Russell Otter

Supply Chain Manager - Global 2007 to Present • Managed global S&OP for the HSBC business providing solutions that delivered over $800k benefits per year. • Led project to select a new supply chain solution and led the implementation resulting in improved inventory levels and better definition of target inventory levels. • Implemented forecast accuracy improvement process resulting in an initial improvement of 10%. Supply Manager - Americas 2004 to 2007 • Improved and supported the supply chain solution. • Analyzed S&OP processes and recommended a redesign of roles resulting in improved efficiencies. • Managed the Americas supply chain for the HSBC business.

Supply Chain Advisor 1999 to 2004 • Project lead / technical lead for a polymers project. Provided project leadership as well as designing and implementing planning, scheduling, demand management and data interface models. • Project lead / technical lead for a Demand Management project. Provided project leadership as well as designing and implementing demand management models. • Technical advisor for demand management portion of a global polymers project. • Technical lead for a Houston area polymers project. • Participated in several scoping / design studies to develop sales opportunities. • As Best Practices leader for scheduling, provided guidance and information on best practices for scheduling projects.

Supply Chain Consultant / Logistics Engineer 1996 to 1999 • Developed and implemented supply chain models / processes for Shell Chemicals downstream businesses. This included interfacing with both SAP / R2 and SAP / R3 systems. Business units included Kraton, Resins and Alpha-olefins. • Developed and maintained demand forecasting systems. • Designed and implemented a forecast accuracy tracking package to reduce inventory holding costs by five percent. • Extended and maintained campaign planning tool resulting in measurable savings of over $500,000 /yr. • Designed and implemented interfaces to an Oracle database to feed data to the supply chain models. • Trained and led other supply chain planners during SAP R/2 replacement project. • Scoped and designed supply chain projects including profitability analysis. Project leader / Control Systems Engineer 1994 to 1996 • Led instrumentation / controls projects for various control system implementations.