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TOP 100 LEADERS
" There is a lot of built-in inertia that favours our existing linear model . As pressures mount , disruptive leaders are going to find the ways to design , source and build to this circular method . I believe technology will lead the charge ."

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Kevin Brown
Chief Supply Chain Officer Dell Technologies
Kevin Brown is a global supply operation . As Executive Vice chain executive with three
President of Global Operations decades of leadership experience and Chief Supply Chain Officer for across a broad range of sectors Dell Technologies , Kevin leads an such as operations , technology , organisation of approximately 7,700 and procurement . team members in 23 countries and Throughout his professional a procurement budget of US $ 67bn . career he has focused primarily
During his two decades at Dell , on strategic and transformative Kevin has occupied leadership initiatives , innovations and positions in several of Dell ' s partnerships to increase different business units , including efficiencies , savings , and
Chief Procurement Officer , and effectiveness within a business earlier positions setting up lean
IT Service & IT Consulting United States manufacturing organisations in the U . S and Malaysia . Before Dell , he gained experience for 10 years in the shipbuilding industry , working on U . S . Department of Defence projects .
He holds a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts as well as an MSc in Engineering Management from George Washington University .
Kevin was selected as a member of the Council on Foreign Relations .
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