager in the Deloitte Consulting — SAP practice, where she handles a wide variety of information management projects on behalf of her clients, primarily leveraging SAP systems. Deloitte Consulting is organized into three primary service areas: Human Capital, Strategy & Operations, and Technology. Maini’s SAP practice serves the Technology sector, delivering solutions that help drive transformation, improve productivity, and streamline business operations.

Maini explained her team’s process in handling premier clients. “Our typical project offers a suite implementation. We look at a company’s reporting, their analytics, how they’re consolidating reports, any kind of planning and forecasting process. And what we usually see is that from a big perspective, their top challenges include having inconsistent processes, they don’t have master data, they don’t have a global chart of accounts. As a result, they’re not able to do easy reporting.”

With several years’ experience at IBM doing SAP implementations globally, Maini brings a wealth of experience in planning, architecting, designing, developing, and implementing complex business intelligence and data warehousing solutions to the Deloitte Consulting team.

To learn more about Maini and Deloitte Consulting, listen to the entire interview on Silver Lining in the Cloud.

About Silver Lining in the Cloud:

Silver Lining in the Cloud is presented by Computer Design and Integration. Silver Lining in the Cloud is an open forum show that highlights and promotes many of Atlanta’s top businesses and business leaders. Guests hone in on what is the silver lining that their business offers to the community, how they are making a difference and celebrating their success.The show airs on Wednesdays at 10:00 a.m. Eastern and is co-hosted by Nikole Smith-Toptas and Dominick Rainey.

About Business RadioX®:

Business RadioX® interviews dozens of innovative entrepreneurs and successful leaders each week. Its mission is to help local businesses Get the Word Out about the important work they’re doing for their market, their community, and their profession. With a pro-business slant and a long-form interview format, guests don’t have to worry about being ambushed or talking in “sound bites.” Guests have enough time to tell their whole story and to share their insights and experience without interruptions. Business RadioX® hosts are business professionals interviewing their peers, drilling down on the critical issues, and delivering practical information to an engaged business audience. Business topics that are frequently covered include: Law, Finance, Healthcare, Technology, Trade Shows, B2B Marketing, Venture Capital, Training and Development and other issues impacting the business community. For more information, visit: https://businessradiox.com.

Gregg Mooney with Leadership Max, Preeti Maini with Deloitte Consulting and John Gallagher with The Promo Shop

October 14, 2015 by Mike

Gwinnett Studio

Gregg Mooney with Leadership Max, Preeti Maini with Deloitte Consulting and John Gallagher with The Promo Shop

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Gregg Mooney/Leadership Max

Leadership Max provides Individual Executive and Group Leadership Coaching, Speaking, Training, Workshops, Seminars, Mastermind Groups, Leadership Assessments, Team Assessments, Team Building/Training, and Performance Enhancement. Founder and President Gregg Mooney is a Certified John Maxwell Leadership Coach, Trainer, and Speaker. He has served as Vice President of two national engineering firms over the past 20 years, and has extensive leadership experience at all levels.

Preeti Maini/Deloitte Consulting

Preeti is a manager in the Deloitte Consulting – SAP practice, where she handles a wide variety of information management projects on behalf of her clients, primarily leveraging SAP systems. She has strong techno-functional and leadership skills across business processes, SAP components and project management responsibilities within the Consumer Products industry. Preeti also brings a wealth of experience in planning, architecting, designing, developing, and implementing complex business intelligence and data warehousing solutions.

John Gallagher/The Promo Shop

The Promo Shop is a promotional marketing firm providing customized apparel, promotional items, company stores and incentive programs that increase the market share of a business’ products & services.

Their Mission is to provide top-of-mind brand awareness through: Creative Promotional Marketing Programs; Custom Branded Product Creation; Promotional Products; Customized Apparel & Awards; Company Stores; Incentive & Safety Programs; Trade Show Booth Displays & Graphics; Fulfillment; and Client Satisfaction.

Since 1997, they have worked very closely with businesses (both large and small) to develop marketing strategies on how best to present their brand and logo for highest appeal to their target customer.

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Jose Rodriguez-Diaz with AID Atlanta, Chip Newton with Deloitte Consulting, Arthur Freeman with Chamblee Chamber of Commerce, and Jared Degnan with Kellen Communications

May 22, 2014 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Jose Rodriguez-Diaz with AID Atlanta, Chip Newton with Deloitte Consulting, Arthur Freeman with Chamblee Chamber of Commerce, and Jared Degnan with Kellen Communications

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Jose Rodriguez-Diaz / AID Atlanta

Rodriguez-Diaz comes to AID Atlanta from the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System. Before that, he was senior medical consultant to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources Services Administration – Office of Performance Review. Before working at HRSA, he was program director for the Department of Pediatrics and Obstetrics and Gynecology at Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center, responsible for conducting HIV clinical trials for women and children.

Chip Newton / Deloitte Consulting

Chip is a senior labor optimization strategist. He is a consulting thought leader with nearly 15 years of professional services experience in healthcare and life sciences industries. Mr. Newton is a savvy, client-facing professional, who has negotiated, developed and directed program strategies, business systems planning and complex workforce management implementations for Fortune 100 companies. Chip has been with the Board of Directors of AID Atlanta for over 5 years and was recently elected as the Board’s Chairman.

Arthur Freeman / Chamblee Chamber of Commerce

Arthur Freeman vast experience has significantly contributed to the social-scientific aspect of nourishing, developing and enhancing human potential. For more than 50 years he’s been involved in private and public initiatives via philanthropic donations and volunteerism for non-profits.

Through Quest International, a consulting practice he started in 1978, he has mentored, founded, operated or consulted over 130 For Profit and Non Profit ventures entities. Since coming out of retirement and moving back to Atlanta from Washington DC 5 years ago, he has founded and operated The Greater Atlanta Community Foundation, Inc. ((a 501(c)(3)),Virtuous Capital, L3C (to provide a means of sustainable financing for Non-profits via for profit ventures) ,the Brookhaven Chamber

of Commerce ((a 501 (c)(6) and Brookhaven Chamber Foundation ((a 501 (c)(3) and Chamblee Chamber and Foundation.

Mr. Freeman’s scientific contributions have also been beneficial to his endeavor to aid in humanistic progress. After receiving his Bachelors in Biology/Chemistry, this one time member of the NY Academy of Sciences and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute award winner, went on to become a contributing author for the BETZ Handbook of Water Treatment. During his career with BETZ Laboratories he received his certification in Water Treatment, became a Registered Environmental Specialist, attended Law School, and represented Betz’s industrial clients before the EPA. Over the course of 19 years, Arthur appeared before Congress as an environmental expert in opposition to punitive EPA guidelines for Steel, Pulp and Paper, Petrochemical and Mining industries.

Whether involved in Non-Profit or For Profit ventures, his core values of personal and professional integrity, stewardship, partnering in the community, education and legal compliance have been the key value factors in his many successes.

Jared Degnan / Kellen Communications

Jared Degnan is an over-caffeinated brand geek, strategy wonk, and Director of Digital Strategy for Kellen, one of Atlanta’s largest public relations firms.

He has a 12-year track record in marketing analysis, strategy and online brand development for brands like Kraft Foods, Vespa USA, MetLife, Intel and Pedigree.

Jared has an MBA from Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management and a BBA in Marketing & Hospitality Management from The George Washington University.

You can catch Jared on Twitter or on his blog: Just Friggin’ Peachy

Transformational Women Highlights Annette Tirabasso, Partner Deloitte Consulting

May 11, 2012 by angishields

Transformational Women

Transformational Women Highlights Annette Tirabasso, Partner Deloitte Consulting

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Annette Tirabasso is Principal, Strategy and Operations for Deloitte Consulting. She brings more than 20 years of experience consulting and advising Financial Services and Consumer & Industrial Product organizations. She specializes in counseling companies experiencing major restructurings, business transformations, including streamlining processes and integrating operations with new technologies.

Ms Tirabasso has led teams that have delivered all phases of organizational change initiatives, from strategy development, business model creation, process design excellence, and systems implementation. She has also advised more than 20 client organizations to significantly improve their operating and financial performance, cost structure and service quality by eliminating trade-offs between cost and service. She has deep experience in strategy, program and change leadership, optimizing costs, business process reengineering, merger integration, shared services and outsourcing, and systems implementations.

In addition, Ms. Tirabasso developed a Service Delivery Maturity Model to help organizations develop targets and optimize operations across the dimensions of strategy, services, structure, and operations & technology. Ms. Tirabasso is the Lead Consulting Partner responsible for bringing all Deloitte Consulting services to clients. Her functional experience includes finance, human resources, and information technology, marketing, legal, sales, customer service, and corporate communications. She also leads Deloitte Consulting’s Women’s Initiative (WIN) for the Southeast United States.

Ms. Tirabasso is a sought-after speaker. She recently addressed The Conference Board on “Moving beyond the Traditional Boundaries of Shared Services.” She has also spoken several times to the Mortgage Bankers Association. She is often quoted in industry and trade publications such as Bank Technology News, and was acclaimed for authoring “The Silver Lining in Lending: Turning Doubters into Online Believers.” Ms. Tirabasso received the “Reengineering Team of the Year Award” from Computer World magazine for the best example of integrating business process and technology to implement significant performance improvement at one of her clients. She was also one of 20 recipients of the “Woman of Inspiration” Award from the City of Atlanta and the WNBA’s Atlanta Dream.

Her most recent articles include “Next Generation Service Delivery for Consumer Product Organizations,” “Enhancing Value from your Service Delivery Organization: Leap Ahead or Lag Behind,” and a look into how companies are using social discounting to penetrate the millennial generation titled, “Deal or No Deal?”

Ms. Tirabasso earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree with an emphasis on Marketing, Communications and Quantitative Business Analysis from Cleveland State University. She lives in the Vinings area of Atlanta, GA, where she enjoys free time with family and friends, exercising, sports of almost any kind, and traveling, with a passion for destination spas.

Elizabeth Gordon interviews Virginia Hughes Means – Executive Coach and former Director of HR for Deloitte Consulting and Managing Director of Randstad North America

February 17, 2010 by angishields

Chic Perspectives

Elizabeth Gordon interviews Virginia Hughes Means - Executive Coach and former Director of HR for Deloitte Consulting and Managing Director of Randstad North America

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In this Chic Perspective episode, I talk with Virginia Hughes Means – Executive Coach and former Director of HR for Deloitte Consulting and Managing Director of Randstad North America

Virginia Means brings 20 years of high-level corporate HR experience in developing people, both on a macro and micro level, to the coaching profession. With Wharton-training and SPHR certification, she has served as a Director of HR for Deloitte Consulting. As a Managing Director of Randstad North America, Virginia was responsible for the development, succession planning and placement of up to 475,000 employees.

Virginia talks about her unique combination of high-level corporate responsibility in the service and professional industries, how she rose to the top and best practices of those who get there. Virginia discusses how her background created an ideal platform for effectively developing both the substance and style of corporate executives and professionals. Virginia reveals what types of challenges do many executives face, and how can they overcome them.