140 Millennium - A Marquis Who’s Who Magazine SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING PATRICIO MIRANDA FEBRES CHIEF SALES OFFICER TGW Logistics Grand Rapids, MI Patricio Miranda Febres is a sales and logistics leader with over 20 years of success in his field. He has spent the majority of his career with TGW Logistics, a global leader in warehouse automation for international companies, rising through the company ladder to explore leadership and management roles in several departments. Born in Peru, Mr. Miranda Febres began his professional journey as a student at the Universidad de Piura, where he completed an undergraduate degree in industrial and systems engineering in 2001. While trying to determine his field of study, his mother, a banking executive, supported him by arranging informational interviews with her colleagues from various industries. This experience helped him develop a broad view of his skills, options and unexpected opportunities that may exist in his field. While a student at the Universidad de Piura, Mr. Miranda Febres was inspired by a fellow student’s study abroad trip to Austria to seek out his own international learning opportunities. He applied for and was accepted to a six-month internship program in Austria, requesting to be placed in an automation company due to the country’s status as a leader in the industry. He first joined TGW Logistics as an intern in late 1999 and remained with the company for five months. At the time, TGW Logistics was a small, growing company, and Mr. Miranda Febres was able to build lasting relationships with its owners and many of his colleagues. He returned to Peru to finish his undergraduate thesis with a job offer to join TGW Logistics upon graduation. When Mr. Miranda Febres returned to TGW Logistics, the company was in a period of transition, moving from a machinery delivery company to a new focus on integration services. He is proud to have been a part of the company’s transition and considers the lessons he learned during this time to have been foundational to his long-term career growth. In 2004, he advanced from his initial role as an applications engineer for TGW Logistics to become a key account manager for the Southern European market, a position he held for the next five years. Between 2009 and 2011, he served as a solutions design manager, transitioning into a
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