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These supply chain speakers can cover such topics and trends as logistics, risk, analytics, disruption, innovation, sustainability, forecasting, manufacturing, micro-fulfillment, automation, globalization, integrating flexible contracts, increasing inventory reserves, supply chain agility, blockchain, new market dynamics, and more.
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Alan Amling
Alan Amling is the CEO Thrive and Advance LLC., an advisory firm. He also serves as a Distinguished Fellow, who teaches various courses for the Master of Supply Chain Program at The University of Tennessee.
His expertise lies in areas like manufacturing, logistics, and supply chain. He has a work experience of 27 years as an advisor, thought leader, and TEDx speaker.
His works mostly focus on the novel forms of technology and their impact on e-commerce and the whole supply chain.
His major work is titled ‘Organizational Velocity’ where he shows how companies get in their own way and provides pragmatic insights from industrial, digital, and military leaders to break through organizational friction and thrive in disruption.
Nada Sanders
Nada R Sanders works at the D’Amore- McKim School of Business of Northeastern University as a Professor of Supply Chain Management.
Although she serves multiple roles as an author, research scholar, and keynote speaker, her expertise in supply chain management and forecasting made her rise to popularity.
Her core interest areas are logistics, global value chain, forecasting, procurement, and supply chain.
She has written several books on various subjects and some of the titles are ‘Forecasting Fundamentals’, Supply Chain Management: A Global Perspective’, and ‘The Humachine: Humankind, Machines, and the Future of Enterprise’.
Stephen Bauld
Stephen Bauld is the CEO of the firm Purchasing Consultants International Inc. since 2009. Under him, the firm offers advice and consultation with suppliers and private players on how to gain the best deals on purchasing and procurement and also to efficiently compete for government contracts.
Before the present firm, he had a significant experience of over 39 years in the field of logistics, purchasing, and supply management as the vice president and purchasing manager of various companies.
His major works are ‘Municipal Procurement’ and ‘Leadership or The Lack Thereof’.
Michael Hugos
Michael Hugos is the co-founder of SCM Globe, a supply chain management and simulation firm that has expertise in business intelligence and supply chains.
His client list is impressive with names like the US Navy Medical Logistics Command, Microsoft Xbox, and Starbucks Coffee.
He was honored multiple times with awards like the Award for Innovation by Information Week.
His major works are ‘Essentials of Supply Chain Management’ and ‘Enterprise Games: Using Game Mechanics to Build a Better Business’.
Wolfgang Lehmacher
Wolfgang Lehmacher is the former director of supply chain and Transport Industries at the World Economic Forum. He has also served as the President and CEO of multiple logistics and supply chain management companies like the Geo Post.
His fields of interest are mostly sustainable business, balanced business models, and regenerative models of the economy.
He has been featured in various publications like the Business Insider, Financial Times, and the World Economic Forum Agenda.
‘Blockchain Technology for Ports’ is one of the major titles that he has written.
Ana Corrales
Ana Corrales is a business leader who works at Google as the Chief Operating Officer for the firm’s Consumer Hardware business. She is also entrusted with the responsibilities of monitoring and overseeing the Google Store.
She was cited by several publications as one of the most powerful women in technology and business. She has also co-founded a company named Sun Modular which focused on solar systems and their installations. Her expertise lies in areas like customer service and supply chain management.
Before Google, she has supported companies like Cisco at Hewlitt- Packard with their supply chain needs.
Dr. Edward H Frazelle
Dr. Edward H Frazelle is the CEO and president of Logistics Resources International, a supply chain Consulting firm that has business connections across the world including places like Georgia, Japan, and Costa Rica.
He is also the founder and director of The Logistics Institute, a center devoted to research on supply chain and professional education and is cited as the world’s largest center of the sort.
His expertise is in the supply chain logistics field and had been a professor of the same subject in various universities like the University of Wisconsin and Northwestern University.
He is also credited as the inventor of a supply chain model called the Right Chain.
Liz O’Neil
Liz O’Neil is the Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer at Levi Strauss and Co., a renowned American clothing brand.
She is the responsible figure in the firm for all the supply chain management operations including a major deal of logistics and distribution.
She has a prior work experience of more than a decade at various firms like The Disney Store and The Gap Inc.
George Stalk
George Stalk is a senior partner, senior advisor, and managing director at the Boston Consulting Group. He joined the firm in 1978 and worked his way up gradually.
He is an expert in strategic solutions, logistics, corporate strategy, and operational practices and had provided prompt advice for various firms across Europe, Asia, North America, and South America.
He is also known for his bestselling book titled ‘Competing Against Time: How Time-Based Competition is Reshaping Global Markets’.
David Closs
David Closs serves as John H McConnell Chaired Professor at the Michigan State University in the Department of Supply Chain Management. His primary interest areas are logistics, forecasting, supply chain strategy, and logistics information systems applications.
He was featured in various media outlets like Fox 47 News, ABC News, and Bloomberg News.
He is an insightful speaker on supply chain management who has delivered keynote speeches on supply chain strategy in various places like North America, South America, Europe, and Asia.
Tom Dawes
Tom Dawes is the CEO of Value Chain Technology, a firm that aids with software for building supply chains. His client list includes corporate giants like Bentley Motors.
He has also established an aerospace supply chain management company and contributed to the Eastern Europe aerospace supply chain.
He was acknowledged multiple times for his contributions to the logistics field via awards like the UK Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award and the Best New Business Award by the Chambers of Commerce UK.
Sunil Chopra
Sunil Chopra presently works at IBM as a professor of Operations Management and Information Systems. He also has prior work experience as a professor in various business schools and universities.
He is also functioning as the editor for journals like Management Science and Operations Research. His interest fields include supply chains, logistics, distribution systems, and operations management.
He has written several books regarding business tools and supply chain management andsome of them are ‘Managing Business Process Flows’ and ‘Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning, and Operation’.
Karen Mills
Karen Mills is a popular face in the business world, especially during the Presidency of Barack Obama in the US. She was the administrator of the US Small Business Administration in the Obama Cabinet. She also served her term as a member of the President’s National Economic Council.
She is considered one of the front runners when it comes to expertise in small business, innovation, entrepreneurship, and commercial supply chains.
Her book titled ‘Fintech, Small Business and the American Dream’ shares her insights on how technology transforms the small business market.
Jack Shaw
Jack Shaw is a business advisor and strategist who has almost three decades of experience in fields like data analytics, blockchain technology, and artificial intelligence.
His client list includes corporate giants like Coca-Cola, Mercedes Benz, and Oracle.
He has traveled across the world in more than 26 countries and in every state of the US to deliver keynote speeches on emerging trends and technologies in business.
He was cited as one of the world’s top 25 speakers on blockchain technology and as one of the top five technology futurists in various polls.
He mostly speaks on topics like transformational leadership, blockchain, supply change, and AI-enabled data analytics.
Amy White
For the last 20 years, Amy White has been the Vice President of Demand and Supply Chain Management at Nike Inc., a multinational corporation that focuses mainly on the production of apparel and footwear.
Under her leadership, Nike has undergone many revolutionary changes. She supervised and guided the acquisition of Celect, which was a promising startup that focused on Artificial Intelligence and retail forecasting, into Nike, contributing to the firm’s transformation to the next level.
She also led DSM or Demand and Supply Management at Nike, which was a concise event on all facets of retailing and supply chain management.
Gene Tyndall
Gene Tyndall is the Associate Director and Editor of Supply Chain Digest and Insights Newsletter. He also serves as the President of the Supply Chain Executive Advisors LLC., which is an organization of senior strategic executives and advisors.
His client list includes Toyota, Harley Davidson, Samsung, Cisco, and Dell. He is an avid supply chain speaker too who has already visited almost 40 countries as part of his speaking career.
He has written several bestsellers also, and the major one among them is titled ‘Supercharging Supply Chains’. He was cited by the Information Week Magazine as one of the top ten innovators in the year 2002.
Haiyan Wang
Haiyan Wang, the celebrated co-author of the book ‘The Quest for Global dominance’ is the Managing Partner of the China India Institute, which is an organization that focuses on the scope of China and India as possible markets and provides consultation to business owners regarding strategies to develop their business in the mentioned countries.
She is a regular contributor to publications like The Economic Times and China Daily. Her expertise in international business and strategic development has made her featured in India Today, CNBC, and INSEAD Knowledge.
Mark Millar
Mark Millar is a renowned speaker supply chain management, MC, moderator, and conference chairman who leverages his speaking career on his corporate experience of more than 30 years.
His expertise in globalization trends, supply chain developments in the retail sector, and disruptive technologies is incomparable.
His client list is an enviable one with names like HSBC, Barclays Capital, Oracle, and Subway.
He has already traveled to 5 continents, 30 countries, and more than 500 platforms to share his insights. He further discusses his thoughts on his bestseller book titled ‘Global Supply Chain Ecosystems’.
Fred Hochberg
Fred Hochberg, the author of the bestseller ‘Trade Is Not a Four-Letter Word’, has served in multiple key positions in business including the commissioner of New York and New Jersey Port Authority and a member of the Small Business Administration Landing Team in 2008.
In the history of the Export-Import bank, he is identified as the longest-serving chairman. During the Obama administration in the US, he was also a high-ranking business leader.
He has delivered keynote speeches on various platforms across the world like the World Economic Forum, World Affairs Council, Aspen Ideas Festival, Washington Ideas Forum, and many more.
Dan Gilmore
Dan Gilmore is the President and Editor-Chief of the Supply Chain Digest. Before the present position, he has acquired an experience of more than 15 years from various corporate groups like Red Prairie, Pitney Bowes, and META Group.
His expertise lies in the field of supply chain analysis and marketing. He is considered one of the major thought leaders in the logistics field and he is a regular contributor to various publications and dailies.
His commentary on the present and future trends appears weekly in the Supply Chain Digest under the title First Thoughts and is a very popular read.
Jeremy Strong
Jeremy Strong is the Vice President of Supply Chain at the Rush University System for Health, a network of doctors and hospitals that provides high-quality health services.
His expertise is in areas like planning, management, strategic business planning, negotiation, and budgeting.
At the Rush System, he is responsible for the supply chain management of the concerned hospitals, clinics, sites, and ambulatory services.
Alexis Bateman
Alexis Bateman is the former director of MIT sustainable supply chains. She is presently working as a visiting faculty at MIT CTL.
Her research on the sustainability of supply chains and the advanced options to facilitate them made her feature in reputed publications like the Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, and Supply Chain Management Review.
She has more than 15 years experience in the field in various positions and organizations like the Los Angeles River Revitalization Plan and the Orange County Transportation Authority.
At MIT, she was entrusted with the responsibilities of instructing and leading a digital program designed for supply chain professionals globally, named MITx Micro master in Supply Chain Management.
Amy Marzonie
Amy Mary- Sanborn Marzonie is a supply chain industry expert for more than 20 years and is the principal of Operations Excellence at Carlisle & Company LLC., who supplies operational assistance for various industries like transportation, medical care, aerospace, and many more.
She previously held multiple key administerial positions at several organizations like Nordstrom Engineering, General Motors, Munson Healthcare, and the Infrastructure Protection Division of the US Department of Homeland Security.
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