Alan Gershenhorn — Director at Beacon Roofing Supply

Mr. Alan Gershenhorn has been the Chief Commercial Officer and Senior Vice President at United Parcel Service, Inc. and United Parcel Service of America, Inc. since June 2014. Mr. Gershenhorn served as the Chief Sales, Marketing and Strategy Officer of United Parcel Service, Inc. until June 2014. He served as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales, Marketing and Strategy at United Parcel Service, Inc. since 2011. Mr. Gershenhorn served as the Chief Sales & Marketing Officer and Senior Vice President at United Parcel Service, Inc. He served as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales & Marketing at United Parcel Service, Inc. from January 2008 to 2011. Mr. Gershenhorn served as the President of UPS International Inc. of United Parcel Service, Inc., a holding company of UPS Airlines and UPS Supply Chain Solutions, Inc. from January 8, 2007 to January 2008 and Senior Vice President from 2007 to January 2008. He was responsible for all international package, freight forwarding and logistics businesses, as well as United States international package services. He has also served in several other significant leadership positions which include the UPS Corporate Strategy Group, where he was responsible for its retail strategy and operations worldwide and the integration of Mail Boxes Etc. (now primarily recognized as The UPS Store), the President of UPS Canada, the President of UPS Supply Chain Solutions (SCS) Global Transportation and Shared Services, a subsidiary of United Parcel Service, Inc. and the President of UPS SCS operations in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Mr. Gershenhorn served as Head of non-operating functions of UPS Supply Chain Solutions since 2004 and assumed responsibility for all supply-chain operations in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa. He began his UPS career in Houston in 1979 as a part-time package handler. He has held various U.S. and international positions of increasing responsibility in operations, industrial engineering, freight forwarding, logistics, brokerage, marketing, strategy and retail services. After several assignments in Texas, Mr. Gershenhorn joined UPS International Marketing Department in 1993, where he helped launch new international services during a period of rapid global growth for UPS. Subsequent assignments took him to Europe and then to Canada, where as the country's Vice President of Marketing and later as Operations District Manager he helped restructure UPS Canada's operations and services, resulting in significant increases in revenues and profit. He also guided the significant expansion of Beacon Roofing Supply's B to B industry segment supply chain strategies, including healthcare, ecommerce and many other industry segments through product specialization, organic growth and strategic acquisitions. He has extensive operating and functional experience. He has been a Director of Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. since May 2015. He served as a Director of US-China Business Council, Inc. Mr. Gershenhorn received a Degree in Finance from the University of Houston.