Senior leader with over 25 progressive and broad-based years of experience in all aspects of Supply Chain, Operations and Manufacturing Management in multi-national and multi-union companies. Skilled in creating and leading teams that have consistently achieved stretch goals on a year-over-year basis. A proven hands-on Change Management and Six Sigma leader who has successfully balanced strategy and tactical execution to create and drive best practices for people, process and technology improvement. Well-known for acquiring, mentoring and developing leaders of the future in business, professional and academic environments. Specialties: Strong financial and manufacturing operations acumen with ability to align Top-to-Top management teams. Development and execution of strategic solutions using ,for example, Lean/Six Sigma and I-TRIZ tools for manufacturing (e.g. product or process-related) and/or administrative (e.g. people, process or system-related) issues or innovation opportunities. Building global and diverse teams to achieve and exceed customer needs.

Director of Supply Chain @ From June 2015 to Present (7 months) Adjunct Professor @ Bringing real world experience into the classroom, I have developed and taught courses in Global Strategic Sourcing; Breakthrough Thinking, Service Performance Metrics, and Leadership Strategies. Enabled creative solutions for delivery in traditional classroom format as well as on-line and blended classroom environments. In-country experience includes the U.S., Dominican Republic and Dubai. From 2003 to Present (12 years) Director, Supply Chain @ From August 2010 to June 2015 (4 years 11 months) Chief Procurement Officer & Group Director @ Strong personal accountability for strategy creation and execution in the following areas: Indirect & Direct spend top-to-top negotiations, change management, portfolio / category management, inventory (internal Bill-of-Material & contract manufacturing). Licensing, mergers & acquisition experience including due diligence, business continuity, real estate integration and divestiture. Developed, communicated, and implemented Procurement training and competency framework including SOX and FDA-compliant policies and procedures. Balancing a sense of urgency with short term and long term business plans. From January 2007 to January 2010 (3 years 1 month) Strategic Sourcing Manager @ Capital acquisition, commodity strategy creation, outsourcing and external manufacturing, MRO From 1998 to 2001 (3 years) Global Supply Chain Leader @ Manufacturing, Engineering and Supply Chain Leadership. Systems Implementation leadership in ERP, MRP, Distribution, Logistics, RF and personnel talent development. From January 1995 to March 1998 (3 years 3 months)

PhD, Leadership Strategies & Org. Development @ Capella University From 2005 to 2008 M.S., Service Management @ Rochester Institute of Technology From 2002 to 2003 B.S., Industrial Distribution, Mechanical Engineering and Market Research @ Clarkson University From 1984 to 1986 Joe Packard is skilled in: Leadership, Medical Devices, Outsourcing, Strategy, Supply Chain, Six Sigma, Change Management, Continuous Improvement, Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing, Management, Lean Manufacturing, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Organizational Design, Organizational Development, Purchasing, Team Leadership