Ken Evans

Founder & CEO at Konexial

Ken Evans is the Founder and CEO of Konexial. Ken has over 20 years of experience in the logistics industry, holding executive positions at some of the world's largest companies. Ken has a proven track record of developing and executing global logistics strategies, and of creating new businesses within established companies.

Ken began their career in 1999 as a Manager of International Logistics Procurement at Eastman Chemical Company. Ken quickly rose through the ranks, becoming Director of Global Supply Chain at Littelfuse in 2002, and Director of Global Logistics at Celanese in 2008.

In 2011, Ken joined Koch Industries as Director of Strategic Sourcing & Logistics. In this role, they were responsible for developing procurement strategy across all Koch companies. Ken left Koch in 2015 to start KBX, LLC, a subsidiary of Koch Holdings. KBX owns asset and service based logistics companies.

Ken's most recent position was as Chief Logistics Officer (CLO) at Spirit AeroSystems, where they were responsible for developing and executing global logistics strategy for freight/transportation, warehousing, inventory management and distribution systems. Ken left Spirit AeroSystems in 2016 to start Konexial.

Ken Evans has a Bachelor of Science in Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management from the Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee. Ken also has an MBA in Finance, Operations from East Tennessee State University. Ken Evans is certified from APICS in CPIM.

Andy Dishner - Co-Founder & COO, Kristin Rakoczy - VP, Marketing & Investor Relations, and Tom Clark - VP, Product Solutions report to Ken Evans.

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