Leading global supply chain visibility platform, FourKites has announced the appointment of three executives to its leadership team. The company has appointed Phil Weir as Senior Vice President of Global Strategic Customers, Chris Basson as Senior Vice President, Professional Services and Dan Abramson as Senior Vice President of Americas Market Expansion.
The appointments come as the company looks to build on its growth over the last 12 months. It has seen a 30% growth in customers. Which spurred a 27% growth in the number of shipments tracked on its platform. Its customer base now includes over 50% of the Fortune 500.
Mathew Elenjickal, Founder and CEO of FourKites, commented, “I am tremendously excited to welcome these industry veterans to FourKites during this pivotal moment of evolution and growth for our company. More and more organisations across the globe are recognising the quantifiable value that FourKites brings to their operations, and these talented leaders will help us capture and accelerate this momentum.”
Phil Weir
Phil Weir is an industry veteran and will lead the global customer growth organisation. He has worked in the supply chain industry for over 25 years. He spent nearly 13 years at SAP before joining Coupa. There he led the direct large enterprise sales team for Coupa’s Supply Chain business unit.
He began his career at EY working on several enterprise projects. He began moving onto stints with Vigilance, SSA Global, SAP (a shorter first stint) and Shopatron. During his career, he has built successful sales teams. At Coupa, he returned the supply chain business unit to profitability and growth after Coupa acquired LLamasoft in 2020.
Weir commented, “I’m honored to accelerate customer growth alongside this passionate, energetic team. FourKites listens to and understands its customers, and it shows: this company has earned a trusted seat at the table with high-caliber brands and diverse supply chains, with incredible speed. I’m thrilled to be a part of that, and I look forward to helping FourKites reach even greater heights for its customers – starting with next month’s Visibility conference.”
Chris Basson
Chris Basson will head up the FourKites’ services and carrier operations. Managing client solution delivery with a focus on customer outcomes and experience. He joins from Korn Ferry, where he was head of client success for North America. Before Korn Ferry, he spent 16 years at SAP. There he rose through the professional services organisation to become the VP of North America Strategic Programs, where he led the SAP North America Services – Strategic Programs practice.
Basson said, “I’m thrilled to join this team, whose creativity, tenacity and strong vision are driving FourKites to amazing heights. Backed by FourKites’ focus on the customer and its high-quality data across the full supply chain, we have an incredible opportunity to capture market share, expand our offerings, and diversify up and down the chain. I look forward to leading my team in capturing those opportunities.”
Dan Abramson
Dan Abramson joins from SAS, where he spent nearly nine years rising to the position of Sr. Director & GM of US Manufacturing, Transportation, Entertainment, and Services. He grew the division’s revenue by 140% during his tenure.
Like the other two appointees, he also worked at SAP, but for only 17 months, and also spent time at EIS. Abramson is also a National Association of Manufacturers board member and an advisory board member of Notiphy, a SaaS-based work execution software startup.
Abramson commented, “I am delighted to join FourKites, building on its amazing foundation of market-leading products and solutions to drive strategic customer growth across the Americas. The momentum of this company is truly exciting, and I look forward to leading my team in pursuing hyper growth industry segments and delivering measurable value and delightful experiences to our customers.”
Enterprise Times: What does this mean
Following its $10 million strategic investment from Mitsui & Co. to Transform Supply Chains in Asia-Pacific, FourKites has continued to expand. It appointed Bo Tao as FourKites’ new Chief Technology Officer. Manik Mair joined as Senior Vice President of Corporate Growth last month. In April, it appointed Rocky Subramanian as President, as it looked to accelerate global expansion. It is still recruiting, with 14 open positions in the USA, India, Japan and Poland.
FourKites is building its engineering and sales teams to take advantage of and power recent developments in its portfolio. It also announced a new competitive replacement program for organizations struggling with their current visibility vendors not delivering promised results. It is hoping to bring the expertise of its new hires to attract customers from their legacy solutions to help solve supply chain issues with Fourkites.
These recent announcements see FourKites making the right noises for further growth. The investment by Matsui seems a wise move as the firm continues to expand its footprint globally.
