Dean Sims

Dean Sims has over 13 years of experience in transportation and logistics planning. Dean is currently the Director of Transportation & Logistics Planning at Hostess Brands. Prior to that, they worked at Smithfield Foods for 10 years, where they held the position of Transportation Services Manager. In this role, Dean was responsible for managing the transportation department operations, including planning shipments and improving operational efficiency. Dean also hired and coached employees, growing the team from 8 to 14 members. Additionally, Dean worked at Farmland Foods as a Transportation Systems Analyst, where they played a significant role in implementing a new transportation planning system. Dean gathered requirements, led user acceptance testing, and trained end-users on the system.

Dean Sims has a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Business Logistics from the University of Missouri-Columbia.