Overview

Gender

male

Investor Type

Angel

Investor Stage

Early stage Venture,Late Stage Venture,Non Equity Assistant

Mr. Urban was co-founder and President of GT Nexus, the leading cloud platform for global supply chain management. Acquired by Infor in September 2015 for $675 million, GT Nexus lead the market with significant market share from Global Fortune 500 customers in retail, apparel, automotive, chemicals, pharma, consumer electronics, and logistics service providers.

Since leaving GT Nexus in May 2016, Mr. Urban is an active strategic advisor to a variety of technology companies across the logistics and supply chain space.

Prior to GT Nexus, Mr. Urban was an executive with American President Lines, one of the world's largest ocean liner companies, where he held several executive positions in Asia, North and South America. Before APL, Mr. Urban was President and CEO of NPSC Inc., a domestic intermodal carrier, and Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Brae Corporation. Mr. Urban began his career as an Account Executive at IBM.

Mr. Urban has a Master of Science in Management from The Krannert Graduate School of Management at Purdue University and a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Saint Bonaventure University.