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George Yarusavage has held a number of transportation, logistics, and purchasing management positions in his 35-year career, and has the unique distinction of returning to three former employers: NBC, GTE/Verizon, and Continental Forest Industries. He also was part of the Corporate Transportation staff at GE and helped start a family jewelry business. Currently he is a principal in Fortress Consulting and his most recent positions prior to Fortress were North American Manager of Logistics for M-real USA; Manager of Transportation Procurement for Verizon Wireless; and Director of Technical Logistics for NBC Olympics where he won an Emmy for his part in the 2000 Sydney Games.

 

George has a BS in Logistics from Penn State, an MBA from NYU, and has earned three logistics certifications: the CTL (Certified in Transportation & Logistics) from the American Society of Transportation & Logistics (AST&L), the CPIM (Certified in Production & Inventory Management) from APICS, and his lifetime C.P.M. recertification from the Institute of Supply Management (ISM). He was also a Registered Practitioner before the Interstate Commerce Commission prior to its demise.

 

George’s professional activities have included holding various local and national offices in a number of professional organizations. Today he is AST&L’s Vice Chairman and has previously served as President, Chairman, Secretary, and Program V.P. He is also currently the Secretary and Education Chair of the NYCONN Roundtable of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals and Treasurer & President Emeritus of ISM-7 Counties. In addition he was recently made the second Vice Chair of ISM’s national Logistics and Transportation Group.