Stefano Pilozzi Email & Phone Number

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

As North America’s largest pilot car network, ODS has been helping specialized carriers to deliver challenging oversized shipments across the US and Canada since 2010: arranging professional pilot cars anytime, any place and over any distance. ODS drives business for its pilot car partners, paying them quickly while enabling them to focus on doing what they do best. A true leader in its field, ODS offers unparalleled risk mitigation via an industry-unique umbrella insurance policy that covers ODS operations. (www.odsna.com).● Managing the Dispatch team and processes for an industry-leading escort vehicle brokerage company with customers in every state and province;● Overseeing daily dispatch operations and the management of projects that engage an average of 150 to 300 pilot cars daily with a constant focus on providing a highly-responsive, customer-centric, boutique service;● Driving business and win-win opportunities by matching specialized transportation customer needs with vendor capabilities and planning overdimensional transportation project to meet requirements on a route basis according to state/provincial law and transportation authority regulations;● Evaluating performance and quality control and leading related coaching and training;● Negotiating rates on projects day-to-day requests from vendors/clients and serving as a key point of contact for customers and independent contractors;● Recruiting and qualifying new pilot car providers to build the North American network;● Collaborating in the provision of supplemental solutions including route surveys, transportation planning/consulting, risk mitigation, invoice consolidation and administrative streamlining;● Directing dispatch for ODS Fleet Services (launched in 2016), an asset-based company serving North America with 10 new, fully equipped escort vehicles and expertly trained drivers.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Montreal, Canada Area

Montreal, Canada Area

The GTI GROUP provides turnkey logistics solutions including specialized transportation, FTL/LTL, global freight forwarding, project cargo and warehousing/packaging solutions to a portfolio of 800+ international customer organizations - including some of the world’s leading companies in industries including pulp and paper, automobile, aeronautics, engineering, power, mining, oil & gas, automation, steel, ventilation, and heavy equipment (www.thegtigroup.com).● Reported to VP of Operations and dispatched over 60 trucks daily to facilitate overdimensional transport across North America while serving as the main communication liaison betweendrivers and management/sales representatives in a highly time sensitive, high pressure environment;● Resolved conflicts and problems and last-minute issues to ensure project completion and customer satisfaction;● Constantly leveraged advanced expertise and knowledge in heavy haul equipment specs, permitting, routing, provincial/state regulations and operating hours, pilot cars, ACE/ACI/bonds with inbound and outbound customs clearance, and conformity to CBP-CBSA qualifications.

Montreal, Canada Area

● Built and managed all aspects of a small business that distributed specialized coffee and tea/tisanes developed as a economical initiative and collaboration between First Nations, the Federal government, Makivik Corporation, Avataq Cultural Institute and Idigeno Development Corporation;● Led business development, service, promotional activities, trade show participation and field training on plant collection and processing for shipment to diverse Inuit communities across Canada.

Dec, Social Studies

Secondary Diploma