Engineering professionals in Food distribution
Warehouse and transportation engineering dominate this food distribution group: five of the ten hold or held industrial engineering, warehouse methods or transportation engineering titles at Sysco, US Foods and Performance Food Group, alongside engineering leaders at Gordon Food Service, Shamrock Foods Company, Baldor Specialty Foods, Inc. and Dot Foods. A call fits decisions on warehouse methods, transportation planning, automation or warehouse management systems.
Professionals to explore
Ed Kepes
LinkedInExperience: Director, Transportation Engineering · US Foods
Routing, load planning and inbound logistics questions fit Ed Kepes most clearly here: Director, Transportation Engineering at US Foods since 2025 and Sr. Manager Logistics Engineering there (2022–2025). Kepes also held Sr. Manager, Inbound Logistics (2021–2022), Logistics Optimization Manager (2018–2021) and Load Planner (2018) roles at US Foods.
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Enrique Pruneda
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering · Sysco
Director of Engineering at Sysco since 2026, Enrique Pruneda held the same title at Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages (2022–2025) and was Project Manager Principal Engineer there (2017–2022). Pruneda also held Engineering Project Manager (2013–2017) and Quality Assurance Manager (2009–2013) roles at The Coca-Cola Company, a fit for facility engineering and project questions.
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Fernando Avila
LinkedInExperience: Director of Warehouse Methods and Engineering · Performance Food Group
Fernando Avila has been Director of Warehouse Methods and Engineering at Performance Food Group since 2018 and was Senior Manager of Warehouse Operations there (2015–2018). Avila also held Manager, Industrial Engineer at Performance Food Group (2004–2012) and Manager, Process Engineer at Owens and Minor (2012–2015), which fits questions on warehouse methods and process design in food distribution.
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Juan Raya
LinkedInExperience: Former Senior Director, Industrial Engineering - Distribution · Sysco
Industrial engineering for distribution is Juan Raya's area: Director, Industrial Engineering at KeHE Distributors since 2025, and at Sysco, Senior Director, Industrial Engineering - Distribution (2020–2023), Senior Director, Supply Chain Transformation (2023–2025) and Senior Director, Supply Chain Processes, Systems & Projects (2018–2020). Raya was also Senior Director, Engineering Operations at Medline (2025).
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Krenar Jusufi
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Buildings & Systems Engineering · Baldor Specialty Foods, Inc.
Krenar Jusufi has been Vice President, Buildings & Systems Engineering at Baldor Specialty Foods, Inc. since 2022 and was Director of Automation & Engineering at HelloFresh (2019–2022). Jusufi also held Global R&D Director, Equipment (2017–2019) and Principal Program Manager (2014–2017) at Sealed Air Corporation and Engineering Project Lead at ASML (2011–2014), a fit for distribution building and automation questions.
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Lee Ott
LinkedInExperience: Lead Industrial Engineer · US Foods
Warehouse systems at US Foods are Lee Ott's current focus as Sr. Product Owner Warehouse Management Systems since 2023, after Sr. Manager, Warehouse Excellence (2022–2023) and Lead Industrial Engineer from 2008 to 2022 at the same company. Ott was also Vice President at Genesis Engineering (1996–2008) and names industrial engineering, warehouse operations and information technology as skills, a fit for warehouse systems questions.
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Nader Khalil
LinkedInExperience: Corporate Engineer Manager · Dot Foods
Food manufacturing, processing and distribution make up the 30+ years Nader Khalil describes, including Corporate Engineer Manager at Dot Foods from 1994 to 2014. Khalil later held Engineering Manager T&W Supply Chain at Conagra Brands (2014–2017), Sr. Project Engineer Manager at Johnsonville (2017–2019), Director Of Engineering at Link Snacks (2019–2022) and Vice President Of Engineering at GELITA (2022–2023).
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Olivia Haas
LinkedInExperience: Director, Industrial Engineering · Sysco
At Sysco, Olivia Haas has been Director, Industrial Engineering since 2022, with Manager, Industrial Engineering (2021–2022), Project Manager, Industrial Engineering (2020–2021), Industrial Engineer (2018–2020) and Senior Supply Chain Solutions Analyst, Supply Chain Engineering (2017–2018) roles there. Haas names AutoCAD, business process improvement and Six Sigma as skills, a fit for industrial engineering questions.
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Robert Pimentel
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering · Shamrock Foods Company
Robert Pimentel has been Director of Engineering at Shamrock Foods Company since 2021 and also held Enterprise Engineering Manager there (2021–2023). Pimentel was Director Of Operations at Papa Johns and PJ Food Service (2020–2021) and Maintenance Manager at Papa Johns (2009–2020), so can speak to maintenance and engineering at food distribution facilities.
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Sid Handa
LinkedInExperience: Director North America Engineering and Tech · Gordon Food Service
Continuous improvement and supply chain technology questions suit Sid Handa, Director North America Engineering and Tech at Gordon Food Service since 2023. At Meijer, Handa was Director, Strategic Supply Chain Initiatives & Technology (2014–2023) and Master Black Belt LSS Deployment Leader (2009–2014), and also worked as Sector Lean Six Sigma Deployment Leader at Allegion US (2007–2009).
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Choose the right perspective
Warehouse methods and industrial engineering questions fit Fernando Avila, Olivia Haas, Juan Raya and Lee Ott, who also holds a warehouse management systems product owner title at US Foods, and transportation and logistics engineering fit Ed Kepes. For distribution center buildings, automation and maintenance, try Krenar Jusufi, Enrique Pruneda or Robert Pimentel; for corporate and North America engineering programs, Sid Handa and Nader Khalil.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01Which slotting, pick path or automation changes have produced the biggest productivity gains in a foodservice distribution center?
- 02How do transportation engineering teams balance route density, delivery windows and driver hours when redesigning routes?
- 03What should a distributor check before rolling out a new warehouse management system across many distribution centers?
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