Operational Innovation Network

Previously the Supply Chain Innovation Network, the Deming Center at Columbia Business School in collaboration with and under the sponsorship of Council Advisors, is launching the Operational Innovation Network (OIN), a dynamic, invitation-only community dedicated to advancing operational excellence across industries worldwide.

OIN brings together senior operations leaders, innovators, and disruptors from top companies, start-ups, and the Columbia University community. Through curated programming —including case presentations, peer-learning modules, and small group discussions —members will explore cutting-edge ideas, practical strategies, and emerging trends shaping the future of operations.

2025

1. GenAI: Opportunities for the Future of Work

Friday, October 3rd, 2025
Virtual 

Speakers:

  • Adam Kalikow, Senior VP, Operations, HelloFresh
  • David Niles '98, Co-founder and CEO, Council Advisors
  • Angela Quintero, Adjunct Assistant Professor, DRO Division, CBS; Executive Director, W. Edwards Deming Center, CBS
  • Christopher Rasmussen, VP, Diagnostics & Bio Devices Manufacturing, Zoetis
  • Gabriel Weintraub, Amman Mineral Professor of Operations, Information & Technology, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University

For more information, see:
OIN October 2025 Virtual Meeting Agenda.pdf
 

2. AI Deployment: Where is the ROI?

Friday, November 21st, 2025
In-person at Kravis Hall
*Hosted in collaboration with the AI in Business Initiative

Speakers:

  • Amine Allouah ‘19, Co-founder and Partner, MyCustomAI
  • Heather Bellini ‘97, President and CFO, InvestCloud
  • Omar Besbes ‘08, Vikram S. Pandit Professor of Business, DRO Division, CBS
  • Jia Chen, Senior Director, AI Product Strategy & Growth, Medidata Solutions
  • Dante Donati, Assistant Professor of Business, Marketing Division, CBS
  • David Holtz, Assistant Professor of Business, DRO Division, CBS
  • Alex Lavoie, Co-Chief Operating Office (Co-COO), Global Head of Operations, and General Manager, Via
  • Hongseok Namkoong, Assistant Professor of Business, DRO Division, CBS
  • David Niles '98, Co-founder and CEO, Council Advisors
  • Angela Quintero, Adjunct Assistant Professor, DRO Division, CBS; Executive Director, W. Edwards Deming Center, CBS
  • Ali Sadighian ‘09, Senior Director of Transformation, The Hershey Company
  • Gabriel Weintraub, Amman Mineral Professor of Operations, Information & Technology, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University

For more information, see:
OIN November 2025 In-person Summit Agenda.pdf

We also welcome you to take a look at the article written by the CBS Marketing and Communications team recapping the event here.

 

2024

1. Supply Chain Disruption

Thursday, February 29th, 2024
Virtual 

Speakers:

  • Lynlee Brown, Partner, Global Trade, EY
  • Edward DuBeau, Senior Vice President (VP) and Global Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Business Leader, Zoetis
  • Staale Gjervik, President, Supply Chain, ExxonMobil
  • Mark Irvin, Chief Supply Chain Officer, Best Buy Co. Inc.
  • Tim Roemer, Member, US House of Representatives (1991–2003); US Ambassador to India (2009–11); Former President, Truman Center for National Security; Current Executive Director and Strategic Counselor, APCO Worldwide
  • Bart van den Hoven, VP of Procurement, Europe, Middle East, and Africa, Marriott International

For more information, see:
SCIN February 2024 Virtual Meeting Summary.pdf
 

2. Enhancing Supply Chain Efficiency through GenAI Solutions

Thursday, June 3th, 2023
In-person at Kravis Hall

Speakers:

  • Ayoub Abielmona, Senior Manager of Business Consulting, EY
  • Nicholas DeGiacomo, Founder and CEO, Bucephalus Tech; Adjunct Associate Professor of Applied Statistics, Columbia University
  • Alex Harvey, Chief of Advanced Technology, Ocado Technology
  • Srikanth Jagabathula, Chief Supply Chain Officer, Lamb Weston
  • Daniel Russo, Philip H. Geier Jr. Associate Professor of Business, DRO Division, CBS

For more information, see:
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2023

1. Data: Quality, Visibility, Access and Sharing

Thursday, April 6th, 2023
Virtual 

Speakers:

  • Will Ma, Assistant Professor, Decision, Risk, and Operations (DRO) Division, CBS

For more information, see:
SCIN April 2023 Meeting Agenda.pdf

 

2. Study Tour to EY-Nottingham Spirk Innovation Hub

Thursday, April 27th, 2023
In-person in Cleveland, OH

Speakers: 

  • Tyler Campbell, Manager, Supply Chain Consulting, EY
  • Scott Dixon, Americas Digital Manufacturing Leader, North America, EY
  • Brent Duersch, Managing Director, EY-Nottingham Spirk Innovation Hub
  • Sumit Katyal, Senior Manager, Supply Chain and Operations, EY
  • John Nottingham, Co-president and Co-founder, Nottingham Spirk
  • Bob Schug, Vice President, Digital Services and Supply Chain, Mondelez International
     

For more information, see:
SCIN April 2023 Study Tour to Cleveland_Summary.pdf

 

3. Generative AI in Supply Chain

Thursday, June 22nd, 2023
Virtual 

Speakers:

  • Asaf Adler, Senior Manager, Business Transformation, EY
  • Maria Jesús Saenz Director, MIT Digital Supply Chain Transformation Lab

For more information, see:
SCIN June 2023 Virtual Meeting Agenda.pdf

 

4. Transforming Supply Chain Architecture

Thursday, November 9th, 2023
In-person at Kravis Hall

Speakers:

  • Sumit Dutta, Principal/Partner and Americas Supply Chain and Operations Markets Leader, EY
  • Awi Federgruen, Charles E. Exley Professor of Management and Chair, DRO Division, CBS
  • Leila Jalai, Senior VP, Global End-to-End Planning and Go-To-Market, Under Armour
  • Gerardo Scheufler, Chief Supply Chain Officer, Lamb Weston
  • Sidra Tufail, Director, Supply Chain Operations and Customer Service, Latin America and Canada, Phillip Morris International

For more information, see:
SCIN November 2023 In-person Meeting Summary.pdf

2022

1. Global Logistics: 2022 Outlook and Dual Sourcing

February 9th​​​​​​, 2022
Virtual

Speakers:

  • Awi Federgruen, Charles E. Exley Professor of Management, CBS
  • Glenn Steinberg, Global Supply Chain and Operations Leader, Principal, EY
  • Sanne Manders, COO, Flexport​​​​​

For more information, see:
SCIN February 2022 Agenda.pdf

 

2. The Global Supply Chain: Facing Disruption and Building Resiliency

May 10th​​​​​​, 2022
Virtual

Speakers:

  • Aleda Roth, Burlington Industries, Distinguished Professor ofSupply Chain Management, Clemson University
  • Amit Khandelwal, Adjunct Professor of Business, CBS
  • Biswaranjan Sen, Executive Vice President Supply Chain and Head of North America Supply Chain and Global Decarbonisation, Unilever
  • Craig Kennedy, Senior Vice President, Global Supply Chain Management, Merck
  • David Simchi-Levi, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT; Director, MIT Data Science Lab
  • Don Graves, Deputy Secretary of Commerce
  • Glenn Steinberg, Global Supply Chain and Operations Leader, Principal, EY
  • John Polowczyk, Rear Admiral, USN (RET), Former Supply Chain Stabilization Task Force for COVID-19; Lead Managing Director, EY
  • Keely Croxton, Professor of Logistics, Ohio State University

For more information, see:
SCIN May 2022 Agenda.pdf and SCIN May 2022 Speakers.pdf

 

3. Global Logistics: 2022 Outlook and Dual Sourcing

November 16th​​​​​​, 2022
In-person at Kravis Hall

Speakers:

  • Karen Jordan, Senior Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer, PepsiCo Beverages North America
  • Sandra Goldmark, Senior Assistant Dean, Interdisciplinary Engagement, Columbia Climate School
  • Sumit Dutta, Principal/Partner and Americas Supply Chain and Operations Markets Leader, EY
  • Sytske Wijnsma, Assistant Professor in Operations Management and Information Technology, Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley

For more information, see:
SCIN November 2022 Agenda and Speakers.pdf

2021

1. Sustainability Across the Supply Chain

September 14th​​​​​​, 2021
Virtual

Speakers:

  • Andre Calmon, Assistant Professor, Scheller College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Biswaranjan Sen, Head of North America Supply Chain, Unilever
  • Glenn Steinberg, Global and Americas Supply Chain Leader, EY

For more information, see:
SCIN September 2021 Agenda.pdf

 

2. The Biden Executive Order on Supply Chain and its Impact on Industry

April 9th​​​​​​, 2021
Virtual

Speakers:

  • John Hallmark, Principal, Public Policy, and US Political and Legislative Leader, EY
  • Ken Stern, President, Palisades Media Ventures
  • Paul Staid, VP Global Supply Chain Planning, Bristol Myers Squibb

For more information, see:
SCIN April 2021 Agenda.pdf

2020

1. Building a Resilient Supply Chain

April 3rd​​​​​​, 2020
In-person at Warren Hall

Speakers:

  • Awi Federgruen, Charles E. Exley Professor of Management, CBS
  • Glenn Steinberg, Global and Americas Supply Chain Leader, EY
  • Medini Singh, Senior Lecturer in Discipline in Business, CBS

For more information, see:
SCIN April 2020 Agenda.docx

 

2. Building a Resilient Supply Chain in the Face of Disease and Disruption

May 6th​​​​​​, 2020
Virtual

Speakers:

  • Awi Federgruen, Charles E. Exley Professor of Management, CBS
  • Donna Drummond, Senior Vice President and Chief Expense Officer, Northwell Health
  • Glenn Steinberg, Global and Americas Supply Chain Leader, EY
  • Graham Poliner, SVP, Analytics and Inventory Planning, Macy's
  • Jose Turkienicz, Chief Procurement Officer & President, Real Estate and Risk Management, UPS
  • Ken Stern, President, Palisades Media Ventures
  • Nelson Fraiman, Professor of Professional Practice, CBS
  • Richard Barakat, Senior Vice President, Cancer Services/Physician-in-Chief and Director of Cancer, Northwell Health

For more information, see:
SCIN May 2020 Agenda.pdf

 

3. Supply Chain Resiliency

August 24th​​​​​​, 2020
Virtual

Speakers:

  • David Simchi-Levi, Professor of Engineering Systems and Director, MIT Data Science Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

For more information, see:
SCIN August 2020 Agenda.pdf

 

4. Trade Wars and Tariffs: Impact on Supply Chains

December 7th​​​​​​, 2020
Virtual

Speakers:

  • Amit Khandelwal, Adjunct Professor of Business, CBS
  • Robert Smith, Global Trade Partner, EY

For more information, see:
SCIN December 2020 Agenda.pdf

2019

1. Building the Supply Chain of the Future

February 1st, 2019
In-person at Uris Hall

Speakers:

  • Alex Blanco, Chief Supply Chain Officer, Ecolab
  • Awi Federgruen, Charles E. Exley Professor of Management, Columbia Business School (CBS)
  • Biswaranjan Sen, Executive Vice President Supply Chain, Unilever
  • Craig McKenney, Managing Director, Global Head of Enterprise Supply Chain, Citigroup
  • Garud Iyengar, Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, Columbia University
  • Glenn Steinberg, Global and Americas Supply Chain Leader, EY
  • Ken Stern, President, Palisades Media Ventures
  • Medini Singh, Senior Lecturer in Discipline in Business, CBS
  • Nelson Fraiman, Professor of Professional Practice, CBS
  • Omar Besbes, Vikram S. Pandit Professor of Business, CBS
  • Tony Horton, Vice President Operations and Supply Chain Execution, IBM
  • Yone Dewberry, SVP and Chief Supply Chain Officer, Land O’Lakes

For more information, see:
SCIN February 2019 Program.pdf

 

2. Mastering the Ever-Evolving Supply Chain

September 27​​​​​​th, 2019
In-person at Warren Hall

Speakers:

  • Awi Federgruen, Charles E. Exley Professor of Management, CBS
  • Charlie Moore, FreshDirect
  • Glenn Steinberg, Global and Americas Supply Chain Leader, EY
  • Greg Murphy, CNG
  • Jason Berns, SVP of Product Innovation, Ralph Lauren
  • Jorgette Mariñez, Director, Consumer Sectors, BSR
  • Ken Stern, President, Palisades Media Ventures
  • Lauren Rogge, Climate Change & Sustainability, EY
  • Marcelo Barroso, VP of Supply Chain Services, Tenaris
  • Michael Lopez, Future of Work, EY
  • Nelson Fraiman, Professor of Professional Practice, CBS
  • Rita McGrath, Executive Education Faculty, CBS
  • Ryan McManus, Founder, techtonic.io
  • Sapana Talwalkar, Square
  • Steven Cohen, Senior Vice Dean, School of Professional Studies, Columbia University
  • Yone Dewberry, SVP and Chief Supply Chain Officer, Land O'Lakes

For more information, see:
SCIN September 2019 Program.pdf