Adventures in Supply Chain

Adventures in Supply Chain podcast is pleased to announce the "Coronavirus and Supply Chain Series" to help our communities with the insights of outstanding leaders in Supply Chain and in other critical functions. These challenging times are also for transformations and opportunities. We will get through this together and we will make it happen.

It’s our pleasure to introduce Andrew Kelley, III – CCO at BoxLock - a digital key security solution for healthcare, manufacturing, and e-commerce by applying the Internet of Things.

Andrew is passionate about Supply chain and logistics. Growing up on a working produce farm in MD where they picked, packed and shipped throughout harvest season.

His entire career has been focused on B2B tech and solving complicated business problems and today we will talk about “Building a Supply Chain from scratch”.

It’s our pleasure to introduce Sara Oblack Speicher- MBA, mentor, certified mindset coach, business & life strategist; and the Founder and President of  Sara Oblack Speicher enterprises.

Sara has impacted tens of thousands of women and men and strives to help her clients make their lives a legacy. She encourages her clients to be, to do and to give their best in the office and at home.

For over a decade, she has helped her clients to master the art & science of

• Living a glorious life that serves the dreams of their heart & soul.
  
  
• Simplifying & magnifying everything they put into the world so passionately and naturally.
  
  
• Serving at their highest levels & commanding 5- and 6-figure service fees with ease & integrity.
  
  
• Deepening relationships, and turning the world into their playground.
  
  
• Creating more free time & space, alignment, joy, and making significant contribution for themselves & others.

Check us out at https://usmsupplychain.com/podcast/ where you can watch all the episodes of the series.

Adventures in Supply Chain podcast is pleased to announce the "Coronavirus and Supply Chain Series" to help our communities with the insights of outstanding leaders in Supply Chain and in other critical functions. These challenging times are also for transformations and opportunities. We will get through this together and we will make it happen.

It’s our pleasure to introduce Paul Malone – Director, Purchasing Functional Excellence at Allison Transmission, the world’s largest manufacturer of fully automatic transmissions for medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicles and a leader in hybrid-propulsion systems for city buses.

Paul is a strategic, results-driven attorney with progressive experience leveraging legal skills and business acumen to identify and mitigate supply chain risk.

With his expertise in legal, commercial, and operational issues associated with technology development from product preceding technology through full production, Paul successfully leads cross-functional teams to solve complex business problems and operationalize business strategies by implementing repeatable and reproducible processes.

It’s our pleasure to introduce Radu Palamariu, Managing Director APAC, Global Supply Chain Practice Head at Alcott Global.

You can watch this episode in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBueIzrupbI

Radu is a connector, top talent scout in supply chain, technology, transport. Radu is also host of “Leaders in Supply Chain” podcast and a match maker.

A fervent believer that people are the key in any business, Radu enjoys challenging assignments most. The ones that involve using a multitude of channels and tools to find the right senior executive to take Alcott Global’s clients business to the next level.

Radu has lived and worked in several countries across the world. Being exposed to different countries and business realities has helped Radu mature into a rounded international business manager to then build great teams.

His specialties include end to end Supply Chain Executive Search: C-level, Vice President, General Management, Supply Chain leadership, Logistics leadership, Procurement leadership, Operations, Regional/Global Project Management appointments.

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It’s our pleasure to introduce Ron Volpe.

Ron is a design thinking-driven senior leader who has successfully led and transformed very large and global CPG supply chains from manufacturer (Kraft Foods) to shelf (Coles Australia) across over 30 countries.

Ron’s previous experience includes platform-enabled digitization of the "shared supply chain" in his role as Chief Supply Chain Evangelist at the Fintech start-up Tradeshift.

Key areas of his expertise are CPG, Leadership, Supply Chain, Business Development, Transformation, Design Thinking, Board Advisor, and Global Best Practices.

Ron’s Supply Chain design work has been featured in the books The Ten Faces of Innovation by IDEO's Tom Kelley, and Creative Confidence by IDEOs Tom Kelley and David Kelley.

It’s our pleasure to introduce our amazing guest, Dana Drake-Cox.

Dana Drake-Cox is Vice President of Global Supply Management – Security at Stanley Black & Decker Incorporated. In her role, Dana leads a $1B Purchasing arm of Stanley Security, the world's #2 supplier of security solutions, across all BUs and regions.

She drives Next Gen Procurement global linkage among Convergent Security, Mechanical Security, Healthcare, and Access Technology, including all vertical markets.

Dana manages an agile global team responsible for strategic sourcing, supply continuity, advanced analytics and post-merger integration in order to propel disruptive innovation growth. She reports directly to Stanley Black & Decker Chief Procurement Officer.

Dana is an innovative, results-driven Supply Chain professional with over 15 years of leadership responsibility in Purchasing and Quality for Fortune 250 companies. Dana delivers strategic vision, operations, and execution to unlock value and maximize global supply efficiencies for all business units and regions.

She champions big data analytics and virtual reality to create and capture value. Dana leads digital transformation strategies to shift from silo-oriented solutions to value chain cognitive collaboration. 

It’s our pleasure to introduce Jill Robbins. Jill is an Entrepreneur and Senior Director of Global Procurement – Indirect Goods and Services at Elanco.  Elanco is a global animal health company. Jill leads a global team responsible for over $1.5B spend across indirect goods and services categories.

Jill is Responsible for driving innovative category strategies across Information Technology, Marketing & Sales, G&A, and R&D by delivering sustainable value, supplier innovation and margin growth.

Passionate about productivity and technology automation, Jill is among the Top 20 Global Supply Chain and B2B Thought Leader. She is also an author and speaker.

Adventures in Supply Chain podcast is pleased to announce the "Coronavirus and Supply Chain Series" to help our communities with the insights of outstanding leaders in Supply Chain and in other critical functions. These challenging times are also for transformations and opportunities. We will get through this together and we will make it happen.

It's our pleasure to introduce Dr. Kenneth Boyer, Faculty Director, Non-Degree Executive Education at The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business.

Prior to this position, Dr. Boyer was Chair of the Management Science Department. The mission of the department is to provide world class research, teaching, and outreach in all areas of operations, purchasing and supply chain management.

Other previous positions of Dr. Boyer include Dean’s Distinguished Professor at The Ohio State University for ten years and Faculty Director, Working Professional MBA Program. Doctor Boyer was also Professor at Michigan State University for eight years.

Adventures in Supply Chain podcast is pleased to announce the "Coronavirus and Supply Chain Series" to help our communities with the insights of outstanding leaders in Supply Chain and in other critical functions. These challenging times are also for transformations and opportunities. We will get through this together and we will make it happen.

It’s our pleasure to introduce Terrence Clark. Terrence is the President and CEO of the New York and New Jersey Minority Supplier Development Council

Gustavo Santamarina, Director of Medical Devices, at Nubenco Enterprises, shares his insights on how supply chains work for real. An episode that has it all: failures, successes, transformations and more.