Jason Strassell
Vice President of Sales
Jason Strassell serves as the Vice President of Sales at W&O, where he leads the company's sales and technical team with a focus on driving growth and strengthening client relationships. With over 25 years of experience in sales and business development, Jason has a proven track record of successfully leading high-performance teams, developing strategic sales plans, and achieving significant revenue growth.
Before joining W&O, Jason held several key sales leadership roles in companies within the maritime and industrial sectors. His expertise in sales strategy, customer engagement, and market expansion has been instrumental in delivering exceptional value and fostering long-term partnerships with clients worldwide.
Jason is recognized for his dynamic leadership style and his commitment to mentoring and empowering his teams to deliver results. He is passionate about leveraging technology and data-driven insights to optimize sales performance and enhance the customer experience. Jason holds degrees in Business and Communications and is actively involved in various maritime organizations and networks. Outside of work, he enjoys hiking and backpacking.
Kristof Adam
Managing Director
Kristof is the Managing Director and oversees activities in Europe and Asia.
After completing his studies in Logistics at de Karel de Grote Hogeschool in Antwerp Belgium, Kristof joined Dissaco, a forwarding company. Dissaco is situated in the center of Antwerp’s port and it was here that Kristof developed his passion for ships. He left the forwarding world to work for Hydrex, a specialized company performing worldwide underwater repairs on vessels. Kristof was with Hydrex for 10 years and performed different roles. The last 2 years at Hydrex, Kristof was General Manager for the Group.
Kristof joined W&O in 2011, to develop the activities of W&O in Europe. In 2016 he added the responsibility for W&O Asia office in Singapore.
Together with his wife, Kristof is raising two boys. Kristof enjoys playing tennis and is a big fan of all bike sports.
Michael Mickle
Vice President of Operations and Corporate Compliance
Michael Mickle began his career as a petroleum engineer and project manager for Sperry Sun Drilling Services, providing technology-based drilling services to the major oil companies. He was focused on upstream oil and gas exploration and introduced the company's services into the North Sea operating theatre. Sperry Sun is now part of the Halliburton corporation.
After receiving his Master’s degree, Mr. Mickle worked on the development and application of supply-chain technologies for the transportation and logistics industry. His work brought him to Jacksonville, Florida, where he joined Crowley Maritime and later helped to start Crowley's logistics company and also assembled Crowley's yield-management program. When Hamburg Süd acquired Crowley's South America business, Mike joined Hamburg Süd as Vice President of Trade Management.
Mr. Mickle’s education includes a petroleum-engineering degree from Louisiana State University, a MBA from the University of North Carolina and logistics training at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's executive summer program.
Carl Herman
Vice President of Inside Sales and Strategic Pricing
Carl serves as the Vice President of Inside Sales and Strategic Pricing. In his dual role, Carl leads W&O's inside sales team and is also responsible for developing, implementing and optimizing pricing to ensure W&O is competitive in the market.
Carl began his career in 1991 when he joined W&O as a warehouseman in our Virginia Beach, Va. Location. He steadily worked his way through the ranks of the organization holding positions along the way such as Branch Manager, Regional Manager and Senior Director of Strategic Pricing prior to taking on his current role.
As an avid and competitive cyclist, Carl loves all things bikes and enjoys spending time with his wife and two sons.