2009 Top 25 Supply Chain Executives |
The Global Supply Chain Review is proud to present and honor the recipients of the 2009 Top 25
Supply Chain Executives Award. This award is presented to those who have made
exceptional contributions to the Supply Chain Management industry and within their respective
organizations. The recipients were selected by the Global Supply Chain Leaders Group (GSCLG),
based on your nominations and by the GSCLG Board of Directors.
We are honored to present the 2009 Top 25 Supply Chain Executives Award winners below, and invite you to enjoy their individual biographies. |
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Scott Brown
Manager, Supply Chain Analysis & Design
Plexus Corporation |
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Scott Brown has more 28 years of Operations,
Materials and Supply Chain experience, at
Plexus, and previously with OshKosh B'Gosh. Mr.
Brown was a past speaker at three APICS
international Conferences, the APICS Atlantic
Coast Symposium, and local APICS Chapters.
He was responsible for the global strategic
direction of Supply Chain analysis, design, and
operational capabilities, tactical deployment of
Supply Chain analysis and design tools,
development of the research and science behind
all Supply Chain tools including OPDM (optimal
procurement and deployment modeling), and
ISLM (inventory service level modeling) at
Plexus.
He provided Plexus with the capability to
quantitatively and qualitatively optimize customer
supply chains to enhance ROIC and customer
service to required levels at the same time. He
provided insight into aspects of supply chain
design as they impact Plexus procurement,
manufacturing, and fulfillment processes. Mr.
Brown was also the principal architect for
development of all Supply Chain tools used at
Plexus.
Mr. Brown is the recipient of the Supply &
Demand Chain Executive Magazine "Pro-to-
Know" Award in 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009. He
also received an award for his work at Plexus on
Supply Chain and Inventory Optimization tools
and strategies. |
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Greg Bryan
Executive Vice President, Transportation
AmeriCold Logistics |
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Greg joined AmeriCold in May of 2002 and is
responsible for Americold's Transportation group
and the National Customer Service Center.
Prior to joining AmeriCold, Greg served as the
General Manager of Transportation at Ryder
Integrated Logistics where he was responsible for
leading Ryder's 3rd Party non asset based global
transportation group. During his tenure, the
annual transportation buy grew to over $1.5 billion
annually. Prior to his tenure at Ryder, Greg held
key management positions in the startup of
LogiCorp, a logistics management company later
purchased by Ryder. He has also held key
leadership positions in transportation at Ford New
Holland and Union Carbide.
A native of Pennsylvania, Greg holds a Bachelor
of Science in Logistics and Masters of Business
Administration degrees from the Pennsylvania
State University. |
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Didier Chenneveau
Chief Supply Chain Officer
LG Electronics Inc. |
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As the Chief Supply Chain Officer (CSCO) for LG
Electronics, Didier Chenneveau has global
responsibility for the company's supply chain
management. He is based at LG's headquarters
in Seoul, Korea.
Before joining LG in 2008, Mr. Chenneveau was
Vice President of Americas Operations for HP's
Imaging and Printing Business, based in San
Diego, USA. He has also worked for HP in Europe,
running its Consumer PC business as well as
serving in various financial and operations
management roles. Prior to HP, Mr. Chenneveau
worked for Caterpillar.
Didier Chenneveau is a native of France and
citizen of Switzerland. He is an alumnus of EMLyon
and INSEAD. He is and a board member of
EPCglobal. |
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Jeff Chiu
Vice President of Compliance
Global4PL |
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Jeff Chiu is Vice President of Compliance at
Global4PL, a logistics consulting and execution
company that helps companies reduce costs,
improve compliance, and achieve their full
operational potential. Jeff heads all import / export
engagements and is a recognized expert in the
compliance field. He is a licensed US Customs
Broker and possesses over 13 years of
experience in import/export operations and
compliance, with emphases on internal CBP and
BIS audits, commodity classification, tariff
engineering, trade programs, rulings and training.
Jeff's past roles involved managing and executing
import and export operations for companies such
as Cost Plus World Market, MyCustoms, Inc.,
Coppersmith, Inc., Clearfreight, Inc., and Tower
Group International, Inc. He is one of the few
professionals in the country who has implemented
C-TPAT (Customs-Trade Partnership Against
Terrorism), ISA (Importer Self-Assessment), ACE
(Automated Customs Exchange), CCATS
(Commodity Classification Automated Tracking
System), VAT (Value Added Tax - EU), remote
filing, and alternative recordkeeping programs. As
an expert and mentor in the import / export field,
Jeff has developed and conducted extensive
training on a broad range of import and export
compliance topics for merchants, vendors, and
buying agents. His expertise also extends to
commodity and rulings-specific training. His
speaking style is engaging and he has the ability
to make dry subjects interesting for his audiences. |
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Billy Crotty
Senior Vice President of Supply Chain Management
Superior Communications Inc. |
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As Senior Vice President of Supply Chain
Management, Billy Crotty oversees Superior
Communications' Sourcing, Procurement, and
Product Development departments. One of his
primary responsibilities involves cultivating and
maintaining relationships with OEM and ODM
partners to ensure both customers and
consumers are provided with the most complete
accessory solutions. Billy joined Superior in 2007
and brings over 20 years of experience in supply
chain management , sales , bus ines s
development, engineering, strategic planning,
and product management. Prior to joining
Superior, he served as COO at Cellon
International, a leading mobile handset design
company based in China.
Graduating from UCL Ireland with a Bachelors of
Science degree in Production Engineering, Billy
went on to earn an MBA from the Babson School
of Business in Wellesley, Massachusetts. During
his spare time, Billy's enjoys playing golf, sailing,
and is an avid fan of rugby. |
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JB Delaney
Director of Supply and Demand
Infinera Corporation |
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As Director of Supply and Demand, JB Delaney is
responsible for the company's global supply chain
and logistics operations, including order
fulfillment, import / export, supply planning, and
international / domestic transportation.
Mr. Delaney has over 20 years experience in
supply chain and manufacturing. Before joining
Infinera in 2007, he held various senior leadership
positions in consulting, operations, professional
services delivery, and product management at
companies such as Brocade Communications,
Sun Microsystems, CSC Consulting, and
Ingersoll-Rand.
Originally from Connecticut, Delaney resides with
his wife, Nora, in San Jose, CA. He holds a BA
from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA
from the Helsinki School of Economics and
Business Administration. |
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Tom Golden
WW Trade Compliance Manager
Verigy Inc. |
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Tom Golden possesses over 25 years of supply
chain management experience, specializing in
Logistics and Trade Compliance startups and
operations. He began his career with Hewlett-
Packard in the Santa Clara Valley, operating
several business related logistics warehousing
solutions, before joining the Inkjet Printer startup
in Vancouver, Washington. He later went on
assume responsibilities as Hewlett-Packard's
WW Trade Compliance and Logistics Risk
Assessment Program Manager where he and his
team were responsible for conducting multi
business group trade and regulatory
assessments in support of a $60B a year,
enterprise platform function.
For the past 8 years Tom served as a WW
Logistics and Trade Compliance Manager at
Agilent Technologies, followed by his new role,
after Verigy's spin off from Agilent, as Verigy's WW
Trade Compliance Manager. Originally from the
west coast, Tom now lives and works in the Hilton
Head South Carolina area, along with his wife
Terry. Tom holds a Bachelors Degree in
Operations Management as well as being certified
as a professional accountant. |
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Cristián A. Godoy
Supply Chain Planning Manager
Laboratorio Chile S.A. |
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Cristián A. Godoy is the Supply Chain Planning
Manager at Laboratorio Chile S.A., a
pharmaceutical company based in Chile. Cristián
is in charge of the Planning Deputy Management,
Production Control and Delivery and
Consumables Warehouse are as . He
administrates and plans 1,500 presentations and
more than 8,000 items, combining different
strategies, having as objectives the Company's
strategic pillars.
Under his direction, he has broken several
production and supply records including more
than 95% of medical samples per monthly cycle,
93% of monthly commercial necessities, and
unresolved invoicing at minimal levels and several
records in the productive areas allowing the time
improvement and the subsequent decrease in
costs. Mr. Godoy is also responsible for the
system application development that has
substantially decreased cycle time of the plant to
exceptional levels. |
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Michael A. Grier
Senior Manager of International Logistics
Avon |
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Michael A. Grier is the Senior Manager of
International Logistics for Avon Products. He is
responsible for all inbound air, ocean and
Customs compliance operations for North
America and is based in their US Center of
Excellence located in Rye, NY. Mike oversees a
portfolio of carriers responsible for moving Avon's
Non-Beauty goods into the US, Canada, and the
Caribbean Markets.
He joined Avon in 1991 as a management trainee
and has held numerous roles in Customer
Service, Sales Operat ions, Inventory
Management, Supply Chain and most recently,
Logistics. Mike has been recognized with
numerous company awards, is a frequent speaker
at industry events, and was recently announced
as the Canadian Industrial Transportation
Association's 2008 Supply Chain Executive of the
Year.
He is a proud father of two, and enjoys skiing, golf,
and reading when not commuting between his
home in Montreal, Quebec, and his office in New
York. |
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Roger Deaton
Director, Telematics Supply Chain
Laird Technologies |
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Since 1986 Roger Deaton has dedicated his
professional career to developing and improving
supply chains from early in his career in the US
Navy, through his own business, and currently
with Laird Technologies' Telematics Division.
Laird Technologies is a $1.3 billion provider of
industry-leading electronic systems and
component solutions. Telematics sales are 75%
tier-one automotive; the rest support the fastgrowing
M2M (machine to machine) market -
using Wi-Fi/Wi-Max, Bluetooth, cellular, and other
developing RF protocols.
Mr. Deaton has a keen sense in developing talent
and is often put in global supply chain
management positions. Currently, Roger Deaton
oversees and directs the global contract
manufacturing, component supply base, logistics,
Laird factories, research and design sites, and
warehousing in Asia, Europe and North America.
Roger has risen quickly through the ranks at each
of his career positions by developing and
implementing best practices in procurement,
logistics, warehousing and commodity strategies.
Most recently with Laird Technologies he led the
team to rapidly deploy S&OP and implementation
and integration of Lairds first global ERP system
(QAD). These programs have saved the company
valuable time and money by bringing visibility and
transparency to the entire team.
Mr. Roger Deaton currently holds a BA in Law from
Columbia College and will earn his MBA in
September from the University of Phoenix. Roger
has held the CPP certification through IOPP and is
a member of ISM. |
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John Ferris
Vice President of Operations
Force10 Networks, Inc |
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| John Ferris is a seasoned operations and finance
professional with over 20 years experience in high
technology environments. John initially joined
Force10 as the senior finance employee, at which
time he implemented the company's ERP system
and basic financial and administrative systems.
Upon assuming responsibility for Operations, he
led the group from the introduction of the initial
product through rapid growth. Through supply
chain management, process and quality effort and
logistical improvements the company saw
significant margin improvements. John holds an
MBA from Kellogg Graduate School and a BA from
Cornell University |
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James R. Kellso, P.E.
Senior Supply Chain Master
Intel Corporation |
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Jim has over 37 years of supply chain and
industrial engineering experience. He has
worked for 16 years in Industrial Engineering
automation and consulting and the last 21 years
at Intel in a variety of automation and supply
chain positions. He holds an industrial
engineering degree from the University of
Michigan. He has been a licensed professional
engineer for over 30 years and holds the title of
Senior Supply Chain Master at Intel and Senior
Supply Chain Management Professional from
the CSCMP.
Last year, Jim co-led the Low Cost Supply Chain
program at Intel and has just recently returned
from his third sabbatical. Jim's passions include
education, supply chain integrated strategy, and
the ability to use analytics to solve complex
supply chain problems.
Jim has 11 children, 13 grandchildren (soon)
and enjoys horseback riding, tractor time at the
ranch, and being at the ranch in general. |
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Jim Macaulay
Global Procurement Officer
Steelcase Incorporated |
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| Jim Macaulay is the Global Procurement Officer
for Steelcase, the global leader in the office
furniture industry. Steelcase provides furniture,
services and insights to help people have a
better work experience. Jim joined Steelcase in
1993 as Vice President, Controller and later
served as Vice President, Supply Chain
Management for Steelcase North America
before assuming his current role as Global
Procurement Officer. Jim graduated from the
Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern
University in 1984. He worked at PepsiCo from
1984 to 1989 and at Carlson Companies from
1989 to 1993 before joining Steelcase in 1993. |
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Valentine E. Manfrin
Logistics & Supply Chain Manager
Louis Vuitton Latin America & south Africa |
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Mr. Manfrin started his career at Caterpillar,
Macrosa del Plata, planning the maintenance
and repairs of mining trucks and machines at
Bajo la Alumbrera mine in Argentina. He then
had production planning experience at Interpack
(joint venture with Tetra Pack) where he was
involved in the implementation of a program to
optimize the production planning process of the
factories. In 2002 he joined Louis Vuitton Latin
America and South Africa occupying several
positions in the Supply Chain department. In
2005 Mr. Manfrin moved to Sao Paulo, Brazil
and is now the Logistics and Supply Chain
manager, head of department for Latin America
and South Africa region managing 23 stores in
10 different countries. During his work at Louis
Vuitton, he participated in the implementation of
Brazil and Mexico distribution warehouses and
in the optimization of the whole supply chain by
reducing lead-times and improving product
availability at stores.
Mr. Manfrin graduated from Instituto Tecnológico
de Buenos Aires (ITBA) as an Industrial
Engineering, and holds a post graduation
degree in Integrated Logistics Management from
Universidad del Salvador and Georgetown
University Washington DC (joint degree). He has
recently completed his studies for an Executive
MBA at Insper Business School. |
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Michael A. Massetti
Vice President, Supply Chain
Advanced Micro Devices
Incorporated |
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Michael joined AMD as Vice President, Supply
Chain in December, 2008. Michael is
responsible for global supply planning, inventory
management and control, order management,
fulfillment, and the supply chain management
infrastructure program.
Michael came to AMD from Tekelec where he
was Vice President, Global Procurement &
Quality since August 2006. In that role, Michael
led a centralized global team covering all spend
categories and managed all contract
manufacturing, OEM hardware, and software.
He drove the transformation of procurement
from transactional-based to an advanced
sourcing function - achieving double digit cost
reduction, delivery performance, and quality
improvements, while reducing cost of poor
quality by over 50%.
Michael began his career in 1979 at IBM's
Microelectronics Division where he started in
mixed signal integrated circuit development. He
built IBM's first field applications organization in
1993 as IBM entered the merchant
semiconductor market. Michael's final position
with IBM was Senior Program Manager for the
PowerPC product line.
Michael received his BSEE from the University
of Notre Dame in 1979. He received his MSEE
(1984) and MBA (1987) from the University of
Vermont. Michael completed NTL's Mastering
Executive Leadership, GAP leadership training
at Lucent, Dell's Executive Leadership Program,
and Strategic Marketing at the University of
Michigan. Michael has been a guest lecturer at
the University of Texas (Program Management)
and Rutgers University (Supplier Relationship
Management) and has spoken at several
conferences on supply chain topics. |
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Patrick McGivern
Senior Vice President, Global Supply Chain & Operations
VeriFone Incorporated |
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Patrick McGivern is the Senior Vice President of
Global Supply Chain Operations, with
responsibilities for management of VeriFone's
end-to-end supply chain functions, including
sourcing, manufacturing, and end customer
fulfillment and service.
Mr. McGivern joined VeriFone in 2005.
Previously he was with Palm, Inc., for six years,
where he worked to scale the supply chain to
support over $1B in sales and launch industry
leading consumer and wireless products. Earlier,
he was with Motorola for more than 10 years in
successive operations positions.
He graduated from Michigan State University's
Eli Broad business school with a BA in Materials
Logistics Management. |
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Shekar Natarajan
Director of Supply Chain Operations
Pepsi Bottling Group
Incorporated |
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Presently a Director of Supply Chain Operations
for the Pepsi Bottling Group (PBG), Shekar
Natarajan is spearheading a change and
transformation initiative to completely modify the
company's logistics and delivery systems. His
primary responsibilities range from repurposing
PBG warehouses, increasing storage and
driving productivity to delivering improved
returns on invested capital and reducing reliance
upon direct labor. He also owns and manages
existing logistics and warehouse systems and is
leading the development of new inventory
management and supply chain execution
systems.
Earlier in his career, Shekar served as a Supply
Chain Network Manager for Coca Cola Bottling
Company where he was responsible for
conceptualizing, developing, and deploying
solutions for network design and optimization,
logistics optimization, distribution planning and
strategic sourcing. Prior to joining CCBCC, he
briefly worked at Alliance Rubber Company as a
corporate development specialist.
A frequent speaker at national and international
conferences, Shekar was the keynote speaker
at Movimat 2008, the largest Latin American
logistics show. The Government of Brazil
formally recognized him for the content and
insights he provided for developing and
managing supply chain processes. Shekar
received a MS in Industrial Engineering from
Georgia Institute of Technology after earning his
Bachelors of Technology in Mechanical
Engineering degree in India. He is certified as a
Project Management Professional, Six Sigma
Black Belt, Supply Chain Professional, Logistics
Professional and a Fellow in Production and
Inventory Management (CFPIM). |
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Lalit Panda
SVP, Supply Chain and Information Systems
Harman International Consumer Division |
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Lalit Panda, Sr. V.P. of Supply Chain and
Information Systems at the Consumer Division
of Harman International Industries, Inc., a
manufacturer of high end audio electronics and
loud speakers with brands such as Harman-
Kardon, JBL, Infinity, Mark Levinson, Revel, etc.,
is an accomplished global Supply Chain and IT
leader.
At Harman, Lalit's responsibilities included
Procurement, Inventory Control, Distribution,
Transportation as well as all IT applications and
infrastructure including SAP, global network and
IT support etc for its Consumer Division. He has
led many initiatives including global IT
consolidations, distribution network optimization,
global supply chain application development,
logistics and IT outsourcing initiatives, web
based vendor management and order fulfillmentand run facilities in China, India, EMEA and the
US.
Prior to joining Harman in 1999, Lalit managed
logistics and procurement for Sony Corp. at their
Middle East and North Africa HQ in Dubai,
U.A.E., spanning 23 countries. He has also
worked for Coats Viyella plc, a leading global
textile manufacturer, developing logistics
systems.
Lalit has Masters degrees in business and
logistics from the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology and the Indian Institute of
Management, Ahmadabad and has an
undergraduate degree in Engineering from the
National Institute of Technology in India and a
Six Sigma Black Belt from Georgia Tech. |
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Ranjan Prasad
Director of Operations and
Supply Chain
SunLink |
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Ranjan is responsible for managing and
expanding SunLink's end-to-end supply chain
operations, which include inventory
management, procurement, demand planning,
logistics, and information technology. Ranjan
brings a wealth of international supply chain and
discrete manufacturing experience to SunLink.
He has been instrumental in helping SunLink
extend its competitive advantage by developing
its first virtual global supply chain, which has
reduced costs and increased quality and on-time
delivery.
Prior to SunLink, Ranjan worked at Cisco as a
Supply Chain Manager where he managed and
designed a demand-driven replenishment
supply chain. He also held various engineering
and management positions at Cisco that
enabled him to architect, manage and deploy
complex manufacturing processes. Ranjan
received a BS in Industrial Engineering from Cal
Poly, San Luis Obispo, and a MS in Engineering
Management from Santa Clara University. |
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Sarath Ravipati
Regional Procurement Manager
Chevron Corporation |
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Sarath Ravipati is the Regional Procurement
Manager Americas for Chevron Global
Downstream Procurement. His team is
responsible for managing over $1B in spend
across Latin and North America. In December
2005, Sarath was selected to lead the Chevron
Procurement organization for Africa-Pakistan
managing the operations from Cape Town,
South Africa. Over his seven years with Chevron
he has held various strategic procurement
positions. Sarath led strategic sourcing projects
across the automotive, telecommunication and
logistics industries as a Manager in the Chicago
office of AT Kearney. Sarath has 20 years of
supply/chain procurement experience and
specializes in leading and developing
procurement organizations to reach world-class
standards.
Sarath holds a Bachelors of Science degree in
Chemical Engineering from Cornell University, a
Masters in Engineering Management from
Northwestern University and an MBA from
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of
Management. |
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Cindy Reese
Sr. Vice President for Worldwide Operations
Sun Microsystems Incorporated |
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As Sr. Vice President for Worldwide Operations,
Cindy Reese runs Sun's supply chain managing
more than $3B dollars in direct procurement
spend along with Sun's manufacturing and
logistics programs, which are recognized by the
industry for delivering high quality and cost
effective product execution to Sun's global
customer base. Previously, as Sr. Vice President
for Systems Operations, Reese was responsible
for overseeing the manufacturing, supply chain
management and operations engineering for the
company's Systems products.
Cindy Reese's career spans more than 25 years
in operations with experience in procurement,
strategic materials management, manufacturing,
distribution, and logistics. Since joining Sun in
1999, Cindy has held many leadership roles
including: VP Storage Operations, VP Scalable
Systems Manufacturing Operations, VP High
End Operations, Executive Lead for the
StorageTek integration, and various Director
positions.
Prior to joining Sun, Cindy was VP of Worldwide
Materials with Silicon Graphics (SGI) and held
executive leadership positions at RightWorks
and Convergent Technologies.
Cindy's outstanding leadership has been
recognized by prestigious awards such as the
YWCA tribute to Women in Industry (TWIN)
Award, which she has received twice - in 1995,
while at Silicon Graphics, and most recently in
2003 for her achievements at Sun
Microsystems, along with Executive Leadership
Awards from Convergent Technologies, SGI and
Sun. |
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Mark Shandley
Vice President of Supply Chain
Management
Flextronics Consumer Digital |
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Mark Shandley is the Vice President of Supply
Chain Management at Flextronics Consumer
Digital with responsibility for the end-to-end
Supply Chain, Procurement, Sourcing and IT
Tools supporting large OEM and ODM business.
Prior to joining Flextronics, Mark worked as
Managing Director of a North American Based
Contract Manufacturer specializing in PC
Manufacturing and Wireless LAN devices. He
also held positions in Supply Chain
Management for such companies as Apple
Computer, AMPEX and CONVEX Computer
Corps. With over 28 years in the Supply Chain
field at Fortune 500, high-tech startups, he
directed teams and suppliers on the most
innovative of Supply Chain development
activities including the first Demand Pull
Software in 1987.
In his current role, Mark led Supply Chain
Development for Asia and has led several teams
to redesign supply chains from higher cost
regions for Flextronics' customers. He has also
worked to establish more efficient and
responsive supply chain designs in low cost
regions in Asia for large OEMs.
Mark has served on the Board of Directors for
the American Production and Inventory Control
Society of North America and has delivered
many speeches on Supply Chain throughout
Asia, Europe, and the Americas. |
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Isael Soto
Vice President of Supply Chain
and Field Operations
Pivotal Systems |
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Isael Soto has over 20 years of semiconductor
capital equipment industry experience. His roles
have included Post-Sales Service Support,
Sales and Marketing with international
assignments in Asia and Europe.
Isael is currently at Pivotal Systems, a startup in
Pleasanton, CA, serving the semiconductor
capital equipment industry by providing
sophisticated sensor technology. Isael is
currently responsible at Pivotal Systems for
defining and executing an outsourcing
manufacturing strategy in addition to defining
the long term Supply Chain and Field
Operations infrastructure to sustain Pivotal's
global customer base. Prior to joining Pivotal
Systems, Isael was part of KLA-Tencor's Global
Services and Support team, responsible for
services sales in North America. Isael's
additional leadership roles at KLA-Tencor were
in M&A Integration and Global Product Support.
Isael successfully led the Service & Support
Integration activities of acquisitions and led
various Technical Support organizations.
Prior to KLA-Tencor Isael was at Lam Research
Corporation in Service Management and
Service Marketing roles. Isael began his career
at Applied Materials, holding positions within
Field Operations, Business and Account
Management.
He holds a BS in Electronic Engineering and an
MBA from the University of San Francisco. |
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Bill Weidert
Senior Director, Service Supply Chain
Cisco Systems Incorporated |
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Bill Weidert is Senior Director, Service Supply
Chain, for Cisco Systems and currently provides
aftermarket support, parts and field
engineeringfor Cisco networking products
throughout Latin America. Receiving his MBA in
1976 from the University of Colorado, Bill has
worked in the high tech industry in Silicon Valley
for over 25 years. He began his career in
purchasing at Spectra-Physics in San Jose.
From that role he moved onto being a line
supervisor, warehouse supervisor, planner,
master scheduler, and finally customer service
manager. From Spectra he moved to Acuson in
Mountain View, CA, where he took on the role of
Field Service Manager providing global field
support for the company's ultrasound products.
In 1995 he joined Cisco Systems as Inventory
Planning Manager for Service. He then moved
on to assuming responsibilities for global repair
and depot expansion, warehousing, distribution,
and central operations. Assuming responsibility
for expanding support in Latin America in 2003,
Bill has built up a highly leveraged team
providing support for 2-hour, 4-hour, and next
business day contracts necessary for network
uptime requirements. |
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Gray Williams
Vice President – Worldwide Supply Chain
Logitech Incorporated |
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Gray Williams is responsible for Logitech's
Worldwide Supply Chain where he directs all
aspects of demand management, supply
planning, transportation, logistics, order
fulfillment, and customer service. He is currently
driving new strategies and key improvement
programs at Logitech that deliver lower total
supply chain costs, optimal inventory levels, and
best-in-class customer satisfaction.
Prior to joining Logitech in January 2003, he
was Vice President, Supply Chain Operations
for the CommWorks Division of 3Com. Prior to
3Com, he held various senior operations
management positions at Hewlett-Packard,
Motorola, NEC Electronics, AMD, and US
Robotics. He has over 30 years of experience in
the electronics industry.
Williams has received the Malcolm Baldrige
National Quality Award for four years as an
Examiner and Senior Examiner. He is Certified
in Production and Inventory Management
(CPIM) with APICS, and has also been a
Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM) by the
Institute for Supply Management (ISM). He
currently serves on the Executive Advisory
Board of the University of Wisconsin's Grainger
Center for Supply Chain Management.
In 2008, and again in 2009, he was selected as
one of the Top 25 Supply Chain Leaders by the
Global Supply Chain Leadership Group
(GSCLG).
Gray is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Purdue
University's School of Management where he
received his BS in Industrial Management. |
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