from L to R: Jason Kirkpatrick (VP of Accounting & Administration), Bill Kirkpatrick (CEO and Founder), Greg Walters (President of Client Services), Sean Kirkpatrick (VP of Operations), Roy Cowan (President)
Bill Kirkpatrick
CEO and Founder of Americus Logistics
Bill is the principal owner, founder, and CEO of Americus. Bill has been a successful entrepreneur all of his life. He has owned accounting, pallet, transportation, retail, and technology businesses.
Roy Cowan
President
Roy took the helm as President of Americus Logistics on April 6, 2009. Roy brings with him over 29 years of warehousing, transportation and logistics experience. Roy began his career in 1981 with the Kroger Company as a warehouse supervisor at their Cincinnati distribution center. In 1984 Roy joined Supervalu where he spent 13 years in various positions in both warehousing and transportation management.
In 1998 Roy joined CS Integrated (CSI) as the General Manager of their new green field warehouse in Shelbyville, IN. Roy was promoted to Vice President in 2002 when CSI was purchased by Atlas Cold Storage of Toronto, ON, Canada. When Atlas Cold Storage and Versacold merged in 2007 under the Atlas Logistics umbrella, Roy served as Senior Vice President, Third-Party Logistics, where he successfully developed the Third-Pary division to its current status as a third-party provider in both the U.S. and Canada. Over the years Roy made his niche in the distribution industry through his visionary approach to the business as well as his dedication and commitment to both employees and customers.
Roy’s operating philosophy is to “make our customer successful by providing superior customer service to meet the needs of our customer’s customer.
Greg Walters
President of Client Services
Before joining Americus Logistics in 2006 Greg had a successful 35 year career with the Kroger Company. Working 5 years in retail, he learned that end of the business in the Houston, Texas Division. Greg made the migration to warehousing with King Soopers in Denver, Colorado. Later he served as Director of the West Region, Vice President of Logistics at Ralph Grocery Company in Southern California, and finally Sr. Director of Logistics for Kroger’s Western region. In that role Greg was responsible for the warehousing and transportation in 12 distribution centers. These DC’s provided service in support of $24 billion in retail sales by shipping over 750,000,000 cases annually through 6.6 million square feet of traditional, semi-automated, and automated warehouse facilities. Greg’s operations were successful in exceeding service and financial benchmarks throughout his career.
Jason Kirkpatrick
VP of Accounting & Administration
Jason is the former owner of Starwood Products. Starwood provided services to companies such as Monier Lifetile, Southern Wine and Spirits, and Arrowhead Water.
Sean Kirkpatrick
VP of Operations
Before joining Americus, Sean acquired 14 years of experience operating his own pallet and transportation businesses. His customers included Ball Glass, Eagle Roofing, Frito-Lay, Tropicana, and Sketchers. Sean is also a philanthropist serving as a board member for Law Enforcement of Ontario (LEO) and President of Crimestoppers for the city of Ontario, CA.