ADC, a Utah
corporation, is a full-service third party logistics provider of:
- Public and Contract Warehousing
- Transportation
- Logistics solutions
About seventy percent of our client base is with the food industry where product
rotation, lot control, date control and maintaining an AIB Consolidated Standards
for the Food Distribution Centers are mandatory.
David Pettit, owner, started in 1977 with one account and the business has now grown
to provide services to over 150 different accounts
ADC Management Team
David Pettit, President and CEO
David is the founder of ADC and has served as its president since 1977. He orchestrated
the reorganization of ADC in 2007, which included the merger with sister company
American Parcel Solutions (APS) and it’s organization into a holding company and
3 operating entities. He currently serves on the Executive Board of ADC Holding
LLC as President and CEO.
David is dedicated to increasing his knowledge of the industry and has taken many
industry related courses over the years such as Public Warehouse Management (Michigan
State University) and Advanced Courses in Warehousing and Logistics Management (University
of Nevada). He is a member of the Government Affairs Committee, has served on the
Board of Directors as well as being Chairman for (IWLA) International Warehousing
Logistics Association. He received a degree in Finance from the University of Utah
and an MBA from Brigham Young University. He is committed to continuous improvement
in his ability to develop the most effective programs for ADC's customers.
Melanie Vest, Executive Vice President Administration
Melanie has over 25 years of broad and varied work experience in the public warehousing
industry. She came to ADC 10 years ago when it acquired Certified Warehousing in
Salt Lake City, UT. Melanie first started in the warehouse business as an account
representative handling customer service issues and inventory control. Later, she
gained broadened experience in sales, operations and quality control roles. Her
love of the business and working with people has led to her advancement within the
company. Melanie is a key “go-to” person within the company; she just gets the job
done—no excuses. She currently serves on the Executive Board as Executive Vice President
of Administration and oversees both Customer Service and Human Resource functions.
ADC Salt Lake operates a food-grade warehouse and Melanie is a licensed sanitarian.
She is a member of WERC (Warehouse Education & Research Council) and participates
in the activities of the organization locally and nationally.
Jason Walker, Chief Operations Officer (COO)
Jason has worked in the transportation industry for 14 years. He joined ADC in 1997
to run the new transportation arm of the company at the request of the founder and
is now a partner in the new ADC companies. Jason began his logistics career with
UPS and rose through various engineering and logistics roles until he achieved a
senior regional management role at the parcel giant.
After starting and running the transportation business of ADC for 10 years, Jason
is currently the Chief Operations Officer for all operation segments. He has held
various operational, logistic, and engineering management positions during his career.
Jason completed his undergraduate work in Business Administration at Southern Illinois
University.. He attended graduate school in Operation Management at University of
La Verne. He is an active member of CLM (Council of Logistics Management).
Lenny G. Goodwin, Executive Vice President
Sales and Marketing
Lenny was co-founder of APS in 2000 and is now a Senior Manager of ADC, which merged
operations with APS in July 2007. He currently serves on the Executive Board for
ADC as Executive Vice President for Sales and Marketing.
Lenny has been a successful entrepreneur and business executive for 32 years in
real estate development, hotel management, construction, manufacturing and logistics.
His broad background in business planning, project economics and management, international
sales and marketing and capital markets give him a unique perspective and ability
to adapt his experiences to the task at hand. He is a member of the Parcel Shipper’s
Association and is active on the USPS MTAC 107 eVS surface visibility group. He
attended Brigham Young University’s School of Business and Marketing.
Marshall Pettit, Chief Information Officer (CIO)
Marshall currently serves as the company’s Chief Information Officer, supporting
systems and data integration. He also serves on the Executive Management Board of
ADC for Information Technology and works with IT personnel, consultants and system
providers.
Upon graduating from Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Management with
an emphasis in Information Systems, Marshall began his career with the APS and ADC
team in 2002. Initially he served as APS's technical support and customer service
manager. He quickly became integrated into ADC by assisting with their warehouse
and traffic management systems. Marshall has been key in guiding the company system
development into the Data Age, integrating the vastly different requirements of
our customers and our systems.
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