Dave Bozeman, a former vice president with Ford and Amazon, has been named C.H. Robinson's new Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors, effective June 26.
Dave Bozeman received an Master of Science in Engineering Management from the Milwaukee School of Engineering and a Bachelor of Science in Manufacturing Design from Bradley University.
Bozeman comes to C.H. Robinson for Ford Motor Company, where he most recently served as Vice President of Ford's Customer Service Division, and Vice President of Enthusiast Vehicles for Ford Blue, where he oversaw the overall business performance for some of Ford’s most notable vehicle brands. Prior to Ford, Bozeman served as Vice President of Amazon Transportation Services of Amazon.com, Inc., where he led supply chain optimization for customer delivery across Amazon’s global operations, helping build out and scale the middle mile global transportation business, which included both ground and air as well as over the road and under the roof business operations. In his more than 30 year career, Bozeman held roles of increasing seniority at Caterpillar, Inc. from 2008 to 2016, ultimately serving as Senior Vice President Enterprise Systems. Earlier in his career, Mr. Bozeman spent 16 years at Harley-Davidson, from 1992 to 2008. Bozeman served as a member of the Board of Directors of Weyerhaeuser from 2015 to 2017.
"Dave is a seasoned executive who has a strong track record of reinventing complex operating models with industry-wide impact, proven expertise in global supply chain and logistics management through various economic cycles and extensive experience leading high performing teams and cultures to drive results," said Jodee Kozlak, Chair of the Board of Directors of C.H. Robinson. "Dave is the right leader to take C.H. Robinson’s vision forward with his focus on organizational opportunity and enhancing value for our customers and our shareholders by capitalizing on C.H. Robinson’s opportunities as a leading asset-light logistics provider in a rapidly-evolving and increasingly complex supply chain environment.”
