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Over my career at Nelson-Jameson I worked on creating supplier relationships and understanding our customers. Whether they’re concerned about managing a potential tariff or the impact of a port closure, understanding their experiences and hurdles allows me to be their voice within our company. Now, I’m a conduit from our key customers to product management, sales, and logistics teams so they can offer solutions to assist them. I also lead our cross-functional digital transformation team. We’re embarking on a journey to adopt technology to improve our internal processes and be positioned to further scale. This means creating ef ciencies and looking into arti cial intelligence (AI) to understand how it will affect our product teams, our distribution centers, and the logistics function. It’s an exciting time. We’re a 78-year-old family-owned company that has experienced year-over-year growth. As we continue to evolve and bring on new technology, it’s imperative we hold onto our customer-centric and education- rst foundation. I believe, to my core, that our number-one goal would be to educate or help a customer before it would be to sell them something. n
Devon Vogel Answers the Big Questions 1 How would you describe your job to a ve-year-old? I have six- and nine-year- has come from multiple people within my family. My loved
ones have always continued to support me and I’m very grateful for that. 4 What movie, song, or book has had an impact on you? Next Thing You Know , a country song by Jordan Davis. It talks about how quickly life transitions. I try to appreciate the di erent stages of my life and career and to be grateful I can experience them, while keeping in perspective what’s most important.
old sons, so this is a perfect question. I say, ‘I help people make the foods you see in the grocery store.’ 2 If you could have a superpower, what would it be? Teleporting. I would love to be able to go to any location in a very ecient manner and take my loved ones with me. 3 Who are your heroes? My family. My work ethic and belief that I can do anything; that tenacious go-getter attitude
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