Member Profile: Sergio Retamal of Global4PL Supply Chain Management

Sergio Retamal is the CEO and Founder of Global4PL, a supply chain operations and consulting services company that helps organizations increase international sales, improve compliance, and achieve their full operational potential.

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Sergio Retamal is the CEO and Founder of Global4PL, a supply chain operations and consulting services company that helps organizations increase international sales, improve compliance, and achieve their full operational potential. Global4PL provides a full suite of supply chain services from Customs Brokerage, Air Freight Forwarding, IOR-EOR services in over 168 countries, technology solutions, and supply chain consulting services. Sergio Retamal is also the Co-Founder of DPLGuru an award-winning SaaS company that provides a complete suite of Global Trade solutions for small to Fortune 50 companies to help them grow globally.

Sergio Retamal has been widely recognized for his accomplishments. Some of these accolades include recognition by the Supply & Demand Chain Executive Magazine’s Pros-To-Know for an unprecedented 12th Times. Top 10 Latinos in Silicon Valley by the Silicon Valley Business Journal, Top 50 Most Admired CEO’s of 2017, profiled on the cover of The Supply & Demand Chain Executive Magazine, profiled on the cover of The Technology Headlines Magazine 2017, Profiled on the Cover of Logistics Tech Magazine 2017, and Profiled by the Hispanic Magazine Executive 2015.

Most recently, Global4PL was awarded with the President’s “E” Award for Export Service at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. Much of this can be owed to the unwavering contributions of Sergio and his team of professionals.

Global4PL is the Recipient of The President’s “E” Award is the highest recognition any U.S. entity can receive for making a significant contribution to the expansion of U.S. exports. In 1961, President Kennedy signed an executive order reviving the World War II “E” symbol of excellence to honor and provide recognition to America’s exporters.

Global4PL is the Recipient of the “Exporter of the Year 2018 Award” by American Express.

Mr. Retamal holds a Master in Change Management from Pepperdine University’s Graziadio School of Business and an MBA in International Business Administration from California State University, Northridge. He also holds a Bachelor of Science in International Business from California State University.

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What defines a successful leader?

Integrity, capacity to drive change, capacity to help others maximize their potential, and a leader that understands that management is about people.

Culture and talent are important to any company’s success. How do you engage and inspire your workforce?

Culture is formed by what you do, not by what you say. Be consistent and recognize/reward what you want the culture of your company to achieve. If you want a winning team, don’t just reward one individual. If you want to create a culture of open communication, welcome even those whom don’t share your view. Talent needs to be supported and to understand that everybody has different talents. We can’t judge fish for their capacity to climb trees. Everybody has talent – pick the right talent for your organization.

Why did you join Bloomberg Breakaway?
Networking is as important to an organization as it is to CEOs. CEOs don’t have true peers in their organizations, which means that at events like these we can talk to other CEOs that are facing similar issues.

Even CEOs need downtime. How do you recharge?

Spend time with my family, take online classes, and watch Bloomberg.

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