While the global curve is flattening, businesses are looking to retain liquidity, employees, customers and other critical assets. Central to our transition to recovery is the efficacy of spread prevention efforts and clarity on the other data necessary to decide when to reopen the economy. In this first session, join us to hear insights on how your business can maintain an agile supply chain and effectively manage cash.
Session I: Exiting Mitigation
Thursday
May 14, 2020
11:00a EDT / 8:00a PDT
one-hour live Zoom session
Are You Wondering ...
What COVID-19 data is most critical for evaluating your return-to-operations strategy?
How do you find this data, and who do you communicate it throughout your company?
What impact will recurring hotspots have on your supply chain?
How do you conserve cash to preserve liquidity while restarting full operations?
Which vendors can you delay payments to or negotiate new terms?
Which clients do you extend credit to in support of their recovery?
Join This Live Roundtable Discussion
and Guide Your Company Out of the COVID-19 Mitigation Phase
To be agile, companies will need to have data upon which they can react, and a method of visualization to know when to act. Managing liquidity will require everyone in the organization to think differently, not just the folks in accounting. Hear our panel discuss COVID data collection, supply chain evaluation, operational impacts, risk assessment and solutions to the immediate challenges many organizations are facing.
Meet Our Panel
Cory Zigler
Associate Professor, University of Texas
Cory Zigler is a faculty member in the Department of Statistics and Data Sciences and Dell Medical School at The University of Texas, after serving on the faculty of the Department of Biostatistics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He is an associate editor for the journals Biometrics and Biostatistics, and holds elected positions in the Health Policy Statistics Section of the American Statistical Association. Cory recognized in 2012 with a Young Investigator Award from the Statistics in Epidemiology Section of the American Statistical Association.
Kyle Sturgeon
Managing Partner, MERU
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As co-founder and managing partner of restructuring firm MERU, Kyle Sturgeon is a specialist on mid-market turnarounds. During stint with both McKinsey and Alvarez & Marsal, he advised dozens of companies across myriad industries, including retail, manufacturing, healthcare, and business services, and served in interim roles as Chief Financial Officer, VP Finance and VP of Regulatory Affairs. Working collaboratively with management and sponsors, MERU follows a focused and agile process to bring about successful outcomes and superior results for clients.
Leo Bonanni
Founder and CEO, Sourcemap
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Dr. Leonardo Bonanni is the founder and CEO of Sourcemap, a supply chain mapping company. The New York-based startup offers enterprise software for companies to trace products, evaluate risks, and monitor improvements resulting from change management. Leo is a supply chain transparency advocate who teaches sustainability at Columbia University and MIT, where he also received his doctorate from the MIT Media Lab. His background as an architect, an inventor and a performer provide a unique perspective that expands on his understanding of interactivity and causal relationships.
Roundtable Series Moderator
Bob Nadin
Nadin Growth Strategies LLC
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A seasoned, results-driven executive with extensive leadership and management experience in the chemicals, energy, and licensing arenas, Bob demonstrates consistent success in M&A, turnaround management, and technology commercialization. His innate ability to motivate and empower cross-functional groups to accomplish goals and solve problems allows him to effectively convey complex messages in easily understandable terms. Bob will moderate each of the upcoming roundtable panel discussions, leveraging his deep expertise to guide conversation around meaningful and relevant topics.
ROUNDTABLE AGENDA
• 11:00 Panel Introductions
• 11:05 Opening Statements
• 11:15 Making Smart Decisions Based on COVID Data
• 11:25 Visualizing Change and Managing Risks
• 11:35 Liquidity Challenges and Maintaining Cash
• 11:45 Final Thoughts and Closing Statements
• 11:50 Participant Q&A
• 12:00 Conclusion
This is the first in our new ongoing COVID-19 Recovery Roundtable series. Get expert insights, advice and ideas to help your company chart a new course forward as you exit from the mitigation phase of this pandemic. Register now for this invaluable free session!
Meet Your Hosts
Dale Rabenek
Principal, SCMO2
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Together with Hank Ackerman, Dale is co-lead of the new Supply Chain Performance Improvement practice at SCMO2. He brings more than 30 years of experience as a global visionary and evangelist for digital business transformation, and has helped myriad companies identify value through organization design, supply chain optimization and technology alignment.
Hank Ackerman
Principal, SCMO2
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Together with Dale Rabeneck, Hank is co-lead of the new Supply Chain Performance Improvement practice at SCMO2. Hank has been a driving force behind supply chain and operations improvement for global manufacturing, distribution, and industrial service companies for more than 20 years, with a specific emphasis on chemical, metal, mining, paper, CPG and distribution industries.
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