Webinar Series: Conversations with ASU Hal Fearon Fellows and Faculty
Join us for an engaging new series of webinars featuring the esteemed Hal Fearon Fellows and faculty from ASU’s Department of Supply Chain Management within the W.P. Carey School of Business. This unique Q&A session format allows participants to interact directly with our distinguished faculty members, who are experts in the complex world of supply chain management.
Topic: Geopolitical Risks and Tariffs
In today's rapidly changing world, understanding the implications of geopolitical risks and tariffs is crucial for effective supply chain management. During this webinar, our Fearon Fellows and faculty will address your pressing questions and provide insights on how these factors can influence business operations, trade policies, and market strategies.
What You’ll Gain:
- Direct access to leading experts in supply chain management.
- A deeper understanding of how geopolitical issues and tariffs impact businesses on a global scale.
- Practical strategies to navigate challenges and leverage opportunities in a volatile environment.
- An interactive platform to ask your specific questions and engage in rich discussions.
Don't miss this opportunity - register today!
Member-only event
This interactive webinar is reserved exclusively for CAPS Research members.
Engage directly with leading experts in supply chain management and get your questions answered on the evolving landscape of geopolitical risk and tariffs. Register to reserve your seat today!
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Meet our moderator and panel
Moderator
Adegoke Oke
Chair & Professor, Department of Supply Chain Management, Chair of the Harold E. Fearon Fellows
Arizona State University
Adegoke Oke joined ASU in 2006. He holds a Bachelor of Civil Engineering degree from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, an MBA from Cardiff Business School, Wales and a Ph.D. in Operations Management from Cranfield University’s School of Management, U.K. where he won the award for the best PhD and was also faculty for six years. He is presently a professor of supply chain management and the Hal Fearon Distinguished Fellow at the W.P. Carey School of Business, where he teaches courses in strategic procurement, technology and innovation management, operations management and global supply chain management. He is a world authority on innovation management and global supply chain management and his research focuses on innovation management practices in manufacturing, services and supply chain organizations.
Craig Carter
John G. Bebbling Professor in Business, Harold E. Fearon Fellow and Professor
Department of Supply Chain Management
Arizona State University
Craig Carter is the John G. and Barbara A. Bebbling Professor of Supply Chain Management. His primary research stream focuses on sustainable supply chain management. This research stream encompasses ethical issues in buyer-supplier relationships, environmental supply management, diversity sourcing, perceptions of opportunism in supply chain relationships, and the broader, integrative concepts of social responsibility and sustainability. A second and often intersecting area of research examines behavioral, decision making phenomena within supply management contexts.
Hitendra Chaturvedi
Professor of Practice
Department of Supply Chain Management
Arizona State University
Hitendra Chaturvedi joined ASU after a successful exit from GreenDust, a trailblazing reverse logistics start-up he founded in India. Backed by top-tier venture capital, including Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, GreenDust became a pioneering force in sustainable retail and e-commerce, leaving behind a lasting legacy in India’s startup ecosystem. A computer engineer from IIT Roorkee with an MS and MBA from the U.S., Hitendra launched his career in 1995 with consulting giants Ernst & Young and Kearney, before making the leap to Microsoft in Seattle. After several impactful years there, the pull of entrepreneurship led him to launch GreenDust and dive headfirst into building one of India’s most innovative circular economy ventures.
Gregory Collins
Assistant Teaching Professor
Department of Supply Chain Management
Arizona State University
Gregory Collins 雷轲林 is an Industrial Sinologist with expertise in global supply chain & operations strategy and Nearshoring / Reshoring / Outsourcing. Over 20 years of experience in China and Asia-Pacific countries with senior leadership roles at Microsoft, Flex, and Gerber Scientific. Since 2006, Professor Collins is founder and Chief Supply Chain Officer of The Lakeline Group, the Shanghai-based firm specializing in reshoring / nearshoring, private equity investment and consulting. He has worked with boards, management teams, and supply chains in over 30 countries and is fluent in Mandarin Chinese.
Harold E. Fearon Fellow and Associate Professor
Arizona State University
Robert Wiedmer
Assistant Professor
Department of Supply Chain Management
Arizona State University
Robert Wiedmer, Assistant Professor of Supply Chain Management, joined the Supply Chain Management Department at the W.P. Carey School of Business in 2016. Dr. Wiedmer completed his doctorate degree at Michigan State University. Prior to his doctoral studies, he worked as a postgraduate research assistant in maritime economics at the Cyprus University of Technology. He earned a graduate degree in business and engineering at the Dresden University of Technology in Germany, and a Master of Business Logistics Engineering at The Ohio State University. Dr. Wiedmer’s current research areas are buyer/supplier relationships, supply chain network analysis, and supply chain network design and its association to performance.
