BOWDITCH-PACIFIC PRINCIPALS

Bowditch-Pacific’s principals are Robert D. Levy and Charles H. McKeown, career transportation executives with 45 years of combined experience.

Robert D. Levy
Before founding Bowditch-Pacific, Mr. Levy was a partner and director with Transdevelopment Corporation (Atlanta, Portland, Mexico City and London) responsible for a number of national-scale transportation development and consulting projects and Transdevelopment’s subsidiary North American Terminals Corporation, the firm’s project finance entity. At the Port of Los Angeles, Mr. Levy was Assistant Director of International Marketing and the Port’s Rail Services Manager. He was also Managing Director for Convergent Technology Group, Inc. a financial advisory firm in Seattle, where he led an M&A practice focused on supply chain management and manufacturing technology companies. Prior to Convergent, Mr. Levy was Vice President at AMEC plc. a UK-based global design, supply chain management and plant services firm. Mr. Levy received an M.A. in Transportation and a Management Certificate in Business Administration from the University of Washington and a B.A. from the University of Michigan.

Charles H. McKeown
Mr. McKeown began his transportation career as General Manager of the Port of Portland (Oregon) Shipyard. He later became Vice President & General Manager of Industrial Development Resources, a division of Wright-Schucart of Seattle where he started and led a value-added services program for industrial and transportation development projects, including the design and construction of several freight rail facilities. He founded and for fifteen years served as Chairman and CEO of Transdevelopment Corporation, a transportation assets development company providing facility development, operations and project management support to the freight transportation industry in the U.S., Canada, South America and Europe. He is a leading authority on import and domestic automotive industry logistics. Mr. McKeown served in the U.S. Navy as a surface warfare officer with service in Vietnam and has an MBA and a BS degree from Oregon State University.