Louis Ferretti

Summary Operations and supply chain executive with over 20 years of management experience. Proven track record of successfully leading large, complex, strategic global initiatives. Assignments include positions in engineering, procurement, materials, supply/demand, supply continuity, business transformation outsourcing, etc. Experience gained from managing and leading world-wide organizations in multiple disciplines, e.g., engineering, manufacturing, development, corporate staff and from domestic and international assignments.

Specialties:Currently leading IBM's Global Supply worldwide "sustainability" initiatives inclusive of product environmental compliance, supply chain social responsibility, supplier risk management, pandemic contingency planning and related special projects. Regularly present on these programs: to clients; at industry forums, universities; prepare articles for industry journals/on line media, etc. Experience

Director, Environmental Compliance IBM Integrated Supply Chain December 2007 – Present (7 years 8 months) Responsible for IBM's Product Environmental Compliance and Supply Chain Social Responsibility and all other Global Supply "sustainability" programs. Responsible:1) for ensuring that all governmental regulations are met on time; develop alternate materials/technologies; 2) that all suppliers in emerging countries are audited and conform to IBM's supplier code of conduct. Enable and track improvements; 3) for deployment of Supplier/Supply Chain Risk Management Tool and Process; 4) execution of internal and supplier Pandemic Contingency Planning readiness. Director, Procurement Services, Business Transformation Outsourcing IBM Integrated Supply Chain September 2005 – November 2007 (2 years 3 months) BTO Strategy and Planniing - Supported 15 Fortune 500 accounts where IBM has long term contracts in place to provide procurement services. Responsble for world-wide budgets/expense, recruiting, staffing, training. Set up domestic and overseas low cost sourcing procurement centers. Director, Asia Pacific Production Procurement IBM Integrated Supply Chain November 2001 – September 2005 (3 years 11 months) Managed $6 billion electronic component buying operations, point of sale procurement engineering; software development; finance/planning; accounts receivable and new business development and maintained close relationship with Singapore's Economic Development Board. • Integrated staff of approximately 250 professionals located in Singapore, US, France and Hungary, into single functional unit delivering improved operational / financial performance and resource efficiencies • Created and launched independent procurement organization for Lenovo based on IBM's divestiture of personal computing division - Newly created organization able to function as independent entity immediately upon day 1 start up • Led IBM's renegotiations with Singapore government's Economic Development Board, that resulted in new long term tax incentives for both IBM and Lenovo