New members head supply management groups at General Motors, Plains All American Pipeline, Procter & Gamble.
Tempe, AZ. – December 13, 2021 — CAPS Research, a non-profit supply management research center at Arizona State University, has appointed four new senior supply chain management (SCM) executives and experts to its Executive Committee and Executive Advisory Board.
“CAPS has the honor and great advantage of partnering closely with CPOs and notable supply chain management experts creating bias-free knowledge, strategies, and forums that advance the profession,” said Bryan Fuller, managing director of CAPS Research and former CPO of Mastercard. “Our newest board members represent forward-thinking, industry-leading senior executives and the best of academia, and we are thrilled by the expertise and vision they bring to CAPS.”
James Ferrell, Vice President of Supply Chain Management at Plains All American Pipeline, has been appointed as chair of the CAPS Executive Advisory Board following two terms as a board member, and Ana Elena Marziano, Chief Purchasing Officer at Procter & Gamble, who has also previously served on the board, becomes Vice-Chair. Both positions play an important role in the CAPS Executive Committee, where they join leadership from CAPS, Arizona State University, and Institute for Supply Management in determining the direction of CAPS and promoting successful partnership.
Having completed their terms on the Executive Committee, Dan Carrell, former CAPS Board Chair and Vice President of Global Procurement at IBM, and Sue Spence, former CAPS Board Vice Chair and Vice President of Sourcing and Procurement at FedEx Services, will now transition to advisory board roles.
CAPS also welcomes new Executive Advisory Board members Marc Menden, Executive Director of Global Purchasing & Supply Chain at General Motors, and Robert Handfield, Professor of Supply Chain Management at North Carolina State University and Director of the Supply Chain Resource Cooperative. CAPS Executive Advisory Board members are generally chief procurement officers or equivalent at Fortune 1000 CAPS member companies. With increased interest in cultivating partnerships with academia and other notable SCM organizations, Handfield – who also brings considerable industry experience – is the first CAPS board member to represent a partner university.
“CAPS has been at the forefront of the profession since its inception 35 years ago, but in the last few years, the organization really began tapping into and getting ahead of the needs of senior supply management leaders at big companies,” said James Ferrell, new CAPS board chair. “I’m excited to collaborate with my peers from across industries on strategies that will take our organizations to the next level, taking advantage of our ties to academia, and commitment to sales-free, bias-free, leading-edge knowledge.”
Board members serve a maximum of two three-year terms and represent the function of supply management. They provide strategic direction and operating guidance, leverage their networks and identify potential members, represent SCM research interests of members and practitioners, and help prioritize new initiatives.
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About CAPS Research
CAPS Research (the Center for Advanced Procurement Strategy), is a B2B nonprofit research center at Arizona State University, serving supply management leaders at Fortune 1000 companies. CAPS Research inspires leaders with profound discovery and executable strategies to shape the future of supply management. CAPS was established in 1986 at the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University in partnership with Institute for Supply Management. Explore with us at www.CAPSResearch.org.
