Joseph Yorio
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Joseph M. Yorio is an American business executive and the former President and CEO of Xe Services, formerly known as Blackwater Worldwide
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Joseph M. Yorio was recruited to Xe Services after an extensive search by the executive search firm Korn/Ferry International.
Yorio came to Xe after 17 years of increasing responsibility in multinational corporation
s involved with the distribution and logistics industries such as Scott Worldwide/Kimberly Clarke, Unisource Worldwide, Corporate Express
and DHL
.
Prior to entering the civilian sector, Yorio served in the US military, attending numerous special skills schools and serving as an enlisted man and officer in US Army Light Infantry, 10th Mountain Division
, 75th Ranger Regiment and US Army Special Forces units. He is a combat veteran and was medically retired from the service as a Captain.
Mr. Yorio is an avid triathlete, having completed multiple Ironman triathlons and is the founder and board member of the 150+ member Cincy Express Multisports Team.
A Jeannette, Pennsylvania
native, Yorio was commissioned as a US Army Second Lieutenant in the Infantry as a Distinguished Military Graduate from Indiana University of Pennsylvania
’s ROTC program. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Saint Vincent College
, Master's Certificate from Cornell University
- S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management and MBAs from the Florida Institute of Technology
- Nathan M. Bisk College of Business and the University of Canterbury CC. Yorio is a member of the CEO Connection, Coleman Research Group, University of Pennsylvania
's Wharton Fellows Program, the National Defense Industrial Association, CEO Challenges Advisory Board and GallantFew Inc's Advisory Board.
Mr. Yorio is also the Chairman and Managing Director of the Lead With Action Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit, private philanthropic foundation headquartered in Cincinnati, OH. LWAF provides grants and scholarships to motivated, deserving individuals that have taken the initiative to step out of their comfort zone and improve themselves personally and professionally through resourcefulness, integrity and fortitude. In addition to financial assistance, LWAF provides these future leaders with an opportunity to “give back” through programs designed to assist the elderly and infirmed with community service and home restoration projects while exposing them to a professional network of mentors to support them in fulfilling their goals and aspirations.
Blackwater Worldwide
Xe Services LLC, better known by its former names, Blackwater USA and Blackwater Worldwide, is a private military company founded in 1997 by Erik Prince and Al Clark.. Xe is currently the largest of the U.S. State Department's three private security contractors...
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Joseph M. Yorio was recruited to Xe Services after an extensive search by the executive search firm Korn/Ferry International.
Yorio came to Xe after 17 years of increasing responsibility in multinational corporation
Multinational corporation
A multi national corporation or enterprise , is a corporation or an enterprise that manages production or delivers services in more than one country. It can also be referred to as an international corporation...
s involved with the distribution and logistics industries such as Scott Worldwide/Kimberly Clarke, Unisource Worldwide, Corporate Express
Corporate Express
Corporate Express N.V. is a Dutch company that supplies office products to businesses and institutions. The firm was known as Buhrmann prior to April 20, 2007, when it changed its trading name to that of its best known brand, taken from the United States-based corporation it acquired in 1999. The...
and DHL
DHL
DHL Express is a division of the German logistics company Deutsche Post providing international express mail services. DHL is a world market leader in sea and air mail....
.
Prior to entering the civilian sector, Yorio served in the US military, attending numerous special skills schools and serving as an enlisted man and officer in US Army Light Infantry, 10th Mountain Division
10th Mountain Division
The 10th Mountain Division is a light infantry division of the United States Army based at Fort Drum, New York. It is a subordinate unit of the XVIII Airborne Corps and the only division-sized element of the U.S. Army to specialize in fighting under harsh terrain and weather conditions...
, 75th Ranger Regiment and US Army Special Forces units. He is a combat veteran and was medically retired from the service as a Captain.
Mr. Yorio is an avid triathlete, having completed multiple Ironman triathlons and is the founder and board member of the 150+ member Cincy Express Multisports Team.
A Jeannette, Pennsylvania
Jeannette, Pennsylvania
Jeannette is a city in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 10,788 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Jeannette is located at ....
native, Yorio was commissioned as a US Army Second Lieutenant in the Infantry as a Distinguished Military Graduate from Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Indiana University of Pennsylvania is a public university in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, USA. The university is northeast of Pittsburgh. It is the largest university in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education and is the commonwealth's fifth largest university...
’s ROTC program. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Saint Vincent College
Saint Vincent College
Saint Vincent College is a four-year, coeducational, Roman Catholic, Benedictine, liberal arts college in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, located about 40 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. It was founded in 1846 by Boniface Wimmer, a monk from Bavaria, Germany. It was the first Benedictine monastery in the...
, Master's Certificate from Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
- S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management and MBAs from the Florida Institute of Technology
Florida Institute of Technology
Florida Institute of Technology, also known as Florida Tech, is an independent private technical research university located in Melbourne, Florida, United States. Founded in 1958 as Brevard Engineering College, the institute has been known by its present name since 1966. Florida Tech's curriculum...
- Nathan M. Bisk College of Business and the University of Canterbury CC. Yorio is a member of the CEO Connection, Coleman Research Group, University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
's Wharton Fellows Program, the National Defense Industrial Association, CEO Challenges Advisory Board and GallantFew Inc's Advisory Board.
Mr. Yorio is also the Chairman and Managing Director of the Lead With Action Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit, private philanthropic foundation headquartered in Cincinnati, OH. LWAF provides grants and scholarships to motivated, deserving individuals that have taken the initiative to step out of their comfort zone and improve themselves personally and professionally through resourcefulness, integrity and fortitude. In addition to financial assistance, LWAF provides these future leaders with an opportunity to “give back” through programs designed to assist the elderly and infirmed with community service and home restoration projects while exposing them to a professional network of mentors to support them in fulfilling their goals and aspirations.