Brian Kempisty, Frank Kenney and Joe Lynch discuss drought, drones, and delays. Brian is the Founder of Port X Logistics, a transportation company that specializes in expediting containerized cargo throughout the U.S. and Canada. Frank is the Director of Industry Solutions at Cleo, an ecosystem network that enables companies to rapidly connect with thousands of trading partners worldwide.

About Brian Kempisty

Brian Kempisty is the Founder of Port X Logistics, a transportation company that specializes in expediting containerized cargo throughout the U.S. and Canada. Brian grew up as a farm kid outside of Buffalo, NY and learned how to work at a young age. While earning his degree at Canisius College he needed a job and found himself working in the logistics industry. Since those early days, he has run multiple companies and his latest adventure called for him to create Port X Logistics which is a national drayage and transloading company with offices on both coasts.

About Port X Logistics

Port X Logistics specializes in expediting containerized cargo throughout the US and Canada. With a combination of company trucks, owner operators, and logistics network Port X Logistics can effectively service every port and rail ramp. Port X Logistics provides drayage, trans-loading, and over the road trucking to help clients meet their fulfillment and production plans. The team operates with urgency, attention to detail, proactive communication, and the ultimate in visibility.

About Frank Kenney

Frank Kenney is the director of Industry Solutions at Cleo. A former Gartner analyst and current market evangelist and strategy director, Frank Kenney is widely credited as the creator of the term managed file transfer (MFT) and was the first to write about and discuss its modern architecture, platform, and use cases. Previously, Frank served more than 10 years as a research director at Gartner, where he defined the MFT, B2B gateway, SOA governance, and cloud service brokerage (CSB) markets. Frank holds a degree in music technology from the Center for the Media Arts, holds degrees and certifications in digital multimedia and instructional technologies, and studied English and computer science at the University of Tampa.

About Cleo

Cleo is an ecosystem integration software company focused on business outcomes, ensuring each customer’s potential is realized by delivering solutions that make it easy to discover and create value through the movement and integration of B2B enterprise data. Cleo gives customers strategic, “outside-in” visibility into the critical end-to-end business flows happening across their ecosystems of partners and customers, marketplaces, and internal cloud and on-premise applications. Cleo’s solutions empower teams to drive business agility, accelerate onboarding, facilitate the modernization of key business processes, and capture new revenue streams by reimagining and remastering their digital ecosystem through robust application, B2B, and data integration technologies.

Keay Takeaways: Drought, Drones and Delays

Drought, drones, and delays refers to the challenges facing the ocean freight industry including:
- A drought in Panama impacting canal passage
- Drone attacks in Suez Canal
- Wars in both Europe and the Middle East
Brian and Frank discuss how to build supply chains that are resilient enough to survive these challenges.
Port X Logistics specializes in expediting containerized cargo throughout the US and Canada.
Port X utilizes a combination of company trucks, owner operators, and a logistics network to effectively service every port and rail ramp.
They have a strong focus on culture, service, technology, and trucks.
Port X Logistics provides safe and just-in-time truckload services, unique problem-solving for supply chain solutions, worry-free crisis management services, and collaborative and dedicated project management from start to finish.
Cleo helps businesses deliver on their commitments by facilitating smooth interaction with their wider ecosystem of partners, suppliers, customers, and applications.
Cleo Integration Cloud (CIC) is their flagship platform, offering a single integrated solution for B2B/EDI, application, and eCommerce dataflows. This platform enables businesses to connect, transform, integrate, orchestrate, and analyze their ecosystem data.
Cleo champions ecosystem integration, an "outside-in" approach that prioritizes connecting and integrating key business processes with those of your partners, fostering seamless collaboration and efficiency.
Cleo caters to both technical and non-technical users with a user-friendly platform and pre-built integrations, offering self-service, managed-service, and blended deployment options for ultimate flexibility.