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LM Podcast Series: Flexe’s Siebrecht looks at the intersection of warehousing and e-commerce

In this podcast, Jeff Berman, Group News Editor for Logistics Management and the Peerless Media Supply Chain Group, interviews Karl Siebrecht, Co-Founder & CEO, for Seattle-based Flexe.


During this podcast, Flexe Co-Founder & CEO Karl Siebrecht provided an overview of the warehousing market and the impact e-commerce has had on market trends and conditions. 

Themes addressed over the course of this podcast included: the current state of the warehousing economy; how record-levels of e-commerce activity have influenced market activity; the unique challenges retail shippers face when addressing inventory projections and consumer demand; and the approach retail shippers take in establishing warehousing footprints, among others.

Karl Siebrecht is a seasoned technology executive, with leadership experience in both startups and large, global corporations. Prior to co-founding Flexe, Karl was CEO of AdReady, a Seattle-based advertising technology company. He is also a founding Board member of EnergySavvy, a SaaS-based solution for energy efficiency management. Previously, Karl was President of Atlas at aQuantive, before its $6B acquisition by Microsoft, and earlier in his career he was a Manager at Bain & Company in Boston and a Diving Officer in the U.S. Navy.

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Jeff Berman
Jeff Berman is Group News Editor for Logistics Management, Modern Materials Handling, and Supply Chain Management Review and is a contributor to Robotics 24/7. Jeff works and lives in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, where he covers all aspects of the supply chain, logistics, freight transportation, and materials handling sectors on a daily basis.
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