Gurn Freeman is a Director of Worldwide Services for FedEx Corporation, a $35 billion company that provides customers and businesses worldwide with a broad portfolio of transportation, e-commerce and business services. In his role, Gurn provides leadership for two Government Sales teams in the revenue-generating division of FedEx Services. These two sales organizations have worldwide revenue responsibility and provide logistics solutions for some of the most influential government and state agencies. Gurn also manages a team of highly skilled sales professionals responsible for logistics services and emerging products.
Gurn will soon be celebrating his 26th anniversary with FedEx. He began his career at FedEx as a Station Operations Manager in 1982 and has since been involved in various management roles which have given him valuable experience in and knowledge of FedEx and its industry leading portfolio of operating companies. His current responsibility has given him insight into the unique challenges we face in delivering world class logistics solutions to our customers.
Gurn’s leadership philosophy is the same as that of the FedEx company pledge known as "The Purple Promise." That promise, which states "I will make every FedEx experience outstanding", is a very important part of the company culture and it is that which builds customer loyalty and sets FedEx apart from the competition.
A Board of Advisors has been set up to monitor and assist the Reverse Logistics Association management team in making informed decisions.
Reverse Logistics Association's (RLA) Board of Advisors (BOA) is composed of up to 15 industry professionals with distinct functional expertise. RLA receives advice and council from the BOA collectively and taps their broad background of experience in the Supply Chain Aftermarket. All the members are veterans of the reverse logistics industry or event management and have a working relationship with RLA & Reverse Logistics Trade Shows (RLTS). The BOA are active participants in building the association, supporting third party relationships with OEM/ODM, Branded and Retail companies, and all have a professional interest in the association business objectives.
The BOA meets in a formal setting 3 times a year (at www.RLTShows.com). At these formal meetings the BOA comes prepared to discuss business plans of RLA and RLTS along with presentations on the latest market trends that they have observed in the Reverse Logistics industry. Reports from RLA/RLTS staff are made on the progress, changes and challenges since the last meeting. Regional Advisory Councils (Chapters) and Focus Committee reports are presented with announcements on any new services from RLA. These meetings last approximately 2 hours and are held generally before or after the evening reception for RLTS speakers and exhibitors.
The members of the BOA have input to steering the events & support services of RLA, so this role is very similar to Board level without having fiduciary responsibilities.
The BOA are from the following disciplines:
Listed are some BOA support functions:
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