OIA Global Logistics

Most recently, Mr. Hornecker worked with a Private Equity Group as the President of Market Transport Services, a $400 Million revenue third-party logistics services company.  Charlie within three years was instrumental in more than tripling Market Transport Services revenue through acquisitions and organic growth and facilitating the repositioning of the company from primarily a truck load carrier operating on the west coast into a leading single source logistics provider of third-party services and multi-modal transportation capacity solutions operating across North America.  Market Transport Services was acquired by a publicly held $3 Billion dollar revenue international logistics provider returning more than 6.5X to Market's shareholders.

Prior to joining Market Transport Services, Charlie was the Senior Vice President (COO) of Triton Aviation Services Limited, a Bermuda based aircraft lessor formed in 1996.  Charlie was instrumental in growing TASL, a start-up commercial passenger aircraft lessor and 747 cargo conversion freighter aircraft lessor to over $1 billion in assets with operations in 23 countries.

Prior to joining Triton Aviation Services Limited, Charlie held various executive level positions with Triton Container International Limited, the largest ocean container leasing company in the world and until recently, was one of the largest portable storage and mobile office solutions in the United States.

Charlie holds an economics degree from the University of Oregon and a MBA from Golden Gate University.

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Steve Akre co-founded Oregon International Airfreight (OIA) in 1988 with Junki Yoshida. Under Mr. Akre's leadership, OIA Global Logistics has implemented numerous international and global logistics programs including a fully automated Portland-based RF distribution warehouse, a global raw material supply chain linking material suppliers and factories across eight countries and a dedicated international procurement program. Additionally, Mr. Akre was instrumental in securing regular and routine cargo flights from both Korean Air and China Air to Portland International Airport and the U.S. West Coast. Mr. Akre served on the Governor's Oregon Business Planning Steering Committee and attended Portland State University.

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Eric Okimoto
Executive VP Global Operations

Eric Okimoto has over 20 years of freight forwarding and supply chain experience and is currently OIA's Executive Vice President of Operations. Mr. Okimoto was instrumental in cultivating OIA's strong international business relationships and implementing the company's global network of agents and partners. He has been a driving force behind OIA's recent international acquisitions and global expansion. Mr. Okimoto graduated from the University of Hawaii with a degree in Political Science. He spent 6 years with the Fritz Companies, which was later acquired by UPS, and 10 years with DHL Airways. He has been a licensed customs broker since 1987 . Mr. Okimoto has extensive knowledge of business in Asia and travels frequently to all major locations.

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Daniel McMorris is in charge of coordinating Business Development, Sales, Marketing, Solutions and Customer Service functions for OIA. Since joining OIA in 2003, Mr. McMorris has been successful in driving growth initiatives for the supply chain management team including warehousing, transportation, packaging and freight and is now focused on coordinating this effort across the entire organization. Prior to OIA, Mr. McMorris worked for Johnson & Johnson's McNeil Consumer and Specialty Pharmaceuticals where he was on the brand management teams for Tylenol® products and St. Joseph® aspirin. He holds a MBA from the University of Notre Dame's Mendoza School of Business and a BS in Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire.

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Tim Sether has been with the company since 1991 as an accounting manager in the early days to his present position as Chief Financial Officer. As the senior finance executive of OIA, he oversees all accounting operations, both domestic and international, tax and regulatory activities, worldwide audit management and he maintains valuable relationships with the company’s financing sources. Mr. Sether actively engages in all finance-related senior management discussions and negotiations as they pertain to vendors and key-customers as well as the related contracts. He sits on the Board of Directors of both OIA Manuport and OIA Thailand. Mr. Sether received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with an emphasis in accounting from Concordia University. He maintains an active Certified Public Accountant’s license in Oregon.

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Peter Wong has 23 years experience in the logistics industry and is a specialist in emerging markets in Southeast Asia. He was the president of a Singapore-based logistics company for 10 years before joining OIA in 2001. Mr. Wong is currently the Managing Director Asia Pacific for OIA.

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Anthony Tam has extensive bilateral China/ U.S. trade and logistics experience. While living in Hong Kong, he served as a sales executive for Pan American Airways and W.T. Air Cargo Ltd. In 1987 he founded his own logistics company and later relocated to New York to manage and grow the U.S. side of the operations. In 2001, Mr. Tam joined OIA and is currently the Vice President for the U.S. East Region.

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Francis Lui brings over 30 years of freight forwarding, international trade, transportation, and operations experience to OIA. He has extensive knowledge of China and Hong Kong gateways. Mr. Lui established his own company in 1985 and successfully grew the business before joining OIA in 2001.

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