Associate Vice President for IDC Manufacturing, Retail & Energy Insights, responsible for Industry 4.0 and supply chain research. Key capabilities and responsibilities include:- Develop and implement plans aligning with organizational goals.- Guide and manage a team, ensuring the delivery of high-quality insights and research.- Conduct thorough research, data analysis, and interpret market trends to provide actionable insights.- Design research methodologies and perform analysis for custom client projects, including cost of quality, customer success, and market analysis.- Utilize generative AI to analyze data extracted using workflow automation techniques, involving data scraping and API calls for structured analysis.- Possess a deep understanding of specific industries (e.g., manufacturing, retail, supply chain) for providing relevant insights.- Demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills for effectively presenting findings and recommendations to clients and stakeholders.- Manage multiple projects proficiently, ensuring timely and budget-compliant completion.- Build and maintain strong client relationships, delivering tailored solutions.- Familiar with relevant tools and technologies for data analysis and research.- Exhibit strong problem-solving skills for addressing complex challenges and developing innovative solutions.- Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.

As Research Director for IDC Manufacturing Insights, I am responsible for Industry 4.0 research, and the production, development and growth of the IDC Manufacturing Insights program in the Asia Pacific region. In this role with IDC, I will be delivering a research agenda that will appeal to technology buyers and vendors both in terms of subscription products and custom research in Industry 4.0 looking across ecosystems, value chains and supply chains of industrial organisations. For more information about this program, visit: https://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=IDC_P21094IDC is the premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events for the information technology, telecommunications, and consumer technology markets. With more than 1,100 analysts worldwide, IDC offers global, regional, and local expertise on technology and industry opportunities and trends in over 110 countries.

Assist with the making of decisions, provides input on the direction of the association and assist with keeping the development of the logistics profession on track for the future. Involved with the development of the LogiSYM brand for market engagement on behalf of the LSCMS. Grown from small annual industry meet-ups to multi-country events with hundreds of participants. Key responsibility is engagement with logistics and supply chain community to ensure sharing of concepts and ideas is furthered through the LogiSYM events and magazine platforms.I have programmed various websites for LogiSYM, as well as a marketing workflow where generative AI automatically creates social media text based on website content. This implementation has significantly reduced the time required to generate social media posts, enhancing marketing efficiency and allowing for more timely and relevant social media engagement.

Brand development, web site traffic growth, web site UI/UX design and implementation, data flow automation for marketing, order management and financial information flows. Use of RPA and workflow automation to facilitate user engagement, productivity of backoffice and implement new business capabilities for SMEs. Marketing and Logistics Consulting, as part of the LOGIS Group.

Lecturing at Bachelors and Masters level in Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Corporate Social Responsibility and Quality Management. Regional promotional and QA activities.

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