PackDash, which uses tech to customize shipping services for e-commerce retailers, is on a fast track after moving its headquarters to Tucson.
David Wichner When shipping issues were hurting the hemp-oil business they founded in Chicago a few years ago, Kameron Norwood and partner David DiCosola decided to build their own packing and shipping operation.
People are also reading… Norwood, who grew up in Tucson and is a UA alum, also is one of 250 finalists for the Black Ambition prize, sponsored by rapper Pharrell Williams and offering 50 founders cash prizes ranging from $25,000 to $1 million. They rented out a space formerly occupied by a dry cleaner on Chicago’s north side and converted the space, cleaning and installing inventory racking and a shipping station themselves, Norwood recalled.
“We found this kind of niche we carved out of anybody who’s under 20,000 orders per month, and can’t find customized, flexible, affordable, scalable logistics fulfillment services,” Norwood said. “You’ve got to be doing a ton of business to have the attention you need, and that’s what we’ve been able to service.”
PackDash was able to store the excess and “feed” Amazon product as needed, he said, noting that Amazon trucks regularly visit PackDash’s warehouses to pick up inventory. Finding TucsonWhen the PackDash founders were looking to expand with a fulfillment operation in the West, Tucson naturally at the top of the list, said DiCosola, who visited Tucson often while courting his future wife.It was a homecoming for Norwood, who came to Tucson with his family from California when he was 10, attended Catalina Foothills High and received a bachelor’s degree in regional development from the UA in 2011.
DiCosola said the company will likely be looking to move into a much larger facility in Tucson by next year and expects to employ about 50 people here.
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