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President
2002 – present
FUTUREFREIGHT Corporation
Los Altos, California
Innovative risk
management technology for Logistics using financial derivatives. As Co-Founder
and President, led customers to start using a first-in-the-industry web-based
freight futures and options trading platform driving an estimated industry
savings of $4-10B in costs. Received three patents. www.futurefreight.com
Contributions:
•Elevated customer use of risk mitigation practices by leveraging
demand data.
•Formed and led the start-up
team.
•Engaged Fortune 100 customers and obtained contractual agreements.
Consultant
2001 –
present
MINERCONNECTION
Los Altos, California
Break-through consulting services for supply chain logistics. Developed
logistics strategies and services for global logistics providers and start-ups.
www.minerconnection.com
Contributions:
•Standardized a new Logistics Service for a start-up with
a 10% increase in revenue potential.
•Creatively organized a strategy for the post-merger integration of logistics
services.
Director,
Logistics
Services
2000 – 2001
CONVERGE
Cupertino, California
High-technology
consortium funded by companies such as HP, NEC, AMD, Hitachi, Sanmina-SCI,
Agilent, Canon. Launched a new line of business that included logistics
visibility, collaboration, and compliance optimization. With a staff of 15 and
annual budget of $9M, developed a service, integrated with trading partners,
linked with other Converge supply chain services, and installed software
applications.
Contributions:
•First to get the service to market for this start-up
company
•Savings from
visibility services provided 10% reduction in freight, 2-5% inventory, 5%
productivity improvements, and generated 1-2% in revenues
Global Logistics Procurement
Manager
1997 – 2000
HEWLETT-PACKARD, Corporate Logistics
Palo
Alto, California
Charged with
finding radical improvements in global transportation capabilities across HP.
Drove strategic committees and led the development of initiatives for logistics
in HP to leverage logistics and costs across this complex global enterprise.
Negotiated contracts for $400 million in international transportation via land,
sea and air. Administered a $4 million annual operating budget and responsible
for freight payments of over $700M. Directed and supervised a staff of 40 and
interacted across all 50 divisions.
Contributions:
•Identified and achieved savings of $10 to $20 million in
freight costs per year.
•Used Jet
Fuel Indices and Zero-Based pricing techniques to negotiate global
contracts.
•Collaborative logistics processes started with transportation providers and HP
suppliers reducing freight costs 3-5%.
Process
Technology
Manager
1995 - 1997
HEWLETT-PACKARD, HP Logistics
Consulting
Palo Alto, California
Led
re-engineering to establish inbound supply chain visibility worldwide.
Established EDI linkages with world-wide logistics vendors, developed new
processes, and led a cross-company team to successful completion of the project
within six months. Program manager for postponement activities encompassing
manufacturing, sales and distribution in Europe, Latin America, North America
and Asia.
Contributions:
•Improved on-time receiving rate by 24% from 58% to
82%
•Outsourced
third-party logistics to reduce warehousing costs by 35% and labor by
20%.
•Reduced
inventory by $10-$20 million (3%) and improved on-time shipments by
10%.
Sales
Manager
1994 - 1995
HEWLETT-PACKARD, Finance and Remarketing
Division Mountain View, California
Developed a new
way to manage the recovery and resale of several million dollars worth of
returned merchandise and established a process to change the way these resources
were handled. Administered a $300k annual budget. Energized a staff of 12 and
brought them to new levels of achievement by exceeding sales targets and driving
inventory to new low levels. Warehouse merchandise went from a high of several
million dollars to a low of $10k.
Contributions:
•Implemented a transformation in the way returned merchandise
was handled, reduced unsold inventory by 80% while generating $30 million in
revenue.
Distribution
Manager
1992 - 1994
HEWLETT-PACKARD, Finance and Remarketing
Division Sunnyvale,
California
Rejuvenated the distribution process and made it into a showcase facility.
In addition, was asked to lead two organizational re-designs for the business.
Administered a $500k budget. Supervised 30. Oversaw the $200k installation
project for an automated storage and retrieval system.
Contributions:
•Cut storage space requirements by one third and cut
retrieval time for shipping.
Manufacturing
Manager
HEWLETT-PACKARD,
HP Australia
Ltd.
Melbourne, Australia
Launched a $20
million manufacturing presence in Australia to re-manufacture HP products
throughout the Pacific Rim. Led the Australian Manufacturing organizations to
research, evaluate, and implement the first PC-based inventory management later
used as the standard MRP for small divisions in the company.
Contribution:
•Developed manufacturing processes to refurbish HP
products to meet internal quality and safety specifications while holding to 20%
of total costs of
goods.
•Produced the
1st PC-based MRP system for HP world-wide.
Other
Positions: Production Mgr, Procurement Mgr, Manufacturing Engineering Mgr,
Production Engineer.
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