{"630604":{"#nid":"630604","#data":{"type":"event","title":"BES Speaker Series: Jack Allen, Senior Director, Global Logistics, Cisco","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJack Allen is the Senior Director of Global Logistics for Cisco\u0026rsquo;s Supply Chain Operations organization. \u0026nbsp;In his role, Jack directs logistics activities, including external partners, that support all of Cisco\u0026rsquo;s product revenue and returns. This includes forward and reverse logistics (to include Circular Economy initiatives), export operations, transportation, warehousing, packaging engineering, customer logistics and logistics innovation practices.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs a Supply Chain thought-leader, Jack also focuses on creating innovative solutions, which drive cost savings, new logistics product offerings, and forward-thinking applications across Cisco\u0026rsquo;s logistics network and beyond. \u0026nbsp;He\u0026rsquo;s responsible for the development and management of two collaborative Supply Chain Innovation Centers (in Houston, Texas and Istanbul, Turkey).\u0026nbsp; His organization has helped transform Cisco, to align and lead industry best practices, while delivering the best customer experience.\u0026nbsp; Jack\u0026rsquo;s team manages an end-to-end ecosystem of global partners consisting of many of the best logistics corporations in the world. This Cisco network includes more than a dozen warehouses and ships hundreds of thousands of units, each day.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EJack currently serves on the board of Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Supply Chain and Logistics Institute, and on the Georgia Chamber of Commerce\u0026rsquo;s Innovation \u0026amp; Technology Committee.\u0026nbsp; On a personal note, Jack and his wife also coach two robotics teams of young students (ages 6 to 13) as part of Cisco\u0026rsquo;s STEM initiative to increase diversity and participation in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math for school-age children.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/forms.gle\/uTCsrvTUdj6zYbHQA\u0022\u003ERSVP to Attend\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/centers-initiatives\/ray-c-anderson-center-for-sustainable-business\/index.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ERay C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;was founded in 2013 to act as a catalyst and connector, bringing together students, research faculty, companies, and entrepreneurs to create an environment where business-driven solutions to sustainability challenges can take shape and thrive. In all, Scheller provides students unparalleled breadth in environmental sustainability, ethics, corporate social responsibility, social entrepreneurship, and values-based leadership.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPlease join us for a talk from Jack Allen from Cisco.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"BES Speaker Series: Jack Allen, Senior Director, Global Logistics, Cisco"}],"uid":"28161","created_gmt":"2020-01-06 20:09:07","changed_gmt":"2020-01-08 18:30:50","author":"Kjersti Lukens","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2020-03-09T18:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2020-03-09T19:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2020-03-09T19:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2020-03-09 22:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2020-03-09 23:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2020-03-09 23:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"630780":{"id":"630780","type":"image","title":"Jack Allen 2","body":null,"created":"1578508116","gmt_created":"2020-01-08 18:28:36","changed":"1578508116","gmt_changed":"2020-01-08 18:28:36","alt":"","file":{"fid":"240119","name":"Jack Allen FB.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Jack%20Allen%20FB.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Jack%20Allen%20FB.png","mime":"image\/png","size":4488016,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Jack%20Allen%20FB.png?itok=JPrvf2l6"}}},"media_ids":["630780"],"groups":[{"id":"1274","name":"Scheller College of Business"},{"id":"477091","name":"Serve-Learn-Sustain"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"10377","name":"Career\/Professional development"},{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"},{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"},{"id":"26411","name":"Training\/Workshop"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EKjersti Lukens-klukens3@gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}