Dr. John T. Drea (DBA, Southern Illinois University) is the President of 3pl-training.com.  He is also a Professor of Marketing and the Chair of the Department of Marketing and Finance at Western Illinois University.  Dr. Drea teaches courses in Marketing Research, Applied Business Research, Marketing Decision Making, Buyer Behavior, and Marketing Strategy.  Dr. Drea is also an active consultant, specializing in marketing research.  He has been recognized for innovative and exemplary approaches to college teaching on a national level by both the American Marketing Association (2003) and the Society for Marketing Advances (2000), and was named the first "Great Teacher in Marketing" by the Society for Marketing Advances (1998). He has won two Faculty Research Awards and one Teacher of the Year Award while at Western Illinois University. Dr. Drea's research has appeared in numerous journals including Transportation Journal, Defense Logistics Journal, Journal of Transportation Research Forum, Journal of Services Marketing, Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management, and many others. Dr. Drea is also the developer of several interactive computer games currently in use in marketing instruction.

Dr. Joe B. Hanna (Ph.D., New Mexico State University) is a 3pl-training.com professor and consultant.  He is currently an Associate Professor of Logistics at Auburn University, where he teaches Supply Chain Management and Purchasing.  Dr. Hanna’s practical business experience includes extensive background in performing transportation supplier selection/evaluation, cost/price analysis, negotiation with third-party logistics providers, and auditing supplier contracts.  Prior to working in the purchasing area, Dr. Hanna worked in transportation accounting where he dealt with transportation freight rates, negotiations with carriers, updating and maintaining computer freight rate data bases, scheduling/routing optimization, and participating in transportation strategy and logistics optimization planning.  Dr. Hanna has served as either a paid consultant or an independent, non-paid advisor for companies like Maersk-Sealand, Inc., John Deere, Menlo Logistics, Exel Logistics, Philips Electronics, General Electric Power Systems and others. He is the recipient of two “Best Researcher in the College” awards.  Dr. Hanna is the author of more than thirty articles in journals as Journal of Business Logistics, Transportation Journal, International Journal of Logistics Management, Industrial Marketing Management and others.   He is the co-author of several books, including Logistics (published by Prentice-Hall) and Supplemental Readings for Part II of the Certified Transportation Broker Exam (published by TIA).  Dr. Hanna is also the recipient of both the “McCartney Best Teacher in the College” and the “Best Teacher in the Department” awards while at Auburn University. 

Dr. James T. Kenny (Ph.D., Oklahoma State University) is the founder of 3pl-training.com.  Dr. Kenny is a Professor of Marketing at Western Illinois University, where teaches courses in Professional Selling, Sales Management, Supply Chain Management, and Marketing Strategy.  He is a nine-time nominee for Teacher of the Year, has won two Faculty Excellence Awards, and one Teacher of the Year Award while at Western Illinois University.   Dr. Kenny has trained sales people for over four-dozen third-party logistics firms and carriers.  His client list has included: UPS Worldwide Logistics, McKinsey & Company, A.T. Kearny, Allen Lund Company, American Backhaulers, Landstar and Trinity Transport.   He serves on the education committees for the Warehouse Education Research Council (WERC), Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA), and Certified Professional Insurance Association (CPIA).   He is currently managing the Certified Transportation Broker Program for the TIA.  His professional selling and marketing seminars have won awards from both the TIA and CPIA.