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Robert W. Coon is vice president, human resources for Menlo Worldwide, Inc., a $1.4 billion supply chain services subsidiary of Con-way Inc. that manages a full range of logistics activities in the United States and internationally for companies primarily in the automotive, technology, manufacturing, food and beverage, consumer product, chemical, and retail industries. Con-way Inc. (previously known as CNF Inc.) is a $4.2 billion transportation and logistics company with businesses in less-than-truckload motor carriage, truckload carriage, air freight, logistics, warehousing, supply chain management and trailer manufacturing.
In this position, Mr. Coon has overall responsibility for strategy, policies, procedures, and functional management of personnel activities throughout Menlo Worldwide, including training and development programs globally.
Mr. Coon previously served as director of human resources for Menlo Worldwide Logistics. He served in this position from 2000 to 2002 when he was promoted to vice president of Menlo Worldwide.
An executive with over 30 years of experience in human resource and business management, Mr. Coon first joined CNF in 1991 and spent more than eight years as the first corporate director of human resources for Menlo�s sister company, Con-Way Transportation Services Inc.
Prior to joining Con-way, Mr. Coon was president and chief operating officer from 1998 to 2000, for the Saratoga Institute, a leading developer, repository and publisher of human capital metrics and human resource benchmarks throughout the world. He started his career with Ford Motor Company where he progressed through several positions of increasing responsibility with Ford Motor and Ford Aerospace. He has also served as chief human resources officer for Motorola Computer Systems, Daisy Systems, and Sirius before joining Con-way.
Mr. Coon is a native of Detroit, MI, he holds a bachelor�s degree from the Monteith College honors program at Wayne State University and did graduate work at the University of Michigan. He has taught at the University of California human resources program and spoken at more than 30 human resources and industry forums around the world. Mr. Coon is based at Menlo Worldwide�s headquarters in San Mateo, CA. | 