{"id":9584,"date":"2021-09-09T08:15:51","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T08:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/?p=9584"},"modified":"2021-09-09T08:15:51","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T08:15:51","slug":"fortna-names-dillon-evp-of-ops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/fortna-names-dillon-evp-of-ops\/","title":{"rendered":"Fortna Names Dillon EVP of Ops"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fortna<\/a> has named John Dillon executive vice president of operations.<\/p>\n

Dillon will be responsible for continuing to develop high-performance delivery teams that maintain Fortna<\/a> as the industry leader for optimized omnichannel and eCommerce fulfillment. Leading the operations, planning and delivery teams, Dillon will manage all aspects of excellence in delivery across initiatives that include innovative solutioning with robotics, intelligent software, and advanced technologies.<\/p>\n

\u201cJohn\u2019s 25+ years of industry experience in leading and managing successful transformation projects and developing long-term client relationships will continue to raise the Fortna reputation for delivering exceptional business results,\u201d said Rob McKeel, CEO at Fortna<\/a>. \u201cHis leadership will be critical as it relates to our ability to continue our growth strategy through successful delivery of critical eCommerce optimization projects for our clients,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am excited to join Fortna<\/a> and eager to lead our delivery team in the optimization of order fulfillment capabilities, driving long-term profitability for our clients,\u201d stated Dillon. \u201cI look forward to delivering data-driven automation and robotic solutions that solve complex distribution challenges for our clients,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\"\"

Fortna has named John Dillon executive vice president of operations.<\/p><\/div>\n

Dillon joins Fortna<\/a> from Honeywell Intelligrated where he was Chief Project Officer. He was responsible for leading and managing project teams as they successfully designed and delivered advanced automation and robotic fulfillment solutions for leading global companies. Prior to that role, he held executive leadership roles at Swisslog Logistics Automation and Daifuku-Wynright. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Illinois.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fortna has named John Dillon executive vice president of operations. Dillon will be responsible for continuing to develop high-performance delivery teams that maintain Fortna as the industry leader for optimized omnichannel and eCommerce fulfillment. Leading the operations, planning and delivery teams, Dillon will manage all aspects of excellence in delivery across initiatives that include innovative… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9585,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,10],"tags":[6410,56,6063,398,2207,5896,662,21,6409],"class_list":["post-9584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage-featured","category-news","tag-daifuku-wynright","tag-distribution","tag-ecommerce-fulfillment","tag-fortna","tag-honeywell-intelligrated","tag-omnichannel","tag-order-fulfillment","tag-robotics","tag-swisslog-logistics-automation"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nFortna Names Dillon EVP of Ops - Find A Distributor Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/fortna-names-dillon-evp-of-ops\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fortna Names Dillon EVP of Ops - Find A Distributor Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Fortna has named John Dillon executive vice president of operations. Dillon will be responsible for continuing to develop high-performance delivery teams that maintain Fortna as the industry leader for optimized omnichannel and eCommerce fulfillment. Leading the operations, planning and delivery teams, Dillon will manage all aspects of excellence in delivery across initiatives that include innovative... Read More\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/fortna-names-dillon-evp-of-ops\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Find A Distributor Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-09-09T08:15:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screenshot-2021-09-09-at-09.06.06.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1158\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"724\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"fad\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"fad\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.findadistributor.com\\\/news\\\/fortna-names-dillon-evp-of-ops\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.findadistributor.com\\\/news\\\/fortna-names-dillon-evp-of-ops\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"fad\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.findadistributor.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/46c235f575243584b2ec170a0cb099ff\"},\"headline\":\"Fortna Names Dillon EVP of Ops\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-09-09T08:15:51+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.findadistributor.com\\\/news\\\/fortna-names-dillon-evp-of-ops\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":266,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.findadistributor.com\\\/news\\\/fortna-names-dillon-evp-of-ops\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.findadistributor.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/Screenshot-2021-09-09-at-09.06.06.png\",\"keywords\":[\"Daifuku-Wynright\",\"Distribution\",\"eCommerce fulfillment\",\"Fortna\",\"Honeywell Intelligrated\",\"Omnichannel\",\"Order Fulfillment\",\"Robotics\",\"Swisslog Logistics Automation\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Homepage Featured\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.findadistributor.com\\\/news\\\/fortna-names-dillon-evp-of-ops\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.findadistributor.com\\\/news\\\/fortna-names-dillon-evp-of-ops\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.findadistributor.com\\\/news\\\/fortna-names-dillon-evp-of-ops\\\/\",\"name\":\"Fortna Names Dillon EVP of Ops - Find A Distributor Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.findadistributor.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.findadistributor.com\\\/news\\\/fortna-names-dillon-evp-of-ops\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.findadistributor.com\\\/news\\\/fortna-names-dillon-evp-of-ops\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.findadistributor.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/Screenshot-2021-09-09-at-09.06.06.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-09-09T08:15:51+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.findadistributor.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/46c235f575243584b2ec170a0cb099ff\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.findadistributor.com\\\/news\\\/fortna-names-dillon-evp-of-ops\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.findadistributor.com\\\/news\\\/fortna-names-dillon-evp-of-ops\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.findadistributor.com\\\/news\\\/fortna-names-dillon-evp-of-ops\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.findadistributor.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/Screenshot-2021-09-09-at-09.06.06.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.findadistributor.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/Screenshot-2021-09-09-at-09.06.06.png\",\"width\":1158,\"height\":724,\"caption\":\"Fortna has named John Dillon executive vice president of operations.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.findadistributor.com\\\/news\\\/fortna-names-dillon-evp-of-ops\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.findadistributor.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Fortna Names Dillon EVP of Ops\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.findadistributor.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.findadistributor.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Find A Distributor Blog\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.findadistributor.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.findadistributor.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/46c235f575243584b2ec170a0cb099ff\",\"name\":\"fad\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2da03ff7df628fc9455b2e7b79222af131654dba2cd756a145cc1a3869bb736a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2da03ff7df628fc9455b2e7b79222af131654dba2cd756a145cc1a3869bb736a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2da03ff7df628fc9455b2e7b79222af131654dba2cd756a145cc1a3869bb736a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"fad\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.findadistributor.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/fad\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Fortna Names Dillon EVP of Ops - Find A Distributor Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/fortna-names-dillon-evp-of-ops\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Fortna Names Dillon EVP of Ops - Find A Distributor Blog","og_description":"Fortna has named John Dillon executive vice president of operations. Dillon will be responsible for continuing to develop high-performance delivery teams that maintain Fortna as the industry leader for optimized omnichannel and eCommerce fulfillment. Leading the operations, planning and delivery teams, Dillon will manage all aspects of excellence in delivery across initiatives that include innovative... Read More","og_url":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/fortna-names-dillon-evp-of-ops\/","og_site_name":"Find A Distributor Blog","article_published_time":"2021-09-09T08:15:51+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1158,"height":724,"url":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screenshot-2021-09-09-at-09.06.06.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"fad","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"fad","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/fortna-names-dillon-evp-of-ops\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/fortna-names-dillon-evp-of-ops\/"},"author":{"name":"fad","@id":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/46c235f575243584b2ec170a0cb099ff"},"headline":"Fortna Names Dillon EVP of Ops","datePublished":"2021-09-09T08:15:51+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/fortna-names-dillon-evp-of-ops\/"},"wordCount":266,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/fortna-names-dillon-evp-of-ops\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screenshot-2021-09-09-at-09.06.06.png","keywords":["Daifuku-Wynright","Distribution","eCommerce fulfillment","Fortna","Honeywell Intelligrated","Omnichannel","Order Fulfillment","Robotics","Swisslog Logistics Automation"],"articleSection":["Homepage Featured","News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/fortna-names-dillon-evp-of-ops\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/fortna-names-dillon-evp-of-ops\/","url":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/fortna-names-dillon-evp-of-ops\/","name":"Fortna Names Dillon EVP of Ops - Find A Distributor Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/fortna-names-dillon-evp-of-ops\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/fortna-names-dillon-evp-of-ops\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screenshot-2021-09-09-at-09.06.06.png","datePublished":"2021-09-09T08:15:51+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/46c235f575243584b2ec170a0cb099ff"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/fortna-names-dillon-evp-of-ops\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/fortna-names-dillon-evp-of-ops\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/fortna-names-dillon-evp-of-ops\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screenshot-2021-09-09-at-09.06.06.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screenshot-2021-09-09-at-09.06.06.png","width":1158,"height":724,"caption":"Fortna has named John Dillon executive vice president of operations."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/fortna-names-dillon-evp-of-ops\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Fortna Names Dillon EVP of Ops"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/","name":"Find A Distributor Blog","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/46c235f575243584b2ec170a0cb099ff","name":"fad","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2da03ff7df628fc9455b2e7b79222af131654dba2cd756a145cc1a3869bb736a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2da03ff7df628fc9455b2e7b79222af131654dba2cd756a145cc1a3869bb736a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2da03ff7df628fc9455b2e7b79222af131654dba2cd756a145cc1a3869bb736a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"fad"},"url":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/author\/fad\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9584"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9586,"href":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9584\/revisions\/9586"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}