John Mcgriff Email & Phone Number

John McGriff is a Launch Senior Program Manager on the Global Engineering Services (GES) Launch Testing team for Amazon.com Services LLC. His current team is responsible for managing the planning, execution, and reporting of Operational Readiness Testing (ORT) where teams of operators test every on-site physical station, area and process and Live Order Testing (LOT) where a live simulation of product passes through the entire end-to-end process to ensure all defects are identified prior to building turnover. He ensures that holistic testing is completed within standard, identifying all defects for GES project teams to act on prior to launch and providing leadership with decision for pivot planning based on readiness. Prior to his current assignment at Amazon, he was responsible for the launching of new sites in Mexico, Brazil, Australia and Singapore. He focused on the solving of complex challenges of driving innovation to enable new FC/SC and other buildings to quickly hit benchmark rates while operating at full capacity. He also influences a team comprising of General Managers, Senior Operations Managers, Operation Managers, Area Managers, Start-Up Project Managers, Real Estate Project Managers and Design Engineers connected to a new launch site. Prior to his Launch position at Amazon, John performed the duties as a Senior Program Manager for the Transportation Shared Services (TSS) Key Initiative Team from 2018-2021, and as the Transportation Area Manager for the Jacksonville FL Sort Center (JAX5) from 2017-2018.Prior to joining Amazon, John had a 3 year career at KBR (formerly Honeywell Technology Solutions Inc) at the USMC Blount Island Command Jacksonville in support of the Maritime Prepositioned Ships (MPS) program as the Supply Officer for the Naval Supply Support Element. Prior to John's civilian career achievements, he had a 30-year career in the United States Navy, attaining the paygrade for Master Chief/E-9. John had sea tours in USS WORDEN (CG 18), USS COWPENS (CG 63), USS CURTS (FFG 38), USS MASON (DDG-87) and as the Supply Department Leading Chief Petty Officer of USS HARRY S TRUMAN (CVN 75). He also deployed with the US Army 82nd Airborne to Afghanistan as the Humanitarian Assistance Officer for CJTF-82. During these sea assignments, he deployed seven times to the Arabian Gulf AOR, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean or Mediterranean Sea. John's shore duty assignments included tours at NAVCAMS EASTPAC Wahiawa Hawaii, WHMO Camp David MD (NSF Thurmont), CNO Special Projects, NROTC University of Missouri, ATG Norfolk and ATG Mayport.