Portland warehouse executive elected to Industry Board
Members of the International Warehouse Logistics Association (IWLA), the resource for warehouse logistics, recently elected Seth Schmedemann, president of Fulcrum Logistics, Inc., as the association’s 2021-2022 director. IWLA is the only supply chain industry association focused solely on the needs of third-party warehousing providers. Portland, Ore., based Fulcrum Logistics is a privately held, full-service third-party logistics company established in 2019. It specializes in the storage and handling of food and beverage. The company has public and contract warehouses across the Pacific Northwest.
Schmedemann’s logistics career began in 2009 at Oregon Transfer Co. (OTC), an IWLA member company for more than 110 years. There he served in a variety of administrative, operational, and business development responsibilities, eventually becoming vice president. OTC liquidated warehouse real estate holdings in 2019, leading Schmedemann to launch Fulcrum Logistics.
“Seth brings an entrepreneurial spirit and genuine enthusiasm to everything he does,” says IWLA Chairman of the Board Jared Stadlin, president of Linden Warehouse & Distribution Co. in Linden, N.J. “That approach in his service on the IWLA Board will help the association tackle new ideas for its warehouse-operator members and continue to support and improve the broader supply chain.”
His history with IWLA includes chairing the Membership and Essentials of Warehousing Committees. He says, “IWLA has been foundational in my career. I had the good fortune to get started with a company that understood the value of the IWLA and was always supportive of my involvement. Looking back, I can’t imagine what my path might have been without the IWLA.”
Schmedemann received a bachelor’s of business administration degree from Kansas State University and an MBA from Oregon State University.
