Kevin O'Marah

Co-Founder @ Zero100

About

Supply chain technology evangelist. Creator of Gartner’s Supply Chain Top 25, author of Supply Chain Saves the World, believer in Amazon’s ability to deliver a better future.

Country

United States

City

Key West

Industry

Internet

Skill

Strategy, Leadership, Supply Chain Management, Management Consulting, Mergers, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Business Strategy, Start-ups, Forecasting, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Product Management, Product Marketing, Market Analysis, Sales Operations, Enterprise Software, Competitive Analysis, Mergers & Acquisitions, Analysis, Management

Experience

Co-Founder

Zero100

2021-10 - Present · 5 yrs

London Area, United Kingdom

Director

Amazon

2018-10 - 2021-9 · 3 yrs

Greater Seattle Area

Developing content, events and recognition programs for groups of Amazon external business partners.

Chief Content Officer

SCM World, A Gartner Community

2013-1 - 2018-8 · 5 yrs 8 mos

London, United Kingdom

Architect of Learning Engine for SCM World’s community of 20,000 supply chain practitioners. Co-chaired Executive Advisory Board of 16 C-Level supply chain executives. Author of over 300 articles and reports including: - The annual Future of Supply Chain which surveyed 1500 practitioners worldwide on 50 strategic questions relating to digital technology, talent, sustainability, globalization, organization design, etc. - The Matrix: A Digital Roadmap for COO’s - Apple vs. Amazon: Lessons for the Rest of Us - Revolution Retail: A Supply Chain View of Ecommerce and Omnichannel - The SCM World University 100

Senior Research Fellow, Stanford Global Supply Chain Management Forum

Stanford University Graduate School of Business

2011-7 - 2015-5 · 3 yrs 11 mos

Palo Alto California

Research and knowledge sharing with practitioners under leadership of Dr. Hau Lee. Hosted SER Supply Chain Conference, Oct 2012. Led Roundtable at Value Chain Innovation in Developing Economies, May 2013. Contributed to research social and environmental responsibility in supply chain. https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/working-papers/carrots-or-sticks-improving-social-environmental-compliance https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/publications/maturity-responsible-supply-chain-managemen

Group Vice President

Gartner

2000-9 - 2011-7 · 10 yrs 11 mos

Boston

Led Gartner's supply chain research group after acquisition of AMR Research in Dec 2009. Created Supply Chain Top 25 in 2004; Launched supply chain university rankings in 2010. Led AMR Research supply chain & PLM practice; Launched Sustainability practice 2007. Produced AMR Supply Chain Conference at the Phoenician from 2005-2011.

Vice President, Strategy

Oracle

1995-4 - 1998-10 · 3 yrs 7 mos

Redwood Shores, California

Worked in Industry Solutions assembling third party software applications onto Oracle ERP. Did sales ops for a couple of years for George Kadifa and George Roberts. Responsible for i2 reselling on Oracle paper. Some M&A work (Concentra, Datalogix).

Manager

Gemini Consulting

1992-11 - 1995-4 · 2 yrs 6 mos

San Francisco, Calgary, Washington DC

Mac Group in Boston became strategy service for Gemini Consulting which combined United Research with Mac for strategy-led process reengineering. Gemini then rolled up into CGE&Y today. Did supply chain work in semiconductors, oil & gas, chemicals, telecom.

Analyst

Company Assistance Ltd.

1992-7 - 1992-11 · 5 mos

Warsaw, Poland

Strategic consulting work for Ministry of Privatization in the machine tools industry. Market analysis in brewing industry for South African Breweries.

Analyst

Strategic Planning Associates

1988-6 - 1990-6 · 2 yrs 1 mo

London, United Kingdom,

pre-business school analyst duties. Spreadsheets, phone research, slide preparation. Worked in insurance, aerospace, healthcare, financial services, oil & gas.

Education

Stanford University Graduate School of Business

Operations, International Business

1990 - 1992 · 2 yrs

Focus on operations and strategy. Certificate in Public Management (PMP). Completed inaugural Integrated Design, Manufacturing and Marketing course (IDMM)