About

Leadership Team



Jim Barnes
Senior Managing Partner | President, CEO
Jim Barnes is considered a leading expert in supply chain management from source to consumption. He co-founded enVista in 2002 in response to market demand for comprehensive supply chain... [read more]

John Stitz
Senior Managing Partner
John Stitz is co-founder and principal owner of enVista where he is currently the Senior Managing Partner of enVista’s thriving transportation services practice. With more than 20 years of supply... [read more]

Davison Schopmeyer
Managing Partner | Supply Chain Services
Davison Schopmeyer, Managing Partner of enVista's Supply Chain Solutions practice, brings over 20 years of supply chain consulting experience managing and implementing complex... [read more]

Mike Kasperski
Managing Partner | Facility Design Build Services
Mike brings a vast knowledge of the material handling industry specializing in system design and implementation. Along with his wife and three teenage children, he lives in Lemont, Illinois... [read more]

Ken Mullen
Managing Partner | Supply Chain Solutions
Ken Mullen is a Managing Partner of enVista’s Supply Chain Solutions Practice and principal owner of enVista. For more than 20 years, Ken has helped hundreds of companies across a variety... [read more]

Steven J. Benefield (Jimmy)
Senior Director | Supply Chain Solutions
Benefield has authored numerous articles on supply chain and has served as a lecturer at supply chain tradeshows and events. He is a senior member of the Institute of Industrial Engineers... [read more]


Joel Garcia
Senior Director | Supply Chain Solutions
Garcia has spoken at industry user conferences and has been interviewed for an article in Inbound Logistics. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from CalPoly Pomona... [read more]

Jim Brownell
Senior Director | Retail Strategy
Before joining enVista, Brownell spent 25 years in information technology leadership roles at major retailers, including GAP, Restoration Hardware, Williams-Sonoma, J. Crew and Toys-R-Us.com... [read more]

Mike Rader
Vice President Services | Supply Chain Solutions
Rader has delivered value to companies including: Skechers, Disney, Payless Shoes Source, Pearson Education, Gerber Baby Products, Legrand North America, Brightpoint... [read more]

Stephen Craig
Managing Partner | Freight Management
Stephen Craig is Managing Partner of enVista’s Freight Management business unit. Freight Management is a 3PL that provides daily transportation planning, execution, visibility... [read more]

David Eckel
Managing Partner | Technology Services
David Eckel is the Managing Partner for enVista’s Technology Services business unit. With 16 years of experience delivering technology solutions, Eckel has helped many organizations... [read more]

Bruce Eicher
Managing Partner | Enterprise
He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in systems analysis from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio. Eicher is a frequent speaker at industry, partner and customer tradeshows and roundtables... [read more]

Nigel Cox
Vice President Services | Enterprise
Prior to joining enVista, Cox was the North America Lean Solutions Architect for eBECS. Prior to that, he held consulting positions at Iteration2, Oracle, JD Edwards, and PeopleSoft, and management... [read more]

Stefan Hermes
Managing Partner | Europe
Stefan started his career in a college education environment. However, he soon discovered that his heart lie in the business world. He started with a job in advice and corporate education to move... [read more]

Marcel Kok
Managing Partner | Europe
He has chosen to apply his knowledge, competence and skills on the subjects of (production) logistic matters, people management and quality to third parties, his main goal being to improve processes... [read more]