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Dave Cruz is the Vice President of Business Development and Managed Transportation Solutions for Red Classic Transport. Dave and his teams are responsible for supporting CCCI and a broad range of external customers with transportation solutions to optimize their supply chains. Red Classic is the private fleet and a wholly owned subsidiary of Coca-Cola Consolidated Incorporated (CCCI), the nation’s largest franchise bottler. Dave has recently joined Red Classic after more than five years with CCCI as Director of Logistics and Production Planning. Prior to CCCI Dave was with Otto Environmental Systems and SABIC Innovative Plastics in a variety of roles from manufacturing to S&OP and to Logistics. Prior to his time with SABIC Dave was a Supply Office in the U.S. Navy for 25 years. Dave earned a B.S. in Management Science from the University of South Carolina and earned an M.S. from the Naval Post Graduate School in Monterey, CA.

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