James Cochrane, Vice President, Ground Shipping, United States Postal Service

Speaker - Reverse Logistics Conference & Expo, Seminars - Las Vegas 2010

Speaker - Las Vegas 2010

James P. Cochrane was named vice president of Ground Shipping for the U.S. Postal Service in September 2008. He reports to the president of Shipping and Mailing Services. Cochrane is responsible for ground packages, developing programs that will improve profitability and customer value while leveraging pricing freedoms made possible by the Postal Act of 2006.

Prior to serving in this role, Cochrane, a 34-year postal veteran, was manager of Package Services, directing product development and strategy for the Postal Service's $11 billion portfolio of domestic and international package products. He has also served as associate vice president of Marketing and Strategy for the Expedited Package Services strategic business unit, where he directed marketing and advertising for package products. Prior to that role, Cochrane served as the associate vice president of Sales for the Northeast Region, where he was responsible for commercial sales of $12 billion annually.

His operational background includes time as the district manager of Customer Service and Sales for the Washington, DC metropolitan area, where he led 14,000 employees in more than 200 facilities, serving 3 million customers a day. He also served as Senior Plant Manager of Northern Virginia, where he was responsible for three Processing and Distribution Centers. He began his USPS career as a postal clerk in 1974.

Jim is a graduate of American University with a Masters in Public Administration from the School of Public Affairs, Key Executive Program.