Supply chain operations
10 Flexport operations leaders
These ten professionals have held director-level or more senior operations roles at Flexport. A reader can learn how a digital freight forwarder runs ocean, trucking and regional operations and how its operations leaders approach operational excellence and automation.
Professionals to explore
01—10Alethea Dolan
LinkedInExperience: Director, Global Operations · Flexport
Director, Flexport.org & Operations at Flexport since June 2025. Other Flexport roles include Director, Operations Excellence (2025), Director, Global Operations (2023–2025), Branch Manager (2024) and Senior Manager, East Coast Operations (2023). The profile places the current and operations excellence roles in the Operations department at Director level.
Chandrakant Kanoria
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director, Head of Operations Americas · Flexport
Former Sr. Director, Head of Operations Americas at Flexport (2020–2022). Other Flexport roles include Vice President, AI Operations Technology, Control Tower & Ocean Consolidations since 2024, Sr. Director, Operations Technology (Product) & Operations Excellence (2022–2024) and Sr. Manager, Operations (2017–2018).
Da X.
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Global Supply Chain Operations · Flexport
Former Vice President, Global Supply Chain Operations at Flexport (2023–2026). The profile says the role led global supply chain and transportation operations for key enterprise customers, working closely with operations and warehousing teams. Other roles include Vice President of Supply Chain Global Demand Planning, Fleet Operations & Inventory Management at Ryder System, Inc. (2021–2023).
David Z.
LinkedInExperience: Director of Operations · Flexport
Director of Operations at Flexport since 2020. The profile describes directing global operations for a digital freight forwarder and managing teams that execute international air, ocean and trucking logistics. Other roles on the profile include Senior Operations Manager at Amazon Business (2013–2020) and Operations Manager at C.H. Robinson (2007–2013).
Edward Lee
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Global Operations · Flexport
Senior Director of Global Operations at Flexport since January 2020, after serving there as Director of Operations (2016–2020). The profile says the role leads global operations with a mandate to build supply chains that are efficient and resilient. The profile also lists Operations Manager at C.H. Robinson (2013–2016).
Indre Klijnsma
LinkedInExperience: Head of EMEA Operations · Flexport
Head of EMEA Operations at Flexport since April 2025. Other Flexport roles include General Manager - West Europe (Benelux & DACH) (2024–2025), Senior Director, General Manager - Benelux (2020–2024) and Director, General Manager - Netherlands (2018–2020). The profile headline describes building automation-first logistics operations.
Jabari Watt
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Operations · Flexport
Senior Director of Operations at Flexport since March 2025. Other Flexport roles include Head of NAM Ocean Operations (2023–2025) and Director of Supply Chain Operations - Export (2022–2023); the profile also lists Ocean Export Manager (2018–2022) and Distribution Manager (2011–2018) at Expeditors.
Jake Carlson
LinkedInExperience: Director of Operations · Flexport
Former Director of Operations at Flexport (2023–2026); Head of Trucking Brokerage there since January 2026 and Head of West Coast Gateway Operations & Trucking Brokerage since September 2026. The profile describes leading Flexport's domestic FTL trucking brokerage and overseeing teams spanning carrier supply and sales. The profile also lists Director of Customer Experience at Convoy Inc (2022–2023).
Maxwell Schmidt
LinkedInExperience: Director, Operations Excellence · Flexport
Director, Operations Excellence at Flexport since October 2024. Other Flexport roles include Senior Manager, Operations Excellence (2024), Senior Manager, Global Operations (2022–2024) and Client Solutions Manager (2021–2022). The profile places the current role in the Operations department at Director level.
Robert de Bruyn
LinkedInExperience: Director, Ocean Operations (EMEA) · Flexport
Director, Ocean Operations (EMEA) at Flexport since October 2024. Other Flexport roles on the profile include Senior Manager, Global Operations (2023–2024), Global Operations Manager (2022–2023) and Client Solutions Manager (2021–2022). The profile places the current role in the Operations department at Director level.
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Match the person's scope to your question: regional heads suit questions about running a country or continental network, while operations excellence, ocean and trucking leaders suit questions about specific processes and modes. Check whether the relevant role is current or past before asking about recent practice.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does Flexport divide work between software and operations teams when handling a shipment end to end?
- 02Which operating metrics do you use to manage ocean, air or trucking execution, and how are exceptions escalated?
- 03What did it take to scale operations into a new region or mode, and what would you do differently?
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