Ms. Kardon is the US Platform Lead for Operations Advisory Analytic Applications (SCOOP and others). She came to this position following ten years of experience driving the PRTM/PwC Analytical Benchmarking practice. She lead PWC Benchmarking, one part of PWCs Analytics practice, spanning each major business process of an enterprise and contributed to Strategic Supply Chain Management: The Five Disciplines for Top Performance, Co-authored by Joseph Roussel, Partner with PwC France . She came to Analytic Apps following years of experience as a consultant on supply chain and innovation topics primarily in the tech sector and as a manufacturing engineer in aerospace and defense. Kara holds an Industrial Engineering degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and an MBA from the Wharton School.

Stefan Schulz currently holds the position of Director, Supply Chain for Greater China at 3M. Schulz is from Germany with a background in mechanical & process engineering. He has worked for 3M since 1994 through various roles in 3M Germany’s manufacturing organization.

Schulz has been LSS BB and later LSS MBB. More recently, he served as plant manager, followed by a promotion where he worked for four years as Manufacturing Director for Germany / DACH region. In May of 2016, Schulz came to greater China to serve as Supply Chain Director.