A logistics professional with more than 35 years of experience, Howard Woodie McDuffie contributes his expertise to Kenan Advantage Group, Inc., as vice president. With the Ohio agency's KAG Logistics division since 2006, he creates and implements ethanol logistics strategies. His ideas have improved ethanol transloading at several locations and enhanced rail-to-truck transloading procedures. Moreover, Howard Woodie McDuffie assists with sales and in marketing the firm's order management, transportation management, and business intelligence services.
Prior to joining Kenan Advantage Group, he dedicated 29 years to Miller Transporters, Inc. Joining the firm as a student at Mississippi College, he worked his way through school while earning a bachelor's degree in business. During his first three years at the company, Howard Woodie McDuffie served as a cement, anhydrous ammonia, and jet fuel dispatcher at branches in Mississippi and Alabama. Following the deregulation of the trucking industry, he established its central dispatch system and coordinated chemical units from 20 different locations as well as those of light oil, asphalt, and cement units from numerous locations. The firm eventually selected him for top executive roles within its Miller Intermodal Logistics Services, Inc., and Miller Leasing, LLC, subsidiaries.
Since 2006, Woodie McDuffie has been a Vice President of Kenan Advantage Group, based in North Canton, Ohio, where he develops ethanol logistics in six locations across the United States.