Brad Skinner

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Member Multiple Board of Directors, 817 793-1441, bskinner@omnitrax.com @ North America Closeshoring
Brad Skinner's Location
Gig Harbor, Washington, United States, United States
About Brad Skinner

Specialties: Mergers and Aquisitions, Strategic Planning, Executive Management and Recruitment, Employee Relationships, Sales Growth, Business Development, Logistics, LTL, Warehousing, Foreign Business, Marketing

Brad Skinner's Current Company Details
North America Closeshoring

North America Closeshoring

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Member Multiple Board of Directors, 817 793-1441, bskinner@omnitrax.com
Brad Skinner Work Experience Details
  • North America Closeshoring
    Founding Partner And Board Member
    North America Closeshoring Dec 2020 - Present
    Houston, Texas, United States
    North America Closeshoring serves as a catalyst for assisting multinational companies and investors who wish to relocate all or part of their operations to North America (USA and Mexico). As a part of those transitions the company assists in site locations, and design of improved operational efficiencies for reduced logistics and supply chain costs.
  • Omnitrax, Inc.
    Member Of The Board Of Directors
    Omnitrax, Inc. Apr 2012 - Present
    Hq Denver Area
    Former Interim CEO and Executive Chairman of OmniTRAX. Currently Board Member for this division of the Broe Group. OmniTRAX owns or operates 26 Regional Railroads in the United States and Canada, and interfaces with all Class One Railroads in North America. With the founder, developed a plan for profit growth, evaluated the former management team, selected current Management Team, created and recruited a Board of Directors, and aligned shareholder expectations with the Rail Group.
  • Omnitrax, Inc.
    Chairman Of The Board
    Omnitrax, Inc. Sep 2013 - Sep 2016
  • Market Express Llc
    Member Board Of Directors
    Market Express Llc Jan 2016 - Present
    Portland, Oregon Area
    Worked with Founder to grow this highly profitable company from zero to 250M in revenues over the past eight years. In the process acquired targets for niche acquisition, strengthened management depth, and provided overall support for the Management Team. Chaired Compensation Committee, Member Audit Committee
  • Contanda Llc, An Eqt Company
    Member, Board Of Directors
    Contanda Llc, An Eqt Company Sep 2013 - Jan 2021
    Houston Hq
    Member of Board of Directors, supported Management initiatives, selection of C suite officers, and oversaw strategies for diversifying the enterprise from a predominant agriculture storage company to an energy and chemical distribution platform. Continue to serve as a North American Industrial Advisor for EQT Partners.
  • Greenbrier Companies
    Vice President Business Development
    Greenbrier Companies Apr 2014 - Jan 2017
    Lake Oswego, Oregon
    Assigned by the Chairman to pursue Strategic Initiatives for diversification involving multiple divisions and products.
  • Omnitrax, Inc.
    Interim Ceo
    Omnitrax, Inc. Jan 2013 - Jul 2013
  • Trans-Trade, Inc.
    Ceo
    Trans-Trade, Inc. Mar 2009 - Feb 2012
    Dallas/Fort Worth Area
    CEO of 120 Million Dollar Organization. Grew top line revenues by 80 Million. Diversified geographical footprint from two to eleven U.S. offices while reorganizing employees and necessary resources. Developed unified brand and process improvements. Doubled Net Revenues from 13 to 30 Million dollars. Developed a Strategic Plan for domestic and international growth. Managed CFO, CTO, VP Sales and Marketing, COO, Advanced 3PL functions JV entities. Initiated cost improvement programs by 7 million dollars in 2011. Managed Board and Private Equity relationships.
  • Tmm Logistics/Tmm Corporate
    Ceo Tmm Logistics/Senior Vice President Tmm Corporate
    Tmm Logistics/Tmm Corporate Aug 2000 - Jan 2009
    Mexico City
    Provided strategic, operational and sales and marketing leadership for various divisions of the company (rail, trucks, logistics, and ports). Led TMM´s logistics function, a $180 million logistics company focused within Mexico, employing 3500 persons serving multinational and domestic companies within the NAFTA corridor and providing an integrated mix of trucking, warehousing, yard management, and highly sophisticated just in time networks. Took the logistics group from a $7 million operating loss in 2005 to an EBIT of $16 million (annualized) in the third quarter 2007.Assisted management and board of directors with various equity and debt restructuring offerings (including bank and corporate debt issuance and exchange offers, consent solicitations and merger and securitization transactions).Designed the company’s rail privatization strategy, successfully acquired and financed the acquisition of the government’s Northeast Railroad to create Transportacion Ferroviaria Mexicana (TFM) and led the start up of that privatized property.TFM exceeded 1997-1998 railroad start up goals as projected in the original plan (1998 – annual revenues of $450 million, operating margin of 14%, operating profit of $65 million, EBITDA of $138 million; by 2001 – annual revenues were $680 million, operating margin of 28%, EBITDA of $260 million, free cash flow of $120 million after capital expenditures)TFM was later acquired by Kansas City Southern, one of its founding partners and in 2022 was acquired by Canadian Pacific.
  • Fritz Companies
    Executive Vice President Global Sales, Marketing, Process Improvement
    Fritz Companies Dec 1998 - Jul 2000
    San Francisco, Ca
    Implemented worldwide sales, marketing, and process improvements to integrate and link he company’s approach and model from a commercial and operations perspectiveRedesigned sales deployment reducing cost by 40%, selected new management and trained all sales and marketing personnelDeveloped and implemented an integrated sales process and incentive program between commercial and operations to include sales expansion, corporate marketing, and yield management. Worldwide sales increased by 29% in 1999.- Designed yield management capabilities and implemented worldwide pricing and contracting within the Global Business System, which centralized price, cost, and margin management and placed all accounts into a single system, eliminating redundancy in all 480 offices.
  • Tfm Mexico
    Senior Vice President
    Tfm Mexico Jan 1994 - Dec 1998
    Mexico City
    Responsible for the privitization/acquisition of Mexico's Ferroviaria Noreste Railroad line, renamed upon acquisition, TFM (Transportacion Ferroviaria Mexicana) owned by TMM (Transportacion Maritima Mexicana and Kansas City Southern Industries). Involved in all phases of start up and early years of exceptional financial results including the recruitment and selection of C Executives and immediate subordinates who would manage the enterprise. Reported to the Chairman of TMM and was based in Mexico City. Note TFM accomplishments listed above under TMM.

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Brad Skinner's current role is Member Multiple Board of Directors, 817 793-1441, bskinner@omnitrax.com.

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Brad Skinner attended Portland State University, Washington State University.

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