Please Welcome Kevin Sullivan to the Manufacturing Industry Blog

It is with great pleasure I introduce Kevin Sullivan as our latest Manufaturing Industry Thought Leader. Kevin has a distinguished career at Cisco and is currently a director in the Industrial & Diversified Manufacturing Practice of the Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG).

In this role, Kevin helps leading manufacturers become more competitive by transforming their businesses through leading processes and innovative technology enablement. His areas of expertise include business strategies for customer management, product innovation, supply chain, and financial management.

Kevin has led transformation initiatives for numerous Fortune 500 manufacturing and retail companies, and has coached CXOs on adapting new technology to achieve strategic business goals.

Kevin has authored many papers in his time, including:

• Accelerating Lean Productivity with Immersive Collaboration  (jointly with Craig Hartman, 2009)
• Active Collaboration Room: Transforming Business Models by Accelerating Distributed Team Performance  (jointly with Brian Suckow and Andreas Mai, 2010)

You can find out more about Kevin by clicking on the IBSG Bio link here, or simply stay tuned to hear ideas, thoughts and stories from Kevin himself as he begins to blog.

Welcome Kevin!

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