Chris Swartz

Chris Swartz has 30 years of experience working in Ocean, Rail, Trucking, and Logistics industry with an emphasis on international markets.   He is the AJC Group Vice President of Transportation and Logistics.  Responsibilities include strategies and contracts for ocean carriers, warehousing, trucking, rail, and port strategies for AJC Food.  Additionally, Chris leads the AJC Group subsidiary, AJC Logistics, a $200M third party logistics company servicing the US Jones Act trade, North America Trucking, and NVOCC.

Chris started his career with the global ocean carrier Sea-Land Services and spent 12 years working in various international divisions. He then moved to CSX Railroad serving as the Vice President of Sales and Marketing for their logistics subsidiary TRANSFLO and Director of Chemicals Marketing for CSX Transportation.

Chris is married to his wife Shana for 29 years and has two children Jack (23 yr old) and Kate (18 yr old).  He is currently a member of the AJC Group BOD. He is a founding member of the Georgia State University Logistics Roundtable.  He also serves on Advisory Board for Polivka International. Chris graduated from Florida State with a BS degree in Economics.  He has attained multiple certifications from Georgia Tech Supply Chain Institute and well as MIT’s Supply Chain Mgt course.