John Paul (PhD, MBA, MSc, BEng) is an expert in supply chain management and operational improvement for manufacturing and services. He has over 25 years’ experience as a top executive in supply chain management. Today Dr. Paul is a consultant to multinational corporations, being the founder and CEO of iCognitive , a firm specializing in supply chain consultancy.
From 1997 to 2003, John Paul was a top executive at SIMTech (Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology) . He successfully started and developed the supply chain research management center that supported regional SMEs, PLEs and MNCs in their supply chain improvement strategies.
Before joining SIMTech in 19 97, John Paul has spent 10 years working for Digital Equipment Corporation Europe. First as Administration & Logistics Program Director based in France and later joined the European team in Geneva (Switzerland) as Program manager for Europe. In his last po sition, he managed several strategic Supply Chain Management projects such as Dupont, Danzas, DHL European Rim and Thomson.
In the meantime, John Paul has written numerous SCM - articles and has been lecturing in different European Universities (Paris 12 and ISLI in Bordeaux) and Nanyang Technological University Singapore, ESSEC Asian Campus in Singapore. He is currently a professor and research fellow of the Bordeaux School of Management (France) and visiting Professor at ESSEC Asian Campus in Singapore.
Fo under and current Secretary of the South East Asia Chapter of the Supply Chain Council (SCC), John is a member of the Technical Development Committee of the Supply Chain Council. He is the sole SCC certified SCOR® instructor in the region and has trained o ver 2000 Supply Chain executives from 200 different companies in the region. He is the Chairman of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) Asian Chapter.
He holds a PhD researcher in Engineering Management, a Master’ Degree in Industr ial Logistics, a Masters’ Degree in Economics and an MBA in Management.
