Dan Dershem

About Dan Dershem

Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It’s a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.” - Muhammad Ali For the past 25 years I have had the great fortune to experience Supply Chains from all vantage points. I was a management team member in Operations during the early days of the 3PL industry. This was the powerful training ground that resulted in building one of the first SaaS Supply Chain solutions. From there I traveled the globe working with teams from all cultures and backgrounds running a multi-billion dollar Supply Chain. Now I have one of the greatest jobs on the earth leveraging all the years of knowledge, networks, personal connections, and most importantly the scars and mistakes to assist other entrepreneurs in the pursuit of their dreams.

Experience

1. Managing General Partner

   Supply Chain Ventures

   Jun 2016 — Present

   Investor/Advisor: Alaiko, Capstone Logistics, Foxtrot.io(Descartes), ISEE, LeafLogistics, Levadata (Banneker Partners), Lineage Logistics, LLamasoft (Coupa), Lumina Analytics, MacroPoint (Descartes), Mercado Labs, nShift, OnRamp Financial, Pelicargo, Perishable Solutions (LineageLogistics), Resilinc, RPA Labs, Sandymount Technologies (Alfa Laval), Seyo, Shipday, Shipmonk, SixFold (Transporeon), Tenstreet, Tive, Transplace (Uber), Transporeon, True Load Time (Tenstreet), Work Truck Solutions, ZeKju*(Exited Investments)Supply Chain Ventures is an angel and early-stage venture capital partnership.Our preferred investments are in young, revenue producing companies using information technology to enhance global marketing and supply chain management. Besides capital, we bring significant entrepreneurial, operating and investment experience to help our portfolio companies be successful.We are particularly interested in companies based on on-demand about and/or open source technologies, with business models focused on building collaborative, network driven relationships in global supply chains. We use two primary investment methods: angel investing in operating companies with an initial base of target clients, and, in conjunction with investing partners, early-stage venture funding in more established companies.If you become a portfolio company, the Managing Director and advisors will work closely with the entrepreneur and their team to help ensure long-term success of the company.We will assist you in acquiring new talent, devising winning business strategies, developing effective sales and marketing programs, and finding valuable strategic alliances and partners. Our involvement will always be focused on helping entrepreneurs define and achieve their optimal value creation points, whether they are mergers, acquisitions or other exit opportunities.Our primary goals are your success in being an entrepreneur and your company’s success in the marketplace.

Education

• Ferris State University

  Bachelors of Science, Business Management

  1989 — 1992

Skills

• Transportation
• Warehousing
• Six Sigma
• Leadership
• Transportation Management
• Supply Chain Optimization
• Logistics Management
• Change Management
• Erp
• 3pl
• Operations Management
• Business Process Improvement
• Forecasting
• Business Strategy
• Warehouse Management
• Logistics
• Demand Planning
• Procurement
• Strategy
• Supply Chain Consulting
• Process Improvement
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Supply Chain
• Supply Chain Management
• Strategic Sourcing
• Reverse Logistics