Episodes of our Supply Chain Careers Series:
Podcast: Managing Director at CBRE – Ben Cook
Ben Cook, Managing Director of Reliability and Maintenance Engineering at CBRE talks with us about learning how to lead rather than dictate.
Podcast: Supply Chain Leader – Brad Taylor
Brad Taylor, Leader of Workplace Services of Radial talks with us about the value of having on-the-floor operations experience
Podcast: Last-Mile Logistics Expert – Tim Dreffer
Principal and Last-Mile Logistics Expert with Aesculus Group LLC talks with us about how networking is a life-changing practice.
Podcast: Systems Engineering Director – Lowe’s Home Improvement
Systems and Support Engineering Director with Lowe's Home Improvement talks with us about supply chain team dynamics & having fun.
Podcast: Industry Liaison – National Center for Supply Chain Automation
Industry Liaison for the National Center for Supply Chain Automation talks with us about advancing from an entry-level warehouse position to being a supply chain leader.
Podcast: COO at Lenovo – Renee Ure
Renee Ure, Chief Operating Officer at Lenovo’s Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG), talks with us about global responsibilities for supply chains.
Podcast: Reverse Logistics Association Executive – Tony Sciarrotta
Tony Sciarrotta, Executive with the Reverse Logistics Association, talks with us about building a career within reverse logistics.
Podcast: Fashion Education Professional – Jacqui Jenkins
Jacqui Jenkins, Fashion Education Professional focused on Innovation and Strategy, talks about Fashion Supply Chain Management.
Podcast: Principal at ECG – Chris Gaffney
Chris Gaffney, Principal at ECG. Former VP of Supply Chain & Logistics at Coca-Cola talks about using your relationship penny jar
Podcast: Education Executive – Kate Vitasek
Kate Vitasek, Vested Business Model Architect, and Faculty, Univ. of Tennessee talks about career surfing in supply chain.
Podcast: Vice President at Fortna – Dr. Russ Meller
Dr. Russ Meller, VP of Solution Design and Research & Development at Fortna talks about hard and soft skills in supply chain.
Podcast: Vice President of Global Supply Chain at Amway – Deb Parme
Deb Parme, Vice President of Global Supply Chain at Amway tells us her story from transitioning from an accounting career to supply chain.
Podcast: Executive Director for the American Logistics Aid Network – Kathy Fulton
Kathy Fulton, Executive Director for the American Logistics Aid Network tells us how the collection of nonprofits works together to provide logistics services during disasters and crises
Podcast: Featuring Global Supply Chain Leader for Jones Lang LaSalle – Richard Thompson
Richard Thompson is a Leader for the Global Supply Chain & Logistics Solutions consulting team for Jones Lang LaSalle and he talks with us about the value of supply chain associations
Podcast: Featuring SVP at McKesson – Ammie McAsey
Ammie McAsey, Senior Vice President of Customer Distribution Experience at McKesson Pharmaceutical Solutions and Services talks with us about advancements in supply chain leadership.
Podcast: Featuring – Brian Fugate
Brian Fugate, Department Chair of Gartner's currently #1 ranked undergraduate supply chain department will talk with us about how he got started in supply chain.
Podcast: Featuring – Debbie Haseley
Debbie shares her career journey starting with two decades at Coca Cola where she moved from financial services to the North American Supply Chain, to the global supply chain.
Podcast: Featuring – Erich Wachendorf
Erich shares his career journey from the leadership lessons he learned while being a supply officer in the Marines to his first civilian supply chain position in operations at Target, to becoming SR Vice President of Supply Chain at Macy's

Host: Rodney Apple
“The Supply Chain Talent Specalist”
- 20+ years of end-to-end supply chain recruitment experience
- 10+ years of leading all supply chain recruitment for 4 Fortune 500 Corporations that made the Garter Top 25 Supply Chains list – (Coca-Cola, Kimberly-Clark, Home Depot, Cummins)
Supply Chain Career Coach for ASCM (formerly APICS) for 7 years

Host: Mike Ogle
“The Supply Chain Professor”
- 10+ years as full-time faculty at three universities
- 17+ years in industry as VP of Educational & Technical Services at MHI (“The Industry That Makes Supply Chains Work”) and Sr. Dir. of Research and Academic Engagement at APICS (now ASCM)

Host: Chris Gaffney
“The Supply Chain Executive”
- Principal at ECG providing Supply Chain Services to the CPG Industry
- 25 Years w/ Coca-Cola holding Supply Chain leadership roles:
- VP of Global Strategic Supply Chain
- President of Global Supply
- SVP of Product Supply Systems
- VP of Logistics for North America