WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., Feb. 12, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via PRWEB - Cheetah Software Systems has named Manish Kapoor as President and Chief Operating Officer. Manish is one of the leading industry experts in Logistics, especially Last Mile and Omni-Channel with a relentless passion for the customer experience and operational efficiency using disruptive technologies. He has run national operations and led technology groups, and above all, he is a well-respected leader in multiple industries.
Prior to joining Cheetah, Manish was the Director of Worldwide Transportation at Amazon where he led initiatives in Asia, Europe and the US, including Amazon Fresh and Sunday delivery with USPS. Prior to joining Amazon, Manish served at FedEx for over 5 years as VP and Managing Director of Network Operations. There he led the transformation of the FedEx Office operations network, synchronizing the retail stores with centralized production facilities, and transportation with Omni-Channel, supported by some of the world's leading logistics solutions from Cheetah. He set up the first in the world centralized and automated "command center" for managing distributed print and local delivery across the entire nation. In addition, he led the effort across operating companies at FedEx to design and launch FedEx SameDay City, a local 2-hour courier service now live in over 25 cities.
Manish was also at Deluxe for 10 years where he led the transformation of the check printing industry from conventional offset to digital printing technology. Prior to that, he helped establish India's first hi-tech pre-press facility for Thomson Press/Living Media, the country's premier printing and publishing group.
Manish is on the advisory board for the Center for Intelligent Supply Chain Networks at University of Texas in Dallas since 2007 and teaches advanced Logistics as guest faculty for the Executive MBA program. He has a Bachelor of Engineering from University of Pune in India, Master of Science from Rochester Institute of Technology, NY and MBA from Babson, MA
"It's a privilege for Cheetah to have Manish on board. He is an accomplished and trusted leader who has a consistent track record of innovation, change-leadership and delivering business results. He is a visionary and uniquely experienced to drive operational innovation using disruptive technologies. Manish has deep understanding of the rapid evolution of the marketplace and the challenges our clients face. Having him at Cheetah is already helping ensure that we are positioned for rapid growth as we enable our clients to streamline their operations and gain market share. I have full confidence in Manish's ability to drive the next-generation of Cheetah's leadership in logistics," said Bobby Darroll, Chairman and CEO of Cheetah.
Manish Kapoor has assumed responsibility for daily operations, ensuring operational excellence and alignment of company goals and priorities to the needs of its clients.
In Manish's words, "I am thrilled to join Cheetah because I know Cheetah has the world's most advanced optimization platform for logistics and an innovative logistics team of industry experts with hands-on experience – just the combination we need to disrupt the logistics space on behalf of our clients. Bobby has long been an inspiration to me and Cheetah has a track record of innovation and being first-to-market with unique logistics solutions. My goal is continue driving that, while expanding our services to new markets and industries. We have launched plans for global expansion and now provide supply chain consulting services to help our clients with synchronized advancement in both technology and business processes. Our recent engagements are already helping companies significantly improve market share and operating costs. Stay tuned as you will see growth for both our clients and Cheetah."
About Cheetah Software Systems, Inc.:
Cheetah is the world's most advanced SAAS Cloud based platform for dynamic, live optimization of logistics networks. Cheetah's customers have successfully optimized and delivered over 2 billion live time based consumer pickup and deliveries on time. Cheetah transforms traditional transportation operations into live and fully automated source-to-destination logistics networks, optimizing in real-time for the lowest operating time and cost as demand, supply, customer requirements and operating environments change. Cheetah Services include Customer Experience Re-engineering, Operational Optimization, Prescriptive Analytics and Consulting, Optimized Network Sourcing, and Automated Drone Services. Find out more on our website .
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