The bluEPrint by Executive Platforms

At the 2021 edition of the North American Finance Executive Summit   series held November 1-3 in Scottsdale, AZ, we spoke with Karlos Bustos, Board America's VP, Professional Services, about how the role of Finance within organizations is changing, how technology is enabling that change, and how that change impacts the way Finance leaders think and work. The interview was conducted just a few...

At the 2021 edition of the North American Finance Executive Summit   series held November 1-3 in Scottsdale, AZ, we spoke with Wolfgang Koester, Chief Evangelist for Kyriba, about how what organizations ask and expect of the Finance leaders is changing, and how Finance professionals are responding to these new roles and responsibilities both with new tools and technologies to enhance their capabil...

At the 2021 edition of the North American Finance Executive Summit   series held November 1-3 in Scottsdale, AZ, we spoke with Lester Zelada, an Enterprise Account Executive with High Radius, about how AI is freeing Finance executives from the drudgery of data processing and analysis while enabling them to identify challenges and opportunities faster than ever before. -- HighRadius is a Fintech en...

At the 2021 edition of the North American Finance Executive Summit   series held November 1-3 in Scottsdale, AZ, we spoke with Michael Loscavio of REPAY about how invoicing, account receivable processing, and customer experience during billing and payment is undergoing a dramatic transformation through new tools and technologies that allow companies to automate and omnichannel portions of the Fina...

At the 2021 edition of the North American Food Safety & Quality series held September 28th and 29th in Chicago we spoke with Laura Dunn Nelson, VP Food Safety and Global Alliances with Intertek Alchemy, about today's workforce and labor trends, and how the Food Industry needs to adjust some of its training, mentoring, and knowledge retention programs to respond to those trends. -- Laura D...

At the 2021 edition of the North American Food Safety & Quality series held September 28th and 29th in Chicago we spoke with Joe Heinzelmann, Director of Business Development with NEOGEN about the digital transformation sweeping the Food Industry, and what that means for Food Safety, Food Quality, and Food Compliance. -- Joe Heinzelmann Director of Business Development NEOGEN Joe Heinzelmann b...

At the 2021 edition of the North American Food Safety & Quality series held September 28th and 29th in Chicago we spoke with Terry Boboige & Paul Damaren of Perry Johnson Registrars Food Safety, Inc. about some of the current trends in the Food Safety industry, and what the future holds. -- Terry Boboige, President, Perry Johnson Registrars Food Safety, Inc. Paul Damaren, SVP, Perry Johnso...

At the 2021 edition of the North American Food Safety & Quality series held September 28th and 29th in Chicago we spoke with George Gansner, NSF International's Sr. Director CTTS, on the power of leveraging a global knowledge base to stay ahead of the curve on the challenges and opportunities the food industry faces today, and in the future. -- George joined NSF International in May 2017...

At the 2021 edition of the North American Food Safety & Quality series held September 28th and 29th in Chicago we spoke with Vanessa Grondin, OPTEL Group's VP, Global Strategy – CPG Division, about an upcoming traceability law, and what Food Safety and Food Quality professionals need to do to prepare their capabilities and processes to stay ahead of the regulatory curve. -- Vanessa Grondi...

At the 2021 edition of the North American Supply Chain Executive Summit   series held September 14th and 15th in Chicago we spoke with Ed Elsbury of Reveal USA on how supply chain executives can get the most out of SAP to leverage their data and improve their organization's performance, especially in turbulent times. -- Ed Elsbury Associate Partner Reveal USA As supply chain experts we use va...

At the 2021 edition of the North American Supply Chain Executive Summit   series held September 14th and 15th in Chicago we spoke with Neal Goffman of Vanguard Software, part of Wolters Kluwer, on how supply chain planning is changing, and what companies can and should do with these new capabilities to best navigate the evolving business landscape. -- Neal Goffman Vice President Vanguard Software,...

At the 2021 edition of the North American Supply Chain Executive Summit   series held September 14th and 15th in Chicago we spoke with Joe Buckley and Jon Holztrager of the University of Tennessee on how their approach to supply chain education —particularly for executives already working in the field— differs from other post-secondary institutions. -- University of Tennessee - Global Supply Chain...

At the 2021 edition of the North American Supply Chain Executive Summit   series held September 14th and 15th in Chicago we spoke with Chris Custhaw, Director, Commercial & Product Strategy for TMC, a division of C.H. Robinson, about how real-time visibility technologies have helped supply chain leaders keep things moving during the global pandemic, and how the last 18 months really have demon...

At the 2021 edition of the North American Supply Chain Executive Summit   series held September 14th and 15th in Chicago we spoke with Mike Erickson, CEO of AFMS LCC, about how the global pandemic impacted shippers, how they have adjusted their businesses to cope with changing demand and capacity, how those changes impact supply chain executives, and what companies need to know as they negotiate f...

At the 2021 edition of the North American Supply Chain Executive Summit   series held September 14th and 15th in Chicago we spoke with Jaymie Forrest, President & CEO at Activ Technologies, on how a new generation of tools are transforming the way supply chain executives do business. -- Jaymie Forrest President & CEO at Activ Technologies, Inc. A seasoned supply chain and logistics technol...

North American Manufacturing Excellent Summit 2021 was held virtually due to COVID19, but that did not prevent hundreds of senior manufacturing executives and the service and solution providers relevant to their interests from coming together to network, benchmark, learn, and share with one another during what has been a difficult year in uncharted business territory. In this interview, Willem Sun...

North American Manufacturing Excellent Summit 2021 was held virtually due to COVID19, but that did not prevent hundreds of senior manufacturing executives and the service and solution providers relevant to their interests from coming together to network, benchmark, learn, and share with one another during what has been a difficult year in uncharted business territory. In this interview, Justin Woo...

In this episode, get insights on: How the pandemic has impacted operating structures Management Systems during a crisis: Leaning in VS Building New Data Literacy: Building the framework to deliver meaningful innovation Creating a “Thermostatic Management System” -- Shane Yount President at Competitive Solutions, Inc. Shane A. Yount is a nationally recognized thought leader, author, and President o...

The 2020 edition of the Biomanufacturing World Summit was held virtually due to COVID19, but that did not prevent hundreds of industry leaders from coming together to network, benchmark, learn, and share with one another during what has been a difficult year for everyone.  One of the key topics discussed was work being done on COVID19 vaccines, and this interview is no exception. Gary Hutchinson o...

North American Food Safety & Quality 2020 was held virtually due to COVID19, but that did not prevent hundreds of food safety, quality, and compliance professionals from coming together to network, benchmark, learn, and share with one another during what has been a difficult year in uncharted business territory. In this interview, Peter Jardine of Bayer Digital Pest Management talks about how...

The 2020 edition of the North American Supply Chain Executive Summit was held virtually due to COVID19, but that did not prevent hundreds of industry leaders from coming together to network, benchmark, learn, and share with one another during what has been a difficult year in uncharted business territory. In this interview, Matt Balzola of Breakthrough offers a bold suggestion: The traditional ann...

Thought Process is our new series about effective leadership. This conversation is in Q&A format. Get an overview of how the financial crisis in 2008 influenced PepsiCo's 2020 Vision, Michael's expat experience restructuring PepsiCo's Asia, Middle East, and Africa business unit, and collaborating across regions, leading through disruption, and competing in China, and much more.

The 2020 edition of the North American Supply Chain Executive Summit was held virtually due to COVID19, but that did not prevent hundreds of industry leaders from coming together to network, benchmark, learn, and share with one another during what has been a difficult year in uncharted business territory. In this interview, Antony Lovell of Vuealta shares his insights into the flaw in so many orga...

North American Food Safety & Quality 2020 was held virtually due to COVID19, but that did not prevent hundreds of food safety, quality, and compliance professionals from coming together to network, benchmark, learn, and share with one another during what has been a difficult year in uncharted business territory. In this interview, Kimberly Allison of SAI Global talks about how supply chain ris...

The 2020 edition of the North American Manufacturing Excellence Summit was held virtually due to COVID19, but that did not prevent hundreds of senior executives and thought leaders from coming together to network, benchmark, learn, and share with one another during what has been a difficult year in uncharted business territory. In this interview, Matt Delaney of Covalent Networks talks about how m...