Leadership

John Westerberg has built Nelson Westerberg into a nearly $80 million annual revenue corporation. John has been a director and shareholder of Atlas Van Lines since 1971 as well as a member of the Atlas Van Lines executive committee since 1978. John also serves as a member and/or officer of nearly a dozen professional associations, business groups or chambers of commerce associated with the moving and storage industry; the business climate in the City of Chicago and its suburban regions. John is active in humanitarian causes with several not-for-profit organizations nationally. A graduate of Denison University in Granville, Ohio with a bachelor’s degree in economics and speech, John also served our country as an officer in the USAF and Air National Guard.

Since 1991, Ed Pionke has devoted his professional expertise to positioning Nelson Westerberg, Inc. as a leader in the corporate relocation industry. In 2000, Ed was promoted to president and chief operating officer. Ed’s experience in the relocation industry began in 1968 where he worked 23 years for a large van line in various financial management positions. Ed is a graduate of Chicago’s DePaul University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in accounting.

Kenneth Curry brings more than 30 years of expertise in household goods and freight forwarding and is the founder of Nelson Westerberg International. Ken’s experience also includes several positions with multi-national companies for products relating to steamships, railcars and other transportation modalities, serving Latin America, Africa, Europe and Asia. Ken brings invaluable global insights and leadership to Nelson Westerberg.

Larry Cap is chief financial officer and chief information officer of Nelson Westerberg, Inc. He joined the company in 2000 from a previous position with a competitor van line where he was divisional controller for household goods.

In his current position, he is responsible for ensuring the company’s profitability by creating and implementing financial processes; portfolio management; direct day-to-day financial operations.

On the technology side, he manages all telecommunications and workstation functions in addition to server management across the company. He continually seeks new ways to make telecommunications and technology more efficient across the company and was recently instrumental in implementing company-wide VoIP protocol.

Larry is a graduate of St. Mary’s University in Winona, Minn. with a Bachelor of Arts degree in business and accounting.

As a company namesake, Stephen Westerberg is a fourth generation Westerberg and is contributing to the company legacy with more than 16 years in the industry. He graduated from Hanover College in 1996 with a double major in Business and Communications, and received a Masters in Business from Lake Forest Graduate School of Management in 2005. Most recently, he launched Charter Properties, Inc., a military household goods broker, to service the needs of military employees on the move to and from domestic military bases.

Greg brings more than 25 years of experience and an impressive track record of performance and promotion to Nelson Westerberg. Most recently, he served as EVP and General Manager with overall responsibility for 24 subsidiary companies, $150 million in revenue and approximately 1,000 employees. Highly market focused, Greg emphasizes listening clearly to clients and aligning resources around exceeding customer business strategies. Leading by example, Greg has been recognized for highest sales performance posting $6 million in personal sales and in his first full year with Nelson Westerberg, Greg attained over $1 million in new sales. Greg has a B.S. from Manchester College as well as Six Sigma supplier certification from Motorola University.

David Green is Senior Vice President of Operations at Nelson Westerberg, Inc. in Chicago. David’s experience includes 17 years in the financial services industry with Harris Bank, where he served as managing director of fixed income responsible for global fixed income trading.

After leaving financial services, David took a consulting role with Nelson Westerberg which turned into a sales position. David was soon promoted in 2003 to manage core operations in central planning and dispatch, where he has successfully helped streamline technology and productivity at the company. Recently he has been putting his expertise in financial services to work directing three core operations functions for Nelson Westerberg that include claims and revenue/distribution.

David is a native of Canada and graduated with a Bachelor’s of Commerce degree in business from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario.