Episode 10 - The Supply Chain Logistics of your Host - Bryndis Whitson

Host Bryndis Whitson becomes the interviewee in this special episode, and her husband, Scott Deederly, joins to interview her. Bryndis explains how her mother and university courses sparked her interest in the movement of people and goods, which became a deep passion for understanding human-centered logistics. She shares her academic journey, including a civil engineering course that helped her understand flow dynamics through examples of real-life scenarios. She counts her work at the Van Horne Institute as a cornerstone of her career: she led over 45 research projects and 100 events there. Bryndis illustrates how her lifelong interest culminates in this podcast.

While at the Van Horne Institute, she led studies on workplace shortages in the supply chain sector and impactful conferences like “Ready at a Moment’s Notice” about military logistics and emergency preparedness. Bryndis helped launch a government-backed Youth in Supply Chain program that offered training and job placement for young people. She joined Lifemark as a Technical Instructor in 2019 and was there during during COVID, where she hosted live sessions with international guest speakers. This all led her to launch Zebras to Apples, where she investigates the unseen stories behind supply chains. Bryndis has a passion for highlighting the human and unexpected aspects of logistics, which shines throughout her career.