Bob Baker
Chief Executive Officer
Bob Baker is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of SynchroNet Marine, Inc.
He joined SynchroNet in 2000 to lead an aggressive business development plan that successfully tripled interchange activity and revenues, and was instrumental to the company’s re-branding effort launched in 2006. It was Bob’s vision to create distinct product offerings and focused, expert leadership teams for the core interchange, container swap and trading services. Prior to joining SynchroNet, Mr. Baker served eleven years with Sea-Land Services where he launched several innovative service packages and grew revenue in industries ranging from automotive to government non-military to chemicals. Earlier he led successful sales roles at United States Lines and Crowley Maritime Corporation.
Mr. Baker holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Hofstra University and has studied Mechanical Engineering at the Illinois Institute of Technology.
He is a frequent speaker at logistics, technology and transportation industry events.
Cok Molenaar
VP Global Interchange
As the Vice President of SynchroNet’s core Global Interchange service, Cok Molenaar has led growth and development of global volume by double and triple digit figures.
Since joining the executive team in 2003, Mr. Molenaar has established the European headquarters office in Rotterdam, expanded Asian headquarters in Singapore, and significantly strengthened SynchroNet relationships with major carriers around the world. Prior to joining SynchroNet, Mr. Molenaar’s career covered a wide spectrum of leadership roles in financial, operations, sales/marketing and logistics functional areas – with a strong record of measurable results in profitability and business performance improvement. Mr. Molenaar served 27 years with Sea-Land, for whom he directed the Intra-European services, managed the European Logistics Center and initiated the European Yield Management department. Mr. Molenaar holds a Dutch State Administration degree.
Jorge Almeida
Director s|Trade
Jorge Almeida is responsible for the worldwide direction and management of SynchroNet’s s|Trade Service for companies with ‘out-of-the-box’ container needs. For more than twenty years, Mr. Almeida has specialized in growing maritime industry businesses, predominantly in the container leasing and trading arenas. Based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Mr. Almeida has managed and directed Latin America business development for SynchroNet since 2002 and represented Amphibious Container Leasing in Brazil and Argentina since 2001. Prior to these responsibilities, Mr. Almeida served as Marketing Director for South America for Capital Lease, Inc. Textainer Equipment Management, (which he helped grow from $600K in 1989 to $12Mil by 1995) and Flexi-Van Leasing. He earned his university degree from Universidade Gama Filho in 1973, studied at the Universidade Federal Fluminense and speaks fluent Portuguese, English and Spanish.
Bryan M. Maney
Director, IT Development
Mr. Maney is the current Director of IT Development and Project Manager. He joined SynchroNet Marine in 2000 where, in addition to managing the companies’ global technology, his responsibilities include managing the entire product development cycle from design to implementation. He has worked for several transportation-related companies in both information technology and logistics roles including Sea-Land Service, eTransport and Descartes.
Mr. Maney holds a BS in Business Administration from Alfred University.
