Gary Starr Email & Phone Number

Beaverton, Or, Us

Germantown, Maryland, Us

Driving Transformation, Integration, Operational and Supply Chain Excellence.

Kennewick, Wa, Us

Vice President of Global Manufacturing and Integrated Supply Chain Powin Energy. Manage all Global Manufacturing operations, Transportation, Logistics, Planning, Procurement, Warehousing and Compliance. Headquarted in the State of Oregon with our manufacturing network currently spanning China and Taiwan.Powin is a global leader in cost-effective, safe and scalable battery energy storage systems. The Powin Stack™ and StackOS™ battery energy storage platform is a vertically integrated and purpose-built solution for the demands of utility-scale, commercial and industrial, and microgrid applications. Powin's Stack hardware also features a modular architecture and streamlined installation process allowing for efficient scaling from MWhs to GWh scale. Behind Powin's industry-leading products is an unrivaled team of experts from across the energy industry, almost six decades of supply chain management expertise and extensive battery management software development proficiency.Headquartered in Greater Portland, Oregon, Powin provides the large-scale energy storage systems that are essential for utilities, IPPs and project developers as they develop the highly flexible and reliable grid of the future. Powin's business model, which spans from battery cell procurement through project operation, allows the company to control the full integration of its systems, closely manage assembly costs, control quality, and have certainty around supply chain. To date, Powin has installed or delivered over 250 MWh of battery storage projects, and coupled with its contracted sales pipeline, will exceed 1 GWh by 2021.The read in the link below discusses our major manufacturing expansion and how this helps positions us for leadership in our industry.https://medium.com/powin/powin-triples-production-capacity-and-commences-taiwanese-manufacturing-a7e75b397c6f?source=friends_link&sk=7f346fb90fa400eec79d0ab3f6d6f5c1

Manage Procurement Engineering teams and Project Management Office in U.S., EU and Asia. Member of Measurement and Analytics Leadership team. Manage cross-functional / multi-site savings process. Key partner with R&D on New Product Development, Supplier Development, Supply Base Rationalization and Supplier Quality in partnership with Global Quality and Supplier Quality Engineering.Key Accomplishments:• Designed and Executing 2 largest Quality Improvement Projects in business• Partnering on Product Rationalization and Global Manufacturing Strategy Shift• Managing supplier transitions from current Head Quarter site to global locations• Supply base rationalization

COMPANY TURNAROUND ROLE:I was recruited to help drive the turnaround at Erickson and was Accountable for the following: creating a Global Supply Chain organization including; Strategic Planning, Operational Planning, PSI / S&OP, Investment Planning, Real Estate Management, Transportation and Logistics, Import & Export Compliance, Central and Distributed Warehousing, Global Asset Deployment and Support, Procurement, Supplier Development, Global Trade, which encompasses Purchase, Sale and Lease of Rotary and Fixed Wing Aircraft and Purchase and Sale of all aircraft components. Additionally I tasked with managing cash for the entire company and driving dramatic improvement in the cash-to-cash cycle. I directly manage the AR and AP teams. Key Accomplishments:• Maintained company liquidity through effective AP/AR and Daily Cash Management and optimized collections• Finalized Global inventory database of 200,000 parts, greater than 99% inventory accuracy• Reset Mins / Maxs, Created BOM’s for all Assemblies• Renegotiated at a 50% annualized savings all aircraft leases which enabled company liquidity• Reduced inventory by $90M which was a 44% reduction• Documented offerings to generate over $50M in new cash for company• Ensured company liquidity until we declared Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection• Crafted 1st Day Motions with Outside Legal team• Drove Supplier communication plans and actions to ensure uninterrupted revenue upon Chapter 11 re-emergence• Personally ensured 100% Supply Chain service level as measured by revenue recognition, meaning Supply Chain was never the issue for any lost revenue

Hillsboro, Or, Us

COMPANY TURNAROUND ROLE:Responsibilities; Strategic Planning, Operational Planning, Investment Planning, Real Estate Management, Transportation and Logistics, Warehousing, Procurement (Procurement Engineering, Supplier Quality Engineering, Tactical Procurement, Commodity Management, Sustaining Engineering, Component Engineering), Supplier Development, Customer Order Fulfillment, Large Deals Approval, Manufacturing Strategy and Execution, Manufacturing Outsourcing. Board Secretary.• Consolidated assets to a single manufacturing site from four sites to conserve cash and maximize operational asset utilization and productivity• Key Global Team member on creation and implementation of S&OP process• Mothballed non-economically producing operations and assets• Drove outsourcing of operations to economically viable companies• Renegotiated pricing for all direct and indirect materials• Created and Managed a Daily Sales Management review and approval process• Created an Order Fulfillment Team that delivered a 100% Acknowledgement-to-Delivery Service Level to our end customers• Managed AP/AR and Daily Cash• Sold land and assets in record time and above market pricing to generate operational cash• Negotiated $130 Million in Take-or-Pay contracts to $0 Liability• All of the above actions resulted in the avoidance of bankruptcy and eventual growth in headcount

Beaverton, Or, Us

The Danaher Business System (DBS) is Danaher’s Lean Continuous Improvement System, initially modeled after the world famous Toyota Production System. DBS is more than a systemic Lean Improvement Toolkit; it drives a corporate wide culture of continuous improvement and results in significant differentiated shareholder value. Primary Operations DBS resource with direct accountability for implementing Kanban (Pull based) material replenishment on the shop floor at manufacturing operations in China and the U.S. Additionally accountable for Back Office transactional process improvements related to Supply Chain and Procurement effectiveness.

Beaverton, Or, Us

Direct oversight, responsibility and full accountability for leading global sourcing, procurement, transportation and logistics, Procurement Engineering, Sustaining Engineering, Component Engineering, Supplier Quality Engineering (SQE), New Product Introduction procurement (NPI), Commodity Management, organizational development, building, hiring, training, and mentoring China Supply Chain team to support the diverse manufacturing demands of multiple global design, sourcing, purchasing and production teams and projects. Annual spend management greater than $150M. In late 2009 thru balance of 2010 Tektronix has been off-shoring the majority of our manufacturing from the U.S. to our China operation. Directly accountable for organizational design, change management, and complex program management related to transfer of thousands of parts to both existing and new LCR suppliers in China to support manufacturing. Off-shoring program flawlessly executed.

Beaverton, Or, Us

ORGANIZATION CREATION ROLE:Direct oversight, responsibility and full accountability for leading global procurement, New Product Introduction procurement (NPI) embedded in R&D, Tactical Procurement, Supplier Quality Engineering, Procurement Engineering, Sustaining Engineering, Component Engineering, formal mentor of China Supply Chain Manager. Design and successful execution of a global holistic Replenishment system.Rationalized supply base from 700 down to 325; dramatically improving Inventory Turns, Improving Quality, Improving Availability and reducing cost. Executed by creating three Project Teams; EMS, Mechanicals and Electro-mechanicals. Actualized by pulling Sustaining Engineering and Component Engineering out of R&D and joining these teams in Procurement. This change gave my team the authority to manage Life Cycle & Supplier Change management by owning EC for released products.Restructured

Houston, Texas, Us

ORGANIZATION TURNAROUND ROLE:Direct responsibility and full accountability for leading global sourcing for all strategic materials in Hewlett-Packard’s largest and most profitable business unit. Oversight of business and technical sourcing teams, Supplier Quality Engineering (SQE), Procurement Engineering (PE) and New Product Introduction (NPI) Procurement. Team consisted of Business Managers, Electrical, Mechanical and Chemical Engineers (all PhD level), Senior Finance Analysts, Strategic Capacity Planners, and Supply Chain Analysts. Supporting materials for 13 Global factories (HP assets and Contract Manufacturers); > $2B in spend. Chaired Global Product Steering Committee, which set roadmap for all global printing and plotting product offerings. Interfaced both internally and externally at the Executive level. Patent Review Board member. Company Acquisition assessment, negotiation and supply chain integration. 5 Year in year savings >$900,000,000. Average 9.6% savings rate over 5 years where my predecessors had an average savings rate of 3%.

Houston, Texas, Us

ORGANIZATION CREATION ROLE:Responsibilities included; Creation, development and management of entire Procurement function; Procurement Engineering, Supplier Quality Engineering, Commodity Management, Transfer Project Management. This organization was chartered to save HP 100's of Millions in Site Expansion and New Site development costs with all of the CAPEX and Labor Costs tied to same. In partnership with CFO and Operations Leads developed both released product and new product Make vs. Buy analyses. Outsourced and off shored dozens of existing product lines and New Product Lines to Contract Manufactures. My team over-achieved our Total Savings Objectives both ahead of schedule and under budget. Our processes and toolkit were duplicated across the company and used in multiple divisions of HP. As a result of my teams successes in this role I was directly recruited to take over all Strategic Materials in Imaging and Printing with a spend control over $2 Billion. • Built entire technical and business procurement staff.• Created global procurement strategy for direct material supplier management, and outsource supplier interactions.• Ensured all R&D checkpoints were met on schedule, and quality, availability and cost goals were supported.

Houston, Texas, Us

My team managed majority of supplier relationships for Inkjet business unit. Controlled spend in hundreds of millions. I partnered with R&D for new product development and new supplier selection. I negotiated supplier costs, conducted project negotiation and management, executed contracts. • Implemented a new world-wide safety stock and ordering guideline system for tactical Buyers, which eliminated the need for new warehouse. • Selected to train and mentor Supply Chain, and Procurement talent in all five global manufacturing sites. Short Term FSA in Ireland, Puerto Rico and Singapore sites• Lead project in new Puerto Rico and Ireland sites to select and qualify new local suppliers.• Created cross-functional global commodity teams for business unit as a best practice.• Created and implemented globally Quarterly Cross-Functional Savings Workshops with 5-Stage Gate process. Global process resulted in savings in tens of millions of dollars.

Education record

Management; Magna Cum Laude, International Business