NAVIS LEADERSHIP TEAM

Kirk Knauff is the President of Navis and also leads Kaleris as the Chief Executive Officer and BOD member. In 2020, Kirk helped form Kaleris after successfully integrating three growing Supply Chain Software businesses.

While serving the supply chain software space over the past two decades, Kirk has seen firsthand the ongoing operations, process and visibility challenges ingrained across global supply chains. He is proud to be a part of the team that is delivering products to solve these challenges.

Kirk is passionate about the success of our team members, customers, and partners. Kaleris is achieving accelerated growth while expanding to over 200 team members across the globe aligned around making Every Move Matter.

Prior to joining Kaleris, Kirk was an Operating Advisor for Accel-KKR and served in varying Executive Leadership roles across multiple Supply Chain Execution Software organizations. He has participated in four (4) successful exits and has led the acquisition of nine (9) supply chain software businesses.

Scott Holland has been appointed as Chief Product Officer, where he will provide leadership for Navis' Product Management and Engineering organizations. As a Navis "boomerang" (previously 2011-2017), Scott has thirty years of experience in maritime and inland logistics software leadership, joining Navis most recently from Amazon where he led a cross-functional product and operational team to guardrail seller and customer delivery experience for a rapidly growing Merchant Fulfilled Network. 

Prior to Amazon, Scott managed the P&L of a diverse portfolio of operational software solutions as General Manager of the Network and Logistics business within GE Transportation (now Wabtec), where he worked closely with key customers across the freight logistics landscape to build mission critical planning and execution systems for the movement of freight and passengers. Previous roles focused on product strategy, product management, software development, and automation leadership at Navis, RMI and Optimization Alternatives where Scott began his career following his education in Engineering (BS) and Operations Research (MS) at The University of Texas.

Burt Y. Chao has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer, where he will provide leadership and drive strategy with Navis’ global Strategic Finance & Accounting, Human Resources, Information Technology, Legal, and Sales Operations teams. Burt comes to Navis from Alvarez & Marsal (“A&M”), a leading leadership and operational execution partner to global organizations. At A&M, Burt developed and led cross-functional teams for organizations in industries including Software / SaaS, Media & Telecom, Industrial Manufacturing & Distribution, and Energy (Transition, Oil & Gas).

Prior to A&M, Burt was an investment banking professional as a Partner and member of the founding team of Heikkinen Energy Advisors (now Pickering Energy) and Simmons & Company International (now Piper Sandler). Burt began his career at Oliver Wyman and Ford Motor Company and is a proud alumnus of the University of Texas at Austin - Red McCombs School of Business. 

Mike Cornell has more than 30 years of experience scaling and growing software businesses in the supply chain space. He is a results orientated executive recognized for identifying and capitalizing on new and existing customer opportunities, and for leadership qualities that ensure peak performance from teams and organizations. Mike is an accomplished entrepreneur and CEO. Most recently, he served as CEO of High Jump and True Commerce, providing software for warehouse, transport management and logistic businesses and shippers.