3G Leadership

As CEO, Paul is responsible for working with the board, his leadership team, and everyone at 3G to provide our customers with exceptional solutions and service. Paul has nearly 30 years of operating experience as a Chief Executive Officer and senior executive. He has led a wide range of technology organizations, from traditional software and SaaS to managed-service business models. Paul’s leadership style is driven by his passion for fostering strong teams and customer-centric organizations.

Throughout his career, Paul has a long track record of success working with start-ups, growth companies, and complex multinational businesses. Before coming to 3G, Paul most recently served as CEO of Unitrends, a private equity-backed data-management software company. Prior to that, Paul was the CEO for ObserveIT and also led executive teams for Mazu Networks, Guardent, Cohesive Technology Solutions, and Business Technologies, an organization he founded. Paul holds a bachelor’s degree from Hofstra University and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management.

As Chief Product & Marketing Officer, Ron is responsible for product and marketing strategy and execution, leading the 3G product management and product marketing teams to deliver exceptional products with strong customer value and ROI. Ron has more than 25 years of operating experience as a CPO, CTO, and senior executive. He has led product teams across a wide spectrum of business-critical cloud/SaaS software applications including in ERP, CRM, field service, document management, and TMS/shipping software. Ron’s leadership style is fueled by a passion for creative problem-solving and collaborative-teamwork to create cloud software solutions for thorny business problems.

During his career, Ron has launched many new cloud software products and built new businesses or business units. Before coming to 3G, Ron co-founded Pacejet as the first cloud-based enterprise shipping software platform, leading the product, marketing, and partnership efforts that delivered 50%+ year-over-year sales growth 3 years in a row, achieved Oracle-NetSuite partner of the year, won multiple FedEx Gold and Platinum partner awards, and led to the merger with 3G. Prior to that, Ron launched multiple ecommerce, field service, ERP software products at Symix/Frontstep which were acquired and rolled-up into the Infor ERP portfolio and launched the first web-based document management product at IDI/Battelle, eventually rolled-up into the OpenText portfolio. Ron holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from The Ohio State University and an MBA from Capital University.

Dave Sapienza is responsible for revenue generation and sales management. He has more than 25 years of transportation management experience from both the sales and operations perspectives. Dave joins 3Gtms from Oracle Corp. where he was a President’s Club member by consistently being a top sales leader for the Oracle Transportation Management solution. Before Oracle, he earned similar sales status at SAS and was previously vice president of business development at Intellitrans. He led business development for BridgePoint/CSX before that company was acquired by Intellitrans and managed implementation services for RedPrairie. Dave gained freight logistics operations experience at Applied Materials, a Fortune 250 manufacturer of wafer fabrication equipment, and MQA Manufacturing. Dave holds an MBA from Wake Forest University and earned his undergraduate degree from Arizona State University.

As SVP, Customer Operations, Dan oversees all of 3G’s implementation, project management, and support services. He leads a diverse business unit that works in constant collaboration with Engineering, Finance, Product Development & Management, and Sales. Prior to joining 3G’s executive team, he spent over 25 years leading transportation management implementation initiatives with experience spanning both software leadership and consulting. Past roles include senior positions with IBM, Weseley Software (now Blue Yonder), dxdt (now Descartes), G-Log (now Oracle Transportation Management), Scoular, and Deloitte.

Regardless of the role, Dan has dedicated his entire career to developing best practices for transportation and shipping software deployments. His customer-first philosophy means open, honest conversations about challenges and ensuring customer buy-in at every step of implementation. He holds Master of Science, Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Rochester Institute of Technology.

With over 25 years of experience in logistics software companies, our SVP has worked with a range of businesses from Fortune 100 companies to startups. Over his career, Chris has worked with numerous shippers and logistics service providers helping them achieve their business needs through innovation and better technology. Having previously held positions at Oracle, Manugistics, MavenWire, and G-Log, he brings a wealth of knowledge to our team.

His leadership experience includes managing development teams and overseeing the development of 3G’s best-in-class TMS, MCS, Logistics Networks Product Offerings and overseeing the SaaS operations of each. Chris’s expertise and guidance has helped our company continuously improve our offerings and services, ensuring that we provide our clients with cutting-edge solutions.

Ray is  senior finance professional with FP&A, accounting, due diligence, and operations management experience. A team leader with a track record of utilizing exceptional problem solving and critical thinking skills to establish successful new processes and supporting models.

Chris Taurence is responsible for client solution consulting, implementation and client support services. He has over 20 years of logistics software development, customer solution consulting and implementation experience.

Chris joins 3Gtms from Oracle where he directed warehouse management, transportation planning and management, global trade management, and procurement pre-sales teams to provide sales support and training. He also served as vice president of business consulting at Global Logistics Technologies (G-Log); chief technology officer at BookingZone; and management roles of increasing responsibility at CapGemini. Chris earned an MBA from the S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University.

Stephen is an experienced sales executive with well over a decade’s worth of experience across enterprise software and asset & non-asset-based logistics services. Previously, he was a sales and partnerships leader at Pacejet where he served as a key member of the 3Gtms-Pacejet post-merger integration team. In his current role, Stephen has built, and manages, a team of account executives serving the needs of 3G’s manufacturing, distribution, and retail customers. He has been part of numerous corporate and business development initiatives, including the structuring of 3G’s sales organization. A frequent speaker at industry events, Karem is widely respected for his breadth of TMS, ERP, WMS, and shipping software knowledge and has been considered a mentor by many during his five years with 3G. He holds a BS from Miami University.

As CEO, Paul is responsible for working with the board, his leadership team, and everyone at 3G to provide our customers with exceptional solutions and service. Paul has nearly 30 years of operating experience as a Chief Executive Officer and senior executive. He has led a wide range of technology organizations, from traditional software and SaaS to managed-service business models. Paul’s leadership style is driven by his passion for fostering strong teams and customer-centric organizations.

Throughout his career, Paul has a long track record of success working with start-ups, growth companies, and complex multinational businesses. Before coming to 3G, Paul most recently served as CEO of Unitrends, a private equity-backed data-management software company. Prior to that, Paul was the CEO for ObserveIT and also led executive teams for Mazu Networks, Guardent, Cohesive Technology Solutions, and Business Technologies, an organization he founded. Paul holds a bachelor’s degree from Hofstra University and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management.

At Sumeru Equity Partners, Paul Mercadante is a managing director focused on the firm’s hardware and software investments and sits on the investment committee. Prior to co-founding Sumeru Equity Partners, he co-founded and was a managing director of Silver Lake Sumeru, the middle market investment strategy of Silver Lake and predecessor fund to Sumeru Equity Partners. Paul has extensive operating and investing experience in the technology sector.

Prior to co-founding Silver Lake Sumeru, Paul was a partner at Shah Capital Partners. In addition to his private equity background, he has significant operational experience in managing, growing, and leading technology companies. Prior to joining Shah Capital Partners, Paul was president of Force Computers, a leading provider of embedded computing systems and a wholly owned subsidiary of Solectron, Inc. that was subsequently sold to Motorola, Inc. in 2004. Prior to Force, Paul was the vice president of strategic planning for Solectron’s $2 billion Technology Solutions Business Unit. He also has previous experiences with SMART Modular Technologies, Apex Data, Rose Communications, and Activision. He holds a B.A. in economics from State University of New York.

Mark Haller is a principal of Sumeru Equity Partners. He joined Silver Lake Sumeru in 2012, the middle market investment strategy of Silver Lake and predecessor fund to Sumeru Equity Partners. Prior to joining Silver Lake Sumeru, Mark worked in the Investment Banking Group at Goldman, Sachs & Co.

He graduated with honors from the University of Illinois with a master of accounting science, B.S. in finance, and B.S. in accountancy.

With 30 years in the industry, Mitch Weseley is widely regarded as the “father of the TMS industry” having created six successful companies in the technology and logistics industry. Notably, he foresaw the market demand for the first and second TMS generations, and both times created new companies and products to address these opportunities. In 1992, Mitch founded Weseley Software Development Corp which quickly experienced rapid customer and revenue growth. The company was sold to McHugh Software International (later RedPrairie), a leading provider of warehouse management software, in 1996.
Mitch then started dx/dt technologies, another supply chain execution company, which was sold to Descartes.

In 1999, he returned to the TMS market, creating Global Logistics Technologies (G-Log) as a second-generation TMS to manage the large complexities associated with shipping to all geographies and utilizing all modes. Mitch compiled a core team comprised of the best software developers and professionals in the industry. Mitch led the team toward making it the most successful second generation transportation software company the industry’s history. The company was sold to Oracle in 2005, and is now called OTM (Oracle Transportation Management).

Following the sale of G-Log, Mitch started and ran OPS, a clean technology company focusing on the trucking dispatch software industry.

Once again, he and his core team are reinventing the TMS industry with 3Gtms, formed in 2010. In February 2013, the company merged with Transite Technology and has created the next generation of transportation / trucking dispatch software.

Mitch is a graduate of Princeton University.