Paulo Resende is a professor of logistics, supply chain, and transportation and operations planning. He is the coordinator of the Research and Development Center for Logistics, Supply Chain and Infrastructure at Fundação Dom Cabral and Head Researcher of the Center of Advanced Studies in Transportation Logistics at FDC. He is also the editor-in-chief of DOM Magazine. Professor Resende holds a Ph.D. in Logistics and Transportation Planning from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (USA) and a M.Sc. in Transportation Planning and Engineering from the Memphis State University (USA). He teaches at the graduate programs (MBA and Specialization), open enrollment, corporate partnerships and custom programs. Paulo Resende has already worked with organizations such as Bunge, Ambev, Brookfield, TV Globo, Kraft, Randon, John Deere, Cargill, Vale, JBS, Basf, Fiat, AngloGold, among others. He has been the dean, consultant and professor at IBMEC (Brazil) and assistant researcher at the University of Illinois (USA). At FDC, Professor Resende has been the Dean of open enrollment and specialization programs. He is a member of the Supply Chain Council (USA) and a member of the Capacity Committee at the Transportation Research Board (USA). He is the author of books and articles in the fields of logistics, transportation, value chain, supply chain management, sales and distribution channels.