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NEW COO JOINS SHIPMONK TO LEAD RAPID GROWTH

04/04/21
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Tom Nieman

Shipmonk announced that John Grubor has joined the leadership team as Chief Operating Officer to lead all operations for the Company and  reporting to Founder & CEO, Jan Bednar.

Grubor joins from GEODIS where he was EVP & Chief Operating Officer, with responsibility for the company’s contract logistics business in the Americas. He originally joined OHL, a 3PL owned by Welsh Carson that was acquired by GEODIS to enter the American market. An engineer by background, Mr. Grubor was the SVP Solutions & Engineering before being promoted to COO where led a team of 15,000 people working in ~40M feet of warehouse facilities generating ~$1.5B in revenues, 60% of which is DTC.

With 1,100 employees, Shipmonk is the fastest-growing provider of warehousing and fulfillment solutions specifically for small and mid-market eCommerce merchants. With a vertically-integrated strategy, the company owns and operates its own facilities with a proprietary software stack that makes it easier for eCommerce merchants to escape the limitations of marketplaces and reclaim a direct relationship with their customers.

Based in Fort Lauderdale, FL, Shipmonk is backed by Summit Partners and Periphas Capital.