Robert E. Sanchez is President and Chief Operating Officer of Ryder System, Inc., a FORTUNE 500® transportation and supply chain management solutions company. He is responsible for the general management of all business operations of Ryder's two business segments, Fleet Management Solutions (FMS) and Supply Chain Solutions (SCS) and reports to Ryder's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Gregory Swienton. Mr. Sanchez has been a member of the Company's Executive Leadership Team since 2003.

In his previous position, Mr. Sanchez served as President of Global Fleet Management Solutions, leading the Company's largest business segment. The FMS business segment manages a fleet of more than 180,000 vehicles from 800 locations, servicing the needs of more than 14,000 customers. It provides truck leasing, rental, and maintenance services throughout the U.S., Canada, and the United Kingdom.

Over the course of an 18-year Ryder career, Mr. Sanchez has held a broad range of leadership positions for the corporation and both business segments. He has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Ryder System, Inc.; Executive Vice President of Operations of U.S. FMS; Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer (CIO) of Ryder System, Inc.; Senior Vice President of Transportation Management, SCS; and Vice President of Asset Management, FMS.

Mr. Sanchez joined Ryder in 1993 and served with distinction in positions of increasing responsibility, including Regional Finance Director for SCS; Group Director of Financial Analysis; and Manager of Strategic Planning. Prior to joining Ryder in 1993, he worked as an Applications Engineer at Florida Power and Light and as a Controls Engineer at Pratt & Whitney Aircraft in 1987.

Mr. Sanchez was elected to serve on the Board of Directors of Texas Instruments in March 2011. He is a Board Member of the Association of Cuban Engineers (ACE) and Chairman of the Scholarship Foundation. In addition, Mr. Sanchez is a member of the United Way Leadership Circle and the Wharton Alumni Association.

In 2010, The South Florida Business Journal named Mr. Sanchez CFO of the Year for the South Florida region, recognizing the important role he and his team played in maintaining Ryder's strong financial position during the difficult economic environment of 2009. In 2002, he also received the Young Hispanic Leadership Award, and in 2001, he was named ACE Engineer of the Year.

Mr. Sanchez earned his MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania with a concentration in Finance and a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering with a specialization in Computer Science from the University of Miami.