Mel Hudson-Nowak

Technology at an asset-based 3PL

Mel Hudson-Nowak is Chief Technology Officer of Keller Logistics Group, an asset-based third-party logistics provider founded in 1978 and based in Defiance, Ohio. The company's leadership page lists her in that role, and its July 30, 2026 announcement says she leads technology strategy and execution across four affiliates: Keller Trucking, Keller Warehousing & Co-Packing, Keller Freight Solutions and Keller Industrial Properties. Her remit includes modernizing warehouse management, transportation management and digital fulfillment systems.^[1][2][3]

US Foods

She spent 12 years at US Foods, the last nine as Vice President of Supply Chain Technology, reporting to the chief information officer. According to the company-issued release, her work there spanned routing, warehouse management, forecasting and freight procurement, including a multi-year warehouse management modernization. The release also says she integrated 70 technologists from a $1.8 billion acquisition.^[2][3]

The same release credits her with leading a data-driven fleet routing system across 6,000 trucks using Descartes software, and reports an improvement of about 2 percent in cases per mile in the broadline delivery business. That is a company-reported figure. A separate trade report in November 2025 described a 2.3 percent gain in delivery efficiency at US Foods after a nationwide rollout of Descartes routing software; that report does not name her and does not give a truck count.^[2][4]

Finance, audit and risk

Before moving into technology leadership she spent seven years at Ford Motor Company in finance and audit, including an assignment leading the internal control group at Volvo Cars in Sweden. She also worked at Bowling Green State University. Most recently she was Vice President of IT Compliance & Risk Management at General Motors Financial, which the release describes as overseeing more than $125 billion in earning assets. She holds an MBA from Michigan State University and a bachelor's degree from Smith College.^[2][3]

The company she joined

Keller's own site lists warehousing in Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Ohio and Texas and co-packing in Ohio and Kentucky, along with a yard management product called YardLink. In April 2026 the company announced a 200,000-square-foot food-grade facility in the Cincinnati market, based in Covington, Kentucky. These are company-reported details.^[5][6]

On The Executive List

Mel Hudson-Nowak is ranked No. 86 on The Executive List (November 2026) in the Chief Technology Officers discipline. The ranking is The Executive Review's own editorial judgment (how we rank); it is not an outside award, and placement on the list is never sold. View the November 2026 edition.