UTC Overseas, renowned international freight forwarder based in Houston, TX, announced that Marco Poiser, Chief Operating Officer of Global Energy and Capital Projects, will continue his role as Adjunct Professor at the University of Houston’s (UH), College of Technology, Supply Chain & Logistics Technology Program for both Summer 2020 and Fall 2020.
Poisler taught a cutting-edge course on Project Logistics established by the late Dr. Victor Cheng during the spring semester. Margaret Kidd, Program Director, Supply Chain & Logistics Technology validated having Poisler instruct again this summer and fall a core course titled Transportation Economics and Policy will further UH’s history of both advancing and attracting practical knowledge in the global supply chain and relating it to real world applications, such as UTC’s capital Project Logistics. This new collaboration comes as both UTC and UH provide world-class guidance in how to innovate and adapt as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt global supply chains.
Poisler reflected on his experience teaching Project Logistics at UH, “The University of Houston, Supply Chain students in the class were bright and motivated with some actually in the supply chain industry. Project logistics is inherently an interdisciplinary study involving understanding various modes of transport, financing, chartering, insurance, risk management, and purchasing. I drew on the diverse experience of students encouraging them share that applied knowledge with each other so that students also learn from each other and from the carefully selected reading material of the course.”
The “Transportation Economics and Policy” course will leverage Poisler’s own career seeking practical training at the World Trade Institute in New York and foreign exchange / banking letters of credit courses at NYU during the 90s. To understand global chartering, Poisler completed a Masters in Transportation at SUNY Maritime College in New York after studying economics at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. The course will review the impact of global institutions covering topics such as the role of the United Nations with IMO 2020, INCOTERMS 2020 and the impact of Transport Economic Policy on all modes of transportation—ocean, air, rail and inland. Poisler recently published a paper, “History of Trucking Regulation – 1935 to 1980” featured in Transportation Lawyer.
This latest partnership will deepen the existing relationship between UTC and UH. Over the years, UTC has successfully recruited UH alumni ranging from rail engineers to MBA students. Diana Davila, UTC Branch Manager, has also served on the Advisory Board of the Supply Chain and Logistics Technology Program. Moreover, UTC’s client events have long benefited from the insight and expertise of UH professors, including Dr. John Lienhard (also from the Public Radio show “Engines of our Ingenuity”) who presented at the UTC Overseas Customer Appreciation event in 2010.
UTC is uniquely positioned to support UH’s College of Technology, Department of Construction Management, Supply Chain and Logistics Technology Degree Plans. By providing undergraduate and graduate students with strong industry partnerships and unmatched opportunities for real-world experience as they earn degrees in fields such as Construction Management, Supply Chain and Logistics Technology, and Technical Project Management.
