Gnosis Freight
G. Michael Rentz Jr. has held various roles and positions throughout their work experience. In 2010, they worked as a Project Engineer at Buckner Companies, where they focused on maximizing efficiency in steel erection for the Boeing Airplane Plant/Hangar. From 2012 to 2012, they served as a Law Clerk-Screening at the Jefferson Parish District Attorney's Office, evaluating criminal complaints and consulting with law enforcement agencies, victims, and witnesses. In 2015, they joined the South Carolina Ports Authority in Sales and Marketing. Subsequently, they worked at Maersk Line from 2016 to 2018, first as a Maersk Line Graduate and later as a Business Development Manager. In 2017, they co-founded and served as CEO of AntiMatter, a company specializing in helping startups scale through outsourced business development. In 2018, they became an Advisor at Betabox Learning. In 2019, they became a Strategic Advisor at Techstars, focusing on the establishment of the Techstars Supply Chain and Logistics Accelerator. In the same year, they founded The Charleston Supply Chain Meetup, a community that curates and organizes events related to global supply chain networks. In 2020, they joined Gnosis Freight as the Chief Revenue Officer and also served as a Strategic Advisor at Case Status. Overall, G. Michael Rentz Jr. has a diverse background in supply chain, business development, and strategic advisory roles.
G. Michael Rentz Jr. has a diverse education history. In 2002, they completed their high school education at Brookland-Cayce. G. Michael then pursued a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, specializing in Structural Engineering, at the University of South Carolina from 2006 to 2010.
In 2011, Rentz enrolled at Charleston School of Law and obtained a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree in 2015. During this time, they also attended the College of Charleston and obtained an MBA degree in Finance from 2014 to 2015.
Rentz further expanded their education by attending the Singapore Management University in 2016, where they studied Supply Chain Management. In 2017, they participated in a program at Erasmus University Rotterdam, focusing on International Economics and Maritime Studies. Additionally, in the same year, Rentz pursued an executive certification in Supply Chain Management at the University of Denver.
Rentz has also obtained additional certifications, including a Juris Doctor from the South Carolina Bar and an MBA from the College of Charleston School of Business, although specific dates of completion are not provided.
Gnosis Freight
Gnosis Freight’s mission is simple: Help logistics companies work together better. Gnosis is the world’s first Container Lifecycle Management™ platform (“CLM platform”) that provides shippers end-to-end visibility of the one standard asset in the supply chain – the container – from the cargo ready date until the container is returned empty to the terminal. Our proprietary Marlo™ container tracking engine aggregates the world’s container shipping data sources into a singular data model. Utilizing intelligent data enrichment technologies, it provides opinionated and contextualized milestone data throughout every point in a container’s journey, creating the most complete container visibility in the industry. Our team of engineers build powerful supply chain execution solutions (“CLM Enhancements”) on top of that data. These enhancements help improve processes, reduce costs, and give customers new insights into their supply chains that empower them to make critical decisions and collaborate with partners more effectively than ever. Logistics professionals no longer have to spend their time aggregating data from multiple sources and then working to find disruptions. The CLM platform and Marlo automatically identify the exceptions in the supply chain so the logistics team can spend their time managing them to keep goods moving and save enormous amounts of time and money. Unlike most traditional software companies who design their systems a certain way and then make their customers fit into a standard box, Gnosis engineers architect each customer's platform to their exact needs. We know every company has its own unique supply chain processes, so we build the Gnosis box around them. We're a team of problem solvers with deep knowledge in logistics, data science, and software engineering and we pride ourselves on helping some of the largest importers, exporters, and logistics service providers in the world overcome the biggest challenges they’re facing.