Supply Chain Executive

John Dardick m: 303-***-**** e: ***********@*****.*** http://www.linkedin.com/in/johndardick

Thought leader, strategy, operations & business development executive with history creating value & competitive advantage.

Leadership: Thought Leadership, Strategy, Management

Finance: Make Money, Save Money, & Invest Wisely, P&L

Business Development: Distributor, Reseller & OEM

Supply Chain: Vendor Management, Sourcing,

Direct & Indirect Procurement, Contracts, Negotiations

Operations: Six Sigma Executive Champion and Green Belt

Values: Integrity, Accountability, Teamwork, Innovation, Customers

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Spring Creek Consulting Lafayette, CO 2017 - 2019

Business consultant focused on improving performance - operations, supply chain, vendor management, procurement, sourcing and business development.

Principal

Develop and execute strategies for business development and outsourced supply chain.

FE.com

oExecuted partnership with ASCII Group, community of 1400 independent resellers, and 4 additional global VARs

Consulting with manufacturer to improve supply chain economics and throughput performance

Consulting with several startups to drive product development and capital raise

Mentor for Go Code Colorado

FaktorZ, formerly The Digital Garage Boulder, CO 2015 - Present

Startup, automated DevOps Cloud Native aPaaS for software development.

Co-Founder/Advisory Board/COO

Co-develop strategic business plan and manage strategic partner business development, vendors, sourcing, contracts, product, and funding.

Secured seed capital investment

Built services productization, commercial and monetization model

Developed and implemented strategic sourcing supplier plan

Developed strategic partnerships with suppliers

iEldra Broomfield, CO 2017 - 2018

Startup Healthcare IoT company, Smart Activity Monitoring solution provides stay in place support for aging adults.

Vice President Supply Chain

Develop and manage outsourced supply chain, vendors, sourcing, procurement, product, and contracts. Assist fund raising process and strategic partner development.

Negotiated, contracted, and implemented BPO partnerships

Developed supply chain sourcing partnerships with product suppliers, domestic and offshore

Westcon Group / Verecloud Louisville, CO / Broomfield, CO 2011 - 2015

Westcon is a value-added distributor of category-leading unified communications, network infrastructure, data center, security solutions, and Cloud services through a global reseller network. Westcon acquired Verecloud (startup value-added distributor of Cloud services. Developed and operated Cloud services brokerage platform).

Vice President Global Cloud Portfolio and Services; Westcon Group (2014 - 2015)

Cloud services global GTM strategy and execution; Cloud services vendor portfolio management, Cloud services business requirements and productization; IT sourcing for service brokerage platform development.

Developed global vendor playbook for supplier commercial model and productization

Negotiated and managed sourcing IT professional services and applications for platform development

Collaborated with legal counsel to build partner contracts framework and documents

COO, Executive Vice President Product, Global Business Development; Verecloud (2011 - 2014)

Global leadership and development of cloud services portfolio, vendor management, Reseller ecosystem (IT, Communications Services Providers and Master Agents). Managed sourcing of IT outsourced professional services and applications. Developed strategy and executed Verecloud acquisition.

Developed corporate strategy and commercial operating plan

Built strategic cloud vendor services catalog- launched 14 services in 120 days

Developed and managed customer acquisition- recruited 885 Telco agents in 90 days

Initiated and orchestrated Westcon engagement, culminated in acquisition of Verecloud

Zones Auburn, WA 2009 - 2010

$1B B to B Direct Marketing Reseller of IT products and solutions.

Vice President Vendor and Product Management

IT Hardware business unit leader, Managed $500M P&L and vendor portfolio

Delivered hardware revenue and GP records, 40% Y/Y GP increase

Networking and Storage BU - delivered 80% Y/Y margin dollar growth and 30% Y/Y revenue growth

Vendor investment- increased 39% Y/Y on 33% revenue growth

Business development - customer acquisition program, 4000 customers in 2010

Incentra Broomfield, CO 2006 - 2009

Global $250M value-added Reseller of IT solutions - products, managed and professional services.

Senior Vice President Purchasing, Sourcing, Vendor Management

Global leader for vendor business development and management, inventory planning and procurement, sourcing and contract management.

Sourcing program development and implementation - reduced sourcing leakage >70%

Designed and deployed automated forecast to order process

Negotiated sourcing agreements - increased 2008 profit contribution by $7M

Avnet Technology Solutions Tempe, AZ 2003 – 2005

Global, $30B value-added distributor of technology products and services.

Vice President Supply Chain Operations and Services

ATS Executive Team. BU leader responsible for developing and optimizing integrated supply chain operations and services – planning, procurement, sourcing, engineering, assembly, distribution, and ISO; $1B P&L support.

Championed and launched Operations Excellence strategy, Six Sigma and Lean - $18M annual savings

Implemented flex assembly- increased productivity 50% and quality to 99.96%

Consolidation of distribution and transportation operations generated $8M cost avoidance

GE Access, a General Electric Company Boulder, CO 1995 – 2002

Global, $3.4B value-added wholesale distributor of technology products and services to value-added resellers.

Vice President Operations, Purchasing, Vendor Management, Sourcing, Logistics

Business leader for all divisions' supply chain, vendor portfolio, S&OP, procurement, business development, marketing operations, contracts, sourcing, assembly, customer service, & logistics, $80M P&L.

Launched value-added outsourced distributor services LOB for Cisco - $60M first year revenue

Initiated and Implemented indirect sourcing program - $16M savings, reduced provider portfolio by 80%

Logistics- 39% productivity increase, 99.99% inventory accuracy, $20M facility and freight cost reduction

Restructured procurement organization- increased inventory velocity from 6 to 14 turns

Risk mitigation- $0 inventory obsolescence

Developed re-engineered Sun server supply chain - decreased cycle time from 8 weeks to 2 days

First certified Six Sigma Executive Champion and Green Belt business leader

Integrated Marketing Solutions Omaha, NE 1992 - 1994

International strategy consulting firm focused on go-to-market, demand generation, and supply chain.

Associate Partner

Provided consulting services to IBM- retail channel program and product development

Developed and launched Options by IBM GTM product portfolio, channel program, training program for channel sales organization and partners

Connecting Point of America / Intelligent Electronics Englewood, CO 1988 – 1992

National $2B franchisor and distributor of technology products from the IT industry’s leading companies.

Director Purchasing and Vendor Business Development

Responsible for inventory planning and procurement, vendor management and business development, contracts; managed national distributor partner program.

Designed and implemented programs and processes - supported revenue growth from $50M to $1B

Managed National Account Vendor program- grew annual revenue from <$50M to >$450M

Vendor business development- increased revenue >$100M, >$5M contribution to operating income

Dardick Office Systems Richmond, VA; Midlothian, VA; Washington, DC 1982 – 1988

Multi location ComputerLand franchisee; reseller of computer products and services, $28M annual revenue.

Partner, Vice President Operations

Vendor management, business development, inventory planning and procurement, distribution.

FORMAL EDUCATION:

University of Florida; Gainesville, Florida

Courses completed in Business Administration and Economics

Miami Dade College; Miami, Florida

AA, Business Administration

SMU, Cox School of Business; Dallas, TX

Certificate Program; Leadership, Strategy, Change, and Renewal

TRAINING & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:

GE

Six Sigma Executive Champion and Green Belt

Change Acceleration Process (CAP)

Avnet

Leadership I – Executive Strategic Thinking, Planning and Execution

Leadership II – Alchemy of a Successful Business

Succeeding As an Ethical Company

Finance for Business Managers

INTERESTS:

Family, fitness, hiking, fishing, cycling, racquet sports, reading, mentoring

References are available upon request.

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