January 2010
ISM-Florida Gulf Coast, Inc. Bulletin
January 2010
ISM-Florida Gulf Coast is pleased to invite you to join us at the next meeting to be held on January 21, 2010 at “The Rusty Pelican” in Tampa on Rocky Point. Note the change of venue to this excellent facility.
Rusty Pelican Website with directions:
http://tampa.therustypelican.com/index.php
2425 North Rocky Point Drive
Tampa, FL 33607
813-281-1943
Meeting agenda – Note the change of venue for this special occasion
5:00 – 6:00 Networking/Registration/Cash Bar
6:00 – 6:30 Dinner Buffet
6:30 – 6:45 Business Meeting
6:45 – 7:30 Guest Speaker – Mr. Shelley Stewart, Jr., Chairman, ISM board of directors
Members Cost: $10.00
Nonmembers: $25.00
Reservations must be made by COB Tuesday, January 19, 2010.
Click the link below to register, and then click on January 21 “Regular Monthly Meeting” and the registration form will be at the bottom.
http://www.ism-florida.org/meetings-and-events/upcoming-events/
NOTE – This is a premium buffet, no meal selection is required
Bring your colleagues and management team along to hear Mr. Shelley Stewart, Jr., chairman of the ISM Board of Directors, on a topic of critical importance to all supply management professionals, “People, Processes and Technology, the three elements of a successful supply chain strategy.”
Speaker Profile – Shelley Stewart, Jr.
Institute for Supply Management™
Board Member
Shelley Stewart, Jr.
Senior Vice President, Operational Excellence and Chief Procurement Officer
Tyco International
Shelley Stewart, Jr. is senior vice president of operational excellence and chief procurement officer at Tyco, where he leads Tyco’s Six Sigma, lean manufacturing, information technology, working capital, real estate and supply chain initiatives across the company. Stewart is responsible for $13 billion in procurement spend, $600 million in IT costs and leads cross divisional teams in an effort to reduce cost and increase efficiency throughout Tyco.
Prior to joining Tyco, Stewart was senior vice president of supply chain management at Invensys plc, headquartered in London. In this position, Stewart provided leadership for the strategic sourcing of $4.6 billion and held overall responsibility for lean operational excellence. Before Invensys, Stewart was vice president of supply chain management with the Raytheon Company, joining them after 18 years with United Technologies Corporation, where he held numerous senior level supply chain and operational positions.
Stewart sits on several boards and professional councils. He is a member of The Conference Board’s Purchasing and Supply Leadership Council, the visiting board of directors at Howard University’s School of Business and is chair of Howard’s Supply Chain Advisory Board as well as a member of Purchasing magazine’s editorial advisory board. Locally, Stewart is an active participant of the board of directors for The Boys and Girls Club of Trenton/Mercer County.
Stewart holds a master’s degree in business administration from the University of New Haven and both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree from Northeastern University. He is co-author of Straight To The BottomLine™: An Executive’s Roadmap to World Class Supply Management (J. Ross Publishing).
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Career Opportunities:
Be sure to check the ISM-Florida Gulf Coast web site (http://www.ism-florida.org/careers/) for career opportunities. We are now posting openings under the Careers heading on the ISM-FGC site and on the ISM-Florida Gulf Coast LinkedIn network. Soon you will be able to see these available positions on the exclusive ISM-Florida Gulf Coast Jobing.com page.
If you have not already done so, please join the ISM-FGC LinkedIn network. (http://www.ism-florida.org/careers/linkedin/) to take full advantage of this professional networking group and to be the first to be notified of new openings.
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Membership
When renewing your ISM-Florida Gulf Coast Membership, or when applying to join ISM, please be sure to specify on the application/renewal form that you wish to be listed as a member of ISM-Florida Gulf Coast, Inc. You will not receive all the benefits of ISM-FGC membership if you are not correctly registered as a member of the affiliate.
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Next Meeting February, 18, 2010
The February meeting of ISM-Florida Gulf Coast will be February 18, and will feature Karen Bowser of Feld Entertainment (Ringling Brothers Circuses). This is a rare opportunity to see inside the unique and fast-paced world of traveling circus shows. Watch your email and the ISM-FGC web site for more details.