Management Team

Behind the promise of Real Time Delivery™ is a team of experienced managers who, between them, have logged more than 150 years of “real time” in the business of delivering customer satisfaction.

John L. McAlpin
President and Chief Operating Officer
John McAlpin has over 25 years of experience in the transportation and logistics industry, including various positions with FedEx, PlanetRx and Flextronics Worldwide Logistics. Most recently, since 2004, John has served as the head of operations for Newgistics Incorporated, a leading provider of USPS-based small parcel return and delivery package services. John has extensive experience in logistics, supply chain optimization solutions, manufacturing, and engineering. We believe that John's expertise in these key areas will enable him to be integral to the execution of the company's future business plan. Before joining Newgistics, John was Vice President and General Manager with Flextronics International in their Supplychain Services division. Prior to that, John served as President of PlanetRx, Vice President of Transportation with First Union Corporation and as a Managing Director with Federal Express Logistics Services. John holds a Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Memphis and is an active member of the Parcel Shippers Association.

Edward W. Stone
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Stone joins Velocity with nearly 30 years of experience as a corporate financial executive. His prior CFO assignments include Solucient, a leading supplier of information to the healthcare industry, where from 2001 to 2003 he helped integrate four predecessor companies and fund the product and service improvements that allowed the company to resume profitable sales growth. Since 2003, Mr. Stone has been active providing CFO consulting services to mid-sized and early-stage companies in the software, information and manufacturing industries. From 1998 to 2000, Stone was CFO for Executone Information Systems, Inc. (formerly NASDAQ: XTON) and Acting CEO for Executone's Healthcare Systems division. From 1995 to 1998, he served as Vice President, Finance for a $2 billion group within The Thomson Corporation, and from 1993 to 1995, Mr. Stone was Chief Financial & Administrative Officer for Krueger International, a leading manufacturer of office furniture. Previously, Mr. Stone was employed from 1988 to 1993 by the Searle Pharmaceuticals subsidiary of The Monsanto Company. He joined Searle as Corporate Controller and was promoted to Vice President, Finance with responsibility for Searle's controllership, treasury, tax and information technology operations. He began his career with Pfizer, Inc. in 1976, where he spent seven years in a variety of increasingly responsible positions, including the last three and a half years as Controller for Pfizer's Roerig Division.

Alex Paluch
Chief Information Officer
Mr. Paluch has served as Chief Information Officer for Velocity Express since June 2007. Prior to the appointment of this position, Alexander Paluch was Head of the Technology Committee and a Velocity Board Member. Paluch is a General Partner of East River Ventures LP, a series of venture capital and private equity funds. Mr. Paluch brings more than 20 years of Information Technology and Healthcare company operations, investment and advisory experience as a management consultant, executive and investor. As General Partner in a series of Private Equity and Venture Capital Partnerships, Mr. Paluch has co-founded and managed numerous international investment and consulting funds targeted at companies in the United States and Europe.

Currently, Mr. Paluch serves as Chairman of the Board of HLI, a leading healthcare software company and as a member of the boards of Touchstone, a healthcare services company, iLife Systems, a medical device company, and Equities (EQUI), and as Chairman of the Technology and Compensation Committees of Velocity Express.

Tom Hickey
Executive Vice President, Worldwide Sales
Tom Hickey has a long career in sales & executive management within the domestic & international transportation industry. His career in transportation commenced as a Purser in the United Stated Merchant Marine, sailing in the South America and South African trade lanes before coming shore-side to begin his sales career. He has more than 25 years of experience in sales & sales management, 17 at the Vice President level and above. Mr. Hickey's career includes running the P&L at MCS Ltd., the global consolidation subsidiary of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing at GeoLogistics, the global freight-forwarding logistics firm, Senior Executive and P&L owner at American Consolidation Services, the APL Logistics consolidation company, and Vice President of Fashion Retail and National Accounts at DHL Express. Mr. Hickey holds a B.S. in Business Administration from Monmouth College and has written 2 articles on transportation & globalization: "With Deconsolidation You Can Ship When The Latest Demand Trends Are Clear" published in Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies in July, 2005 and "Fashion Thinks Global: The Pat Riley Effect" published in Inbound Logistics Magazine in September, 2006.

Kay Perry-Durbin
Executive Vice President, Workforce Resources
Ms. Perry-Durbin joined Velocity Express in February 2000. As Vice President, Workforce Resources, Ms. Perry-Durbin has strategic responsibility for all aspects of Velocity workforce management, including human resources, employee relations, employee payroll, driver qualification, independent contractor relations, and enforcement of related risk management practices. Ms. Perry-Durbin's 16 years in human resources management includes design, development, and implementation of recruiting, compensation, and training programs. Her experience also includes labor relations and employment law in the energy, manufacturing and retail sales industries with Shell Oil, Amoco and Fleetwood. Other experience includes insurance liability defense with the Houston law firm of Hirsch, Glover, Robinson & Sheiness. Prior to entering the human resources management field, Ms. Perry-Durbin served as adjunct professor at the University of Houston teaching legal research and investigative methods. Ms. Perry-Durbin holds a BA from West Texas A&M, an MBA from Houston Baptist University, a certification from Southwestern Paralegal Institute, and the SPHR designation from the Society for Human Resources Management.

Mark T. Carlesimo
General Counsel
Mr. Carlesimo served as Vice President - General Counsel and Secretary of CD&L since September 1997.  From July 1983 until September 1997, Mr. Carlesimo served as Vice President of Legal Affairs of Cunard Line Limited.  Earlier in his career, Mr. Carlesimo served as Staff Counsel to Seatrain Lines, Inc., a cargo shipping company and was engaged in the private practice of law.  Mr. Carlesimo received a B.A. in Economics from Fordham University in 1975 and received his law degree from Fordham University School of Law in 1979.  Mr. Carlesimo is a Member of the Bar of the states of New York and New Jersey.