Supply Chain Management

COO, CPO, Operations and Supply Chain Management Leader, who leverages technology and analytics to transform Businesses and Supply Chains, builds value, drives growth, and creates a thriving environment of continuous improvement. Experienced revenue and profit generating officer, an experienced Board Member in Start-ups of Leading-Edge technology sectors. Large Corporations and SME M&A experienced Global Thinking, Local Acting Executive whose experience spans many regions around the world.

Leading the Way as he trains teams to design and deliver value streams through advanced operations and supply chain process implementation. He has extensive experience in sourcing and designing supply chains in North America, Asia, and Europe and has been based in several Asian countries over the past 15 years. Mark Shandley remarks “I have lived and worked in 39 countries with a plethora of rich experiences.” His recent experience has been focused on driving business growth in Structural Insulated Panels used in Modular Construction. He utilizes his past mass production and lot build experience to help Clients set up Franchises (in factory systems) that produce SIPs and their connections called StructSlabs. StructSlab.com and YouTube.

Speaking Personally…

Q. How do you envision the role of Supply Chain Management into the Future?

A. Each day technology becomes more embedded in everything we do. Tapping into these resources and knowledge base is the key and the art of Supply Chain Design and Management. The role becomes increasingly pervasive and true value-add to the bottom line of any corporation. Customers benefit as well with Lean transportation routes, tracking mechanisms, whether it is for manufacturing, consumer or industrial, effective Supply Chain Management is one of the keys to delighting customers and efficiency in execution. Shandley’s patented process below is graphically displayed below.

Skills

Lean - Six Sigma Professional Board of Directors Member LiDAR and CMOS Sensor

Large Scale Operations P&L Management Sarbanes-Oxley Act Consumer Electronics

High Mix Low Volume Foreign Country Business Savvy Camera Modules

Kaizen Sensei 6S Expat - worked in 39 countries Change management

ERP Implementations Customer Care – Service Repair Printers

Supply Chain Management ISO9001:2015 Certification Implementation Reverse Logistics

Start-ups Robotics Supplier Negotiations Building Industrial Supply

Product Development Direct Product Shipping Merchandising B2B B2C

Software Development eCommerce Reverse Auction Logistics

Business Solutions ISO14001 ISO STANDARDS RFP RFI

Board Advisor Small Business Turnarounds CEO

CFO C-Suite Medical Device Mfg. Consultant Practice

Experience

COO – StructSlab Incorporated June 2018 to Present

Shandley was appointed to Start-up the North American Entity for KomodoSource Corporation after serving on the Board for 4 years. He currently leads the R&D, Engineering, Order to Cash, System Development, and Supply Chain for this Premier Building Supply Company. The panel product is very unique to the building arena and is causing positive evolution and disruption to traditional building techniques. Mark leads operations, Sales, and Supply Chain with offices in Hong Kong, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, LA, Texas, Taiwan, and China. Formulation and IP for the Cellular Structure Panel product line is by Mark and his key Engineers. He has served on the Board for 5 years and involved in several countries with Humanitarian Housing Efforts. The panels are mainly used in Social Housing, but several US State Housing Authorities are beginning to recognize the method and systems in plans to build communities of affordable housing. Mark also is an advisor to the Board for several start-up LiDAR companies.

StructSlab.com – Evolved Structural Panels – YouTube/Structslab

SVP Operations & CPO - Velodyne LiDAR November 2015 to June 2018

Leading the way in LiDAR sensors and autonomous suites and solutions, Mark led the operations team through 330% year-over-year growth. Led the team to ISO9001:2015 certification on the road to TS16949 for Automotive. Ran all aspects of Operations, Mega-Factory start-up, Robotics line design and implementation, and R&D projects to the LiDAR Sensor Product Roadmap. Developed and Implemented Indoor and Outdoor Test Ranges, and Customer Relationship building. Provided strong support for a C-Round funding raise of $150 million from Ford and Baidu. Key relationships were established with the 11 Major Automakers, The Top Driving on-demand companies, Top AI developers, and Tier 1 automotive suppliers. He was directed to develop a competitive product in the Autonomous Drone space that was outside of R&D scope of design at Velodyne but of great adjacent market interest.

Velodynelidar.com is now Ouster.

Vice President of Operations - Freedom Scientific BLV April 2013 through November 2015

Mark headed the Operations and Supply Chain with Manufacturing in St. Petersburg, FL, and CMs in Southeast Asia. Responsibilities included SoP and End-to-End Supply Chain. Product lines H/W and S/W that enables legally blind persons to interact with the Internet and smart devices. Global responsibility including EU and German GMbH distribution point and Service Repair. Direct Product Testing, Final Packaging, and Shipments Worldwide. Also managed a direct merchandising store from experience working in bookstores with POS.

Freedomscientific.com

Board of Directors Operations - Komodo Composites HK Ltd. April 2012 through April 2013

Advisor to the CEO for Operations and Supply Chain

He and his team set up and manage plants in several African countries and the Caribbean.

President and CEO closed the company

Flextronics International – Executive Career in Operations and Supply Chain March 2000 through March 2013

Carrying various Executive Titles, assignments, deployments, and Expatriate work, Mark was immersed in copious types of Consumer Electronics Manufacturing. Most noted was the movement of the Supply Chain from Malaysia to Southern China (ZhuHai) starting up 1 million square feet of Manufacturing and Logistics Space for the leading Inkjet Manufacturer in the world. His team moved the entire supply chain and manufacturing from Malaysia to China.

In 2011, Mark was stationed in Shah Alam, KL Malaysia to support bringing up a Class 100 manufacturing fitting it with a fully automated line to produce 300,000 camera modules per day. 5000 Employees were hired and the Capital Equipment and Bring-up were part of Mark’s responsibilities along with connecting the Supply Base and performing PPAP on each component.

Mark’s team was key in developing the ODM Camera Module and Sensor set for first and second-generation Microsoft Kinect, on time for launch. The second generation is a short-range LiDAR with ToF sensor, and this is where he gained his base knowledge in this space and used it later in his career for ADAS vehicle sensors.

Mark was recognized as Supply Chain Manager of the Year by Supply Chain Asia Magazine in 2011 for leading the teams through these efforts and recognized the Flex Supply Chain Management organization for the white papers that were published. Mark came to Flex from an acquisition of Chatham Technologies (a leading ODM and deployment company for cell phone infrastructure) and he developed teams and processes that became known as the Strategic Supply Chain Management organization.

Mark’s teams worked on Digital Cameras, Camera Modules for Smart Devices and Mobile phones, Major Copying Systems, and Printers by the leading OEMs in the world.

Mark’s team provided maximum profit and revenue to Flex’s bottom line in business while managing a $5+ Billion Supply Chain. Highlights include inventory turns of 12.3 on average and sub 700 DPPM in quality.

Mark is an avid Sensei and promotes the culture of Kaizen with over 500 Kaizen events at two of the sites his team managed.

Mark originally formed a Global Mechanical sourcing team, at that time, a predominantly Electronics Manufacturer before that time.

Titles ranged from starting as Material Manager for Mechanicals to Director and VP of Supply Chain to VP of Print Operations.

Shandley was the point lead for Supply Chain and Operations in the M&A of Xerox, Kodak, and Vista Point which Flex acquired the 3 company’s supply chain, operations, and R&D. The acquisition and consolidations of Xerox allowed the Client to achieve a 41% cost reduction.

Flex.com

VP of Supply Chain - Chatham Technologies May 1999 through March 2000

Flextronics purchased this $2.5 Billion Company that was built through acquisition and became Flextronics Enclosures. Mark built and led the Global Supply Chain team with primary commodities used to build cell phone infrastructure.

President and CEO – SJC Manufacturing Inc. June 1992 through March 1999

Mark bootstrapped an Electronics Manufacturing Company in Colorado Springs and Fort Worth, TX servicing such great customers as Samsung, AST Computers, Web Gear, Johnson and Johnson, and many more emerging technologies. The company and its SMT line coupled with unique WiFi testing equipment was acquired by Web Gear Engineering in 1999.

Building a Career in Operations in Supply Chain, Before 1992.

Mark has the rich experience of working for Apple Computer from hourly into management in his 6-year career there. He also worked in Planning, Purchasing, and logistics and supported 3 international sites as well.

CONVEX Supercomputer, Packaging Corporation of America, and AMPEX Video Systems where all Planning and purchasing roles move into mid-management.

Education

Masters of Education: Academic Teaching, 1994

Christian Faith Bible College – Oxnard, CA/Colorado Christian University - Colorado Springs, CO

GPA 4.0

Academic Achievement Award

Keynote Speaker at Class Graduation

Top 1% of class

Bachelor of Administration: 1992

University of Colorado - Colorado Springs, CO

AA Associates: Business, 1984

North Lake College - Dallas, TX B A: Business, 1983

North Texas State University - Denton, TX - Undergraduate Pre-Medical

Accomplishments

Public Speaker:

2010 and 2011 JOC Container Conference - Shanghai

2012 Supply Chain Officers Summit – Singapore

2013 Supply Chain Summit - Hong Kong

2009 Supply Chain Officer Summit – Shanghai

Invited Awards and Recognition:

2009 Top 25 Supply Chain Professionals - Supply Chain Magazine

2011 Supply Best Practice of the Year - Electronics

2011 Supply Chain Manager of the Year - Supply Chain Asia.org.

Professional Board of Directors Seats

LookIt – LiDAR sensor company for self driving cars

Supply Chain Designs LLC of California and Texas – Present

KomodoSource Corporation of California - Present

Komodo Composites HK Ltd. 2012 to Present

Board Member Institute of Supply Chain Management - Rocky Mountain Chapter 1990-91

Community Involvement

Board Member Colorado Diabetes Director 1990 - 1995

Board Member of 2 Charitable Organizations 1992-1999

A Lean/Six Sigma practitioner that leads and motivates teams to exceed customer's expectations, Mark is an energetic, creative and innovative leader who has worked in OEM, ODM and EMS businesses, designing supply chains across the globe. Through Extensive International Business Experience in many countries and cultures, Mark understands how to partner with suppliers across the globe.

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