President

• Mar 2022 - Present

Adjunct Faculty

• Sep 2021 - Present

Super engaged in helping to teach students about Omnichannel Strategy and Execution as part of the school's Business in a Digital World Initiative Super engaged in helping to teach students about Omnichannel Strategy and Execution as part of the school's Business in a Digital World Initiative

Vice President Operations

• Dec 2021 - Mar 2022

Vice President Operations

• Apr 2020 - Dec 2021

• Joined company to build foundational operational goals and roadmap for sustainable success. • Responsible for the following: sourcing, demand planning and procurement, logistics, warehousing/operations, regulatory, new product development and project management, fulfillment, customer service, quality control and operational technology • Joined company to build foundational operational goals and roadmap for sustainable success. • Responsible for the following: sourcing, demand planning and procurement, logistics, warehousing/operations, regulatory, new product development and project management, fulfillment, customer service, quality control and operational technology

Vice President of Supply Chain, Global Procurement and Quality

• Apr 2019 - Dec 2019

Largest Industrial Distributor in the world. Lead standardization and best practice implementation of four pillars of supply chain management: global strategic sourcing and commodity management, inventory and logistics management, quality management and risk mitigation. Drive enterprise level project management and work in concert with strategic business partners, especially in technology, marketing and sales management.

President/Managing Director

• May 2018 - Apr 2019

Interim President/CEO/Managing Director for Wurth Adams - a division of the Wurth Group.

Vice President Of Global Supply Chain

• Sep 2016 - Jun 2018

Built and expanded a shared service group for supply chain management and drove global growth and expansion into low cost country areas.

Senior Management Consultant | Executive Supply Chain, Global Business Development

• 2012 - 2016

Management Consulting to help secure an engagement with a public, global, multi-national manufacturing client. Consultant for other global operational projects.ACCOMPLISHMENTS:• Developed and implemented a technology based product lifecycle and supply chain design for global service parts management in complex industrial instrumentation organization. • Designed and implemented strategy for global supply chain, distribution and operations footprint. Secured contracts with a global third party logistics and consulted on global integration with SAP.• Created strategy for restructure of product hierarchy to manage complex product mix, launch, and lifecycle for global footwear and apparel manufacturer.• Drove diligence and post M&A integration activities in supply chain and operations for 2 global clients

Chief Supply Chain Officer

• 2015 - 2015

Retained to perform a quick turnaround in struggling supply chain functions to support exponential organic sales growth and planned M&A integrations. Reported to President, led the adoption process of supply chain principles in global sourcing, procurement, inventory controls, distribution and logistics and transportation management. Built the building blocks to transform which significantly allowed for optimal utilization of SAP technology. Created team focus on voice of customer (VOC), both internally and externally. ACCOMPLISHMENTS:• Developed and implemented road-map to create a “Proactive Supply Chain” to include the introduction and execution of Sales, Inventory, and Operations Planning, Global Strategic Sourcing programs, Logistics transformation to leverage external partnerships, heat map analysis to determine global Distribution Center footprint. • Quickly performed process gap analysis and identified critical path issues including SAP configuration, and metrics development. Implemented tactical and strategic plan to address with resulting in increased fill rates. • Performed network design analysis to optimize global DC footprint and inventory planning. • Restructured and hired Senior Management team (VP Supply Chain Planning, VP Sourcing, Logistics management) to continue with strategic plans.• Drive regulatory compliance strategies within new product development process and implemented quality/regulatory requirements with global supplier base.

Vice President, Supply Chain

• 2014 - 2015

As the VP Supply Chain, recruited to deliver quick and critical improvements in challenged supply chain areas in a complex multi-channel environment including inventory planning, supplier management and transportation. Reported to the President of the manufacturer and global distributor of heavy duty off-road equipment for forestry, construction, railroad, material handling and biomass creation. ACCOMPLISHMENTS:• Executed integrated sales, inventory and operations planning process (SIOP).• Implemented PQLIR (Price, Quality, Logistics, Innovation, Risk) for supplier management• Jointly implemented strategic project plans for cross functional product re-engineering in a large scale but time sensitive situation where supply chain a strategic key to success.• Developed cross functional team with supply chain, operations, finance, engineering and sales, to routinely address pervasive legacy inventory issues; identified and mitigated millions of dollars and optimized operations footprint by double digit increase. • Oversaw indirect spend including strategic alignment with technology solutions, as well as functional leader of information technology requirements.

Director of Global Procurement

• May 2011 - Nov 2012

Recruited to rapidly develop and deploy a global procurement organization for global, comprehensive supply chain restructuring program. Reporting to Global VP of Supply Chain, developed strategies for global sourcing, contracting, optimization, finance / operations management with high SKU count, complex mix of commodities including, but not limited to high performance steel alloys, soft goods, hard goods, turn key consumer products, chemicals, lubricants, thermoplastics, and many others as well as responsibility over all indirect spend. ACCOMPLISHMENTS:• Built legal operating entity in China: Led Greenfield project in Suzhou, China including site selection, licensing, recruitment of GM, and all activities for development of operational legal entity in 10 months.• Developed category management; restructured organization, recruited and hired global managers, lean / six sigma process managers, analysts and procurement / sourcing managers. Team was structured to support voice of customer (VOC) requirements, both internally and externally. • Collaborated with Finance to implement a Total Cost of Ownership model with key metrics.• Achieved cost reduction YOY and improved cost avoidance across all categories.

Director of Supply Chain

• Mar 2010 - May 2011

Recruited as Director of Supply Chain to lead company into a position to “go global” by developing world class supply chain domestically and plan for future growth options worldwide. Reporting to COO, deployed significant improvements to support operational excellence in the areas of commodity management, inventory optimization, technology alignment and sales and operations planning. ACCOMPLISHMENTS:• Gained board approval for next generation ERP purchase and implementation.• Created predictive commodities model to proactively negotiate with global oil/gas suppliers. • Defined and developed capacity planning and modeling tool for manufacturing and distribution.

Director, Purchasing and Logistics - North America

• 2008 - 2010

Recruited as Director Purchasing and Logistics, NA, to transform and lead supply chain organization, managing one of two global distribution centers with a complex mix of products in capital goods and aftermarket. Reported to Global VP Supply Chain.ACCOMPLISHMENTS:• Defined / executed global efficiencies in product assortment, vendor compliance and distribution. • Achieved yearly 5% cost savings through low cost country and value engineering.• Mitigated post SAP implementation delivery issues; reduced backorders by 80%. • Decrease inventory 30% without drop in service level through improved S&OP processes.• Designed global logistics flow strategy with GDC / RDC concepts enabling 24 hr delivery.

Global Strategic Leader - Outdoor Accessories | Business and Product Development

• 2002 - 2008

Led Operational, Supply Chain and Product transition of Michaels brands to Bushnell’s corporate structure by project managing product sustainability through multiple plant closures, including strategic outsourcing of all products to global and domestic suppliers, placement and disposition of existing raw material inventory; deployment of manufacturing equipment and assets; and full product lifecycle migration. Complex commodity mix including, but not limited to soft goods, textiles, hard goods, machined metals in proprietary alloys, high performance thermoplastics, chemicals, lubricants. ACCOMPLISHMENTS:• Directed all product development, supply chain, launch and lifecycle, marketing integration, defense and government contracting, sales and operations planning and shared services support. • Implemented Price, Quality, Logistics, Innovation and Risk scorecards for supplier management with special attention to contract manufacturers. • Led all commercialization projects with contract manufacturers with product improvements, new designs, and new product introductions. • Led team in strategic contract manufacturing for specialized products.

Director of International Operations; Director of IT

• 1995 - 2002

Reported to CEO, directed all operations and supply chain including logistics, sourcing, information technology, and compliance in this supply chain service provider. ACCOMPLISHMENTS:• Developed consulting business in regulatory compliance, global sourcing & logistics strategies, for target industries (apparel, sporting goods, perishables and agriculture), increasing revenue.• Known as regional subject matter expert in end to end supply chain transformation and optimization for cold chain, climate controlled, perishables, food, including Asia Pacific fast food franchising, and regulated product industries.• Developed and contracted 15 carriers for Shipper’s Association with 40,000 TEU annually.