Our mission is to set the industry standard by providing innovative, reliable and personalized international logistics and transportation services to our customers, and in the process, find mutual growth, profitability, and trust.
Our vision is to redefine global logistics by providing superior service, partnership, simplicity, and visibility.
B. Wayne Coleman
C. E. O.
Wayne is the C.E.O. and owner of CV International, Inc. Over the course of more than 36 years, Wayne has worked for ocean carriers, a vessel agency, and a freight forwarder before starting his own company.
Wayne started his career with a small, Norfolk, VA based freight forwarder, eventually moving on to a major vessel agency where he boarded vessels and worked closely with U. S. Customs, Immigration, the U.S. Coast Guard, and other government agencies on regulatory matters.
Wayne's career took him to a major ocean carrier, where he progressed through ocean documentation, traffic, operations, and sales. In 1980 he rejoined the freight forwarder where his carreer started. In 1984 he opened his own business, Coleman International, today known as CV International (CVI).
From CVI's early beginnings as a forwarder, Wayne has overseen the growth and expansion of the company by focusing on results oriented logistics solutions for customers. Under his leadership, the company has diversified from forwarding into customs brokerage, then transportation through its NVOCC and IATA air division, door-to-door cargo management, and eventually into vessel agency services with the acquisition of Capes Shipping.
Wayne received his bachelor of science in business administration from Old Dominion University and is a licensed customs broker.
Michael W. Coleman
President – CVI Global Logistics
Mike Coleman serves as president of CVI Global Logistics, a privately owned full service international logistics and transportation company.
Mike began working for the company while attending high school as a clerk in the ocean transportation department. He continued to work for CVI throughout high school and college gaining experience in operations, marketing, and sales. Mike received his bachelor of arts from the University of Richmond in 2002 and entered full-time employment with CVI as Manager of Business Development.
In 2003, Mike went on to attend the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University. While in law school, Mike served as Managing Editor of the Louisiana Law Review. In 2006 he received his juris doctor and bachelor of civil law.
Since his return to the company, Mike has focused on the implementation of new technologies and systems to streamline operations and better serve customer needs. He is looking forward to carrying on his father’s vision of providing total logistics solutions with the latest technologies while adhering to high standards of customer care.
Mike is a member of the Virginia Bar Association, a licensed customs broker and is certified by the NCBFAA as a customs specialist. He resides in Carrollton, VA with his wife and child.
Colin Macpherson
President – Capes Shipping Agencies
Capes Shipping Agencies is a regional ships agency company based in Norfolk, Virginia providing vessel agency services to vessel interests as well as forwarding/documentation services to bulk cargo exporters.
Colin has held this position since joining the company in 2003. His previous experience in the ships agency business includes 17 years with a national ships agency firm that involved periods in Mobile, Norfolk and New Orleans. He has held executive management positions in both the liner and non-liner areas of the ships agency business and has additional experience in the harbor tug business.
Michael King
Director - Accounting and Finance
Mr. Michael J. King serves as our Director of Accounting and Finance. In addition, this position includes responsibility for Human Resources for the company. Michael graduated from Christopher Newport College (University) and is a licensed CPA within the Commonwealth of Virginia. He has over 20 years of accounting experience in public and private accounting. His most recent position was as the CFO of Marathon Development Group in Norfolk, VA. He was also the Treasurer of Pre-Mix Industries headquartered in Chesapeake, VA and received his public accounting experience with the firm that is today Witt Mares and Company. He currently resides in Battery Park, VA with his wife and children.
Ray Powell
Director - Information Technology
Ray joined CVI in 2007 as Director of Information Technology. He has a B.A. degree in Computer Science from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA, has taken graduate-level courses at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA in the areas of graph theory, power controllers, graphics, and microprocessors, and was valedictorian at John F. Kennedy High School in Suffolk, VA.
Ray is responsible for all aspects of the company's IT initiatives, including ensuring customer visibility through implementation of tracking applications/technologies. As a former employee of Unisys, Ray assisted in the design and implementation of the DLMS (Defense Logistics Management System) tracking interface for Spawar, Norfolk, VA for the purpose of integrating shipping status XML messages into the U.S. Navy's RSupply Inventory Control System.
With over twenty-five years of software engineering and managerial experience, Ray is Java-certified and has installed and administered MS Windows and unix operating systems, local area networks, relational database management systems, imaging systems, and web servers. Additionally, he has designed and programmed custom client/server and web-based applications on a variety of hardware and software platforms.
Ray is a member of the Suffolk-Nansemond Chapter of the IWLA Conservation group and resides in Chesapeake, VA with his wife and child.
Venetia Huffman
Vice President - Operations & Compliance
Venetia graduated summa cum laude from Virginia Wesleyan College in 1980 with a B. A. degree in history. She began her career in transportation as an import/export clerk with the Norfolk, Virginia office of Bemo Shipping Co. Inc. She obtained her customhouse broker license in 1985. After Bemo Shipping was acquired by MSAS Global Logistics she was promoted to Branch Manager. Venetia later served as Operations Manager at the Norfolk office of DHL Danzas. While at Danzas, Venetia was selected as part of the “Best Practices” brokerage training team.
In 2003, Venetia joined CVI as Branch Operations Manager/Compliance Manager. She has served many terms on the Board of the Customs Brokers & Freight Forwarders Association of Virginia (CBIFFA) and has been certified by the NCBFAA as a customs specialist.
In 2006, Venetia was promoted to Vice President. As a member of the executive management team of CVI, Venetia’s goal is to make the company a leader in import and export compliance program assistance and compliance consultation. She is committed to quality customer care and efficient integration of corporate and branch operations.
Josef Fellhofer
Vice President - Transportation
Josef’s career started in 1977 with an apprenticeship with a large forwarding firm in Linz, Austria. In 1980 he graduated from the Austrian International Freight Forwarding Apprentice School as a certified freight forwarder. He began his career in the air cargo side of the business, starting as an export entry clerk, moving on to the imports, and eventually being appointed to management.
In 1989, Josef was certified by the state of Austria as managing director for freight forwarding and he became an instructor for the apprenticeship program.
In 1990, Josef accepted a sales manager position with Panalpina in Nashville, TN and moved to the United States. In 1994, he was asked to take on operations at Panalpina's Charlotte, NC branch and was promoted to Charlotte branch manager in 1996.
In 2003, Josef left Panalpina to manage the operations and logistics of a mid-sized Austrian manufacturing company in Charlotte, NC. In this position he was able to learn the customer side of the business.
Josef joined CVI in 2007 and is responsible for all ocean and air traffic as well as maintenance of our international agent network.
jfellhofer@cvinternational.com
Kevin L. Briggs
Corporate Support Manager
Mr. Briggs is a native and resident of the Norfolk, Virginia area. He attended college at Virginia Tech University where he pursued a degree in Computer Science. After his time at Virginia Tech, Kevin went to work for a Norfolk-based computer consulting firm as a programmer developing custom database software solutions. Seeking a change, he left the consulting firm to pursue a career in Accounting and Finance. Kevin enrolled in a local college and held several Accounting positions before being hired as the Vice President of Accounting for Capes Shipping Agencies, Inc. , a Norfolk-based vessel agency. He held this position for 10 years until Capes Shipping Agencies, Inc. was purchased by C. V. International, Inc.