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Please join the Private Directors Association® f or a webinar titled, Controlling the Uncontrollable, which is the third in a series on Supply Chains. The first webinar was in June of 2020 a nd the panel discussed How to Keep a Supply Chain Movi ng During Disruption or Dislocation, followed by the second webinar in October of 2020 when the panel discussed Supply Chain Optionality.
M. Jay Heilbrunn
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M. Jay Heilbrunn has worked in num erous company executive, business ownership, and board of director position s. The focus of his work has primarily been with privately owned and famil y companies in wholesale distribution businesses. Mr. Heilbrunn currently serves as Chief Operating Officer for Alliance Paper and Foodservice Equipm ent, a Midwest family owned and operated distributor of non-food products t o supermarket and foodservice market segments. Mr. Heilbrunn serves on the Board of Directors of Top Notch Distributors, a national company that has d istributed Architectural Door Hardware products since 1975. Mr. Heilbrunn is on the Private Directors Association Board of Directors; a member of the Midwest Business Brokers and Intermediaries Board of Directors; and a memb er the Selfhelp Home of Chicago Board of Directors.
Jose-Lui
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Jose-Luis was born and raised in Madrid, Spain. He graduated with a MS/BS degree in Industrial Engineering f rom the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (ETSII). He joined AT&T Bell Labs in 1991 and began his career optimizing manufacturing processes. He st ayed in the telecommunications industry, progressing through several Europe an roles in the global supply chain and manufacturing operations arena. In 1998, he was appointed as the EMEA (Europe Middle East and Africa) Lead to a global supply chain reengineering team, and relocated to Oklahoma City, O K where Lucent Technologies headquartered its Switching business unit. Duri ng this assignment, he earned his MBA degree.
Jose-Luis left Lucent-B ell Labs in 2002 to join McDonald’s APMEA (Asia Pacific Middle East and Afr ica) and moved to McD’s global headquarters in Chicago, IL. In his first ro le at McD, Jose-Luis spent most of his time traveling throughout the region for almost six years as the regional lead for Strategic Planning, Program and Project Management. During his tenure, the APMEA region delivered innov ative initiatives like 24Hrs (Hong Kong), Delivery (Egypt) and McCafé (Aust ralia). In 2008, he was internally recruited to revitalize the global sourc ing strategy for beef and pork (~$4B in annual spend), and to lead the sust ainability and animal welfare strategy (for all protein-based products) as Director Global Supply Chain Strategy.
In late 2012, Jose-Luis left M cDonald’s to join A.M.Castle, a $1B publicly-traded company operating in In dustrial Metals, Aerospace and Oil & Gas as EVP Strategic Sourcing Supp ly Chain and executive Officer.. He was accountable to the Board of Directo rs and the CEO for redesigning the global supply chain as well as manufactu ring and distribution operations.
After leaving A.M.Castle in 2015, J ose-Luis founded a boutique global consulting firm, LINAR Advisors, which h e currently leads as Managing Partner.
Jose-Luis is often retained to serve at the Board level, including the following organizations:
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reg Hewitt |
Greg is an accomplished, operationally diverse leader with 30+ years of experience driving customer success, revenue, and growth in financial services, consumer, retail, and industrial sectors. Gr eg is a founder of the Nashville PDA, President for almost 2 years, and now on the Executive Committee. Greg excels in driving strategic imperatives and operations and is currently working closely with the Axiom leadership t eam to grow and support the practice. After almost 20 years as a comprehens ive Northwestern Mutual client and ambassador, he now loves sharing the val ue and benefits of Axiom Wealth Management & Northwestern Mutual to new families and businesses.
After growing up in East Tennessee, Greg gr aduated with high honors in Marketing from The University of Tennessee and later gained an MBA from The University of Phoenix. He has trained at the C enter of Creative Leadership, IMD, Thunderbird, as well as other top progra ms. He is a life-long learner and now has life/health, long-term care, and insurance licenses in several states and holds Series SIE, 6, and 63 securi ties registrations.
Greg is very involved in the community serving on Boards of the United Way and Lincoln Industries. He is involved deeply wit h his church and faith and loves supporting his wife of 29 years and 2 adul t daughters. Greg is also active with Big Brothers Big Sisters, TN Achieves , The Legacy Center, and the Entrepreneur & Innovation Center in Nashvi lle.
He loves being active, playing golf, fishing, and hiking. He has traveled to all 50 states and visited 35 countries. All of this gives grea t perspective and excitement for the future ahead!
| Larry Wyche Lieutenant General |
Larry Wyche Lieutenant General (Retired) Larry serves as the Pr esident and CEO of Wyche Leadership and Supply Chain Consulting, where he a nd his team focus on leader development at all levels, executive leadership coaching, and supply chain consulting. He is also an authorized partner of The Five Behaviors of Building Cohesive Teams and Everything DiSC. Larry i s a senior and seasoned Global Logistics and Supply Chain Expert with over 30 years of experience. Larry’s extensive experience includes providing vis ion; developing corporate-level strategy and directing the performance of g lobal manufacturing, maintenance, transportation and distribution managemen t; and leading through crisis management. Additionally, he is both a certif ied NACD Leadership Fellow, Cofounder Houston Chapter, Private Director Ass ociation and a certified Executive Leadership Coach.
Larry currently serves as a Director of the Houston Food Bank and a member of the Risk Comm ittee. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Global Supply Chain Inst itute at the University of Tennessee. Larry is also Chairman GovExchange Ad visor Board. Additionally, Larry has served as Director of Army Depot Maint enance Corporate Board; Chairman of Army Materiel Command Cyber Governance Board; and Executive Member at the United States Transportation Command Dis tribution Board.
Larry has published numerous articles ranging fr om Securing Army Weapon Systems and Supply Chain from Cyber Attacks to Deli vering Materiel Readiness. Also, he is the author of the bestselling book, Shirts Off Our Backs; Boots Off Our Feet- How Leadership Enables Logistics and Supply Chain Execution and Gives You the Edge to Win.
Larry trains corporate executives, business owners and entrepreneurs in strategie s and best practices. As the second highest ranked logistician and supply c hain leader in the Army, as a Lieutenant General and Deputy Commanding Gene ral Army Materiel Command, he presided over the day-to-day operations, a 58 -billion-dollar enterprise which employed a global workforce of over 120,00 0 soldiers, Department of Defense (DoD) civilians and contractors, with a p resence or economic impact in all 50 states and 152 countries. Larry direct ed a significant portion of DoD’s sustainment effort, overseeing the Army’s Organic Industrial Base of 23 arsenals, maintenance depots and manufacturi ng plants. In this capacity, he also testified before Congress on DoD Indus trial Base Readiness.
Larry holds a Bachelor of Business Administrati on from Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, and Master’s Degrees in Lo gistics Management (Florida Institute of Technology) and National Resource Strategy (Industrial College of the Armed Forces). He has also been recogni zed as the Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi 2018 Distinguished Alu mnus. Impressively, Larry received the honor of being a lifetime member to Texas A&M Chancellor Century Council.
< td style="width: 10%;"> | Kimberly Rodriguez |
Kimberly is a renowned expert in transforming global organizations to maximize efficienci es in supply chain, manufacturing and operational performance. During her 3 0-year career, she has assisted automakers and suppliers in driving value c reation by leveraging the interface between finance, operational (plant flo or) efficiency, and the effective use of technology. Kimberly currently ser ves as a principal of her own firm SCRM, providing independent consulting s ervices, largely to equity funds and multiple holding family funds relating to sales growth, efficiency and market strategy.
Most recently Kimbe rly was the Chief Executive Officer for Dura Automotive Systems. Prior to j oining Dura, Kimberly was Chief Executive Officer of Rush Trucking, a $100 million long-haul trucking company. During the 2020 COVID Automotive shutdo wn, she helped to dramatically improve efficiency, reduce equipment cost in half and quadruple the customer base for Rush.
Kimberly sits on the Board of Directors for AMG Industries, LLC., and Romeo Rim, as well as on t he Executive Committee and General Board for The Children’s Center, a Detro it-based non-profit. She is a founding member and the first female chair of the Private Director’s Association, which provides training and insight fo r existing and potential board members of privately held companies. In 2019 she was named “Director to Watch” by Directors & Boards Magazine.
< p>Kimberly earned a Bachelor of Art in economics and accounting from Michig an State University and a Master’s in business administration from Walsh Co llege.