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UPS’s David Abney on the Need for Speed

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By Carol A Massar and Jason Kelly

July 12, 2019 at 9:00 AM UTC

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This article is part of the July 15, 2019 issue of businessweek.

In his more than four decades working at United Parcel Service Inc., David Abney has seen it morph from a simple package deliverer into a broader logistics house managing customers’ ever-growing need for speed.

● Started at UPS as a part-time package loader while in college
● Named chief executive officer in 2014
● On the boards of Macy’s and Catalyst, a corporate women’s advocacy program