#26: John Urban Co-Founder and President of GT Nexus

John was the co-founder and President of GT Nexus, the leading cloud platform for global supply chain management, which was acquired by Infor in September 2015 for $675 million.Prior to GT Nexus, John was an executive with American President Lines, one of the world’s largest ocean liner companies, where he held several executive positions in Asia, North and South America.Since leaving GT Nexus in 2016, John has become a board member and advisor at several tech start-ups in the logistics and supply chain space including Mercado, Slync or ClearMetal.Discover more details here.Some of the highlights of the episode:Lessons from 17 years of building GT Nexus to an exit of USD 675 millionHow did the COVID-19 crisis affect the digitization of supply chainAre 3PLs ever going to catch up in the digital game?Startup funding during uncertainty Advice for entrepreneursFollow us on:Instagram: http://bit.ly/2Wba8v7Twitter: http://bit.ly/2WeulzXLinkedin: http://bit.ly/2w9YSQXFacebook: http://bit.ly/2HtryLd