Toby Switzer has been with Agility since the beginning of 1999, and currently serves as the Chief Human Capital Officer of the Agility Group, overseeing the people management aspect of a 16,000+ strong global workforce. Before taking on the CHRO role, he was Agility's Chief Executive Officer and President International of Agility’s Defense & Government Services, overseeing more than 11,000 employees and $2.5 billion in annual revenue globally.
He has extensive experience with the logistics needs of the military and defense sectors. Prior to joining Agility, Toby was a Commander in the US Navy Supply Corps and over the course of his career, he served in two different US Embassies, served as a Logistics Operations Officer with US Special Operations Command, served in three major CFO/Comptroller positions, and had two tours of duty on board US Navy ships. In 2006 he was awarded “Logistician of the Year” by The Institute for Defense and Government Advancement.
He holds a Masters from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces of the National Defense University, and is an alumnus of Hawaii's Chaminade University as well as Indiana University.
Here's what he shared with us.
Could you tell us more about Agility? What's the business doing today?
Agility is a supply chain services, innovation and investment leader. We recently sold our largest business unit, a commercial freight forwarding company known as GIL, to DSV, the world’s third-largest freight forwarding company. So we are in a period of transition.
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