Nathan Kelly

Current

VP of Logistics at Palm

Past

Director, S&OP and Supply Chain Management at Microsoft Entertainment & Devices
Senior GPM, Supply Chain Architecture at Microsoft Entertainment & Devices
Group Program Manager at Microsoft Entertainment & Devices

Vice President, Mobile Supply Chain at Cable & Wireless
Director/GM at SonyEricsson
Senior Manager, HVS at SonyEricsson
Purchasing Manager at Sony Ericsson
Purchasing Manager at Ericsson
Buyer at Ericsson

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Education

Toccoa Falls College
High School

Recommended

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Connections

387 connections

Industry

Telecommunications

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Nathan Kelly’s Summary

My previous experience led me through the whole Telecom value chain. I started as a buyer of components in a factory and gained deep knowledge of many of the key components in our Industry. Next I managed organizations responsible for planning and securing components in a large factory (handset) network and thus gained insight into the handset manufacturing process. During that time, we were also responsible for delivering handsets to customers (Operators) all over the world and was able to gain valuable knowledge of the supply chain to Operators. Finally, I took a VP of Supply Chain position with an Operator in order to follow the supply chain right up to the retail level understanding the complexity of selling handsets directly to end users.

After my Telecom experience, I was fortunate enough to be able to join Microsoft on the Hardware side (Xbox, Zune). What is exciting about this current opportunity is that I am gaining tremendous knowledge and experience in both a great company and a whole new Industry area. Here I am working to help re-engineer the supply chain and set up best-in-class procurement practices.

My goal has always been and will continue to always be three-part.
1. In everything that I do, I want to leave a legacy of excellence which brings value to the company.
2. In whatever little way or major way I can, I want to make a difference in the lives of people in my sphere of influence. This happens by helping employees become better people professionally or personally or by collaborating with colleagues to combine strengths and drive change or by helping my management exceed their goals, etc.
3. No matter what I accomplish professionally, I will always want to be known first as a faithful and loving husband and great father.

Nathan Kelly’s Specialties:

Leadership, management, purchasing, supply chain, sourcing, negotiations, Systems knowledge, bi-lingual (english/spanish)

Nathan Kelly’s Experience

VP of Logistics

Palm

(Public Company; PALM; Computer Software industry)

April 2009 — Present (4 months)
Director, S&OP and Supply Chain Management

Microsoft Entertainment & Devices

(Consumer Electronics industry)

November 2008 — April 2009 (6 months)

Manage a team of supply chain managers who own a product's supply chain end to end.

Manage the division-wide S&OP process bringing together demand and supply into one plan which drives the supply chain.
Senior GPM, Supply Chain Architecture

Microsoft Entertainment & Devices

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

March 2008 — November 2008 (9 months)

Responsible for the organizational strategy, organizational IT roadmap and alignment with the division's overall strategy.
Group Program Manager

Microsoft Entertainment & Devices

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; msft; Consumer Electronics industry)

May 2007 — March 2008 (11 months)

1. Currently leading a transformational effort to equip our team members with the best-in-class sourcing and supply chain tools. Collaborating with the core strategy team to evolve our foundational processes to world class.

2. Sourcing business process owner for the division-wide process and system transformation initiative which is working to evolve all of E&D Operational tools and processes. Key stakeholder who is actively driving requirements, signing off progress and adding expertise to the project.

3. Part of the very exciting Surface Computing group (www.surface.com) sourcing and securing supply of key sub assemblies.

4. Transitioning into management of Procurement managers responsible for sourcing key electro-mechanical components for Surface, Zune, Xbox and our PC Hardware.

5. Interim ownership of the optical drive commodity for Xbox and Zune.
Vice President, Mobile Supply Chain

Cable & Wireless

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Telecommunications industry)

June 2006 — May 2007 (1 year)

Vice President of Supply Chain responsible for securing supply of handsets to Panama and the Caribbean.
Director/GM

SonyEricsson

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)

2005 — 2006 (1 year)

General Manager responsible for a number of organizations globally which managed the end to end supply chain of all of Sony Ericsson's handsets. Key contributor to the supply chain evolution which expanded Sony Ericsson's supply chain from one that supplied 20 million handsets with difficutly to one that was capable of supplying 100+ million phones.
Senior Manager, HVS

SonyEricsson

(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Telecommunications industry)

2002 — 2004 (2 years)
Purchasing Manager

Sony Ericsson

(Public Company; 1-10 employees; Telecommunications industry)

2001 — 2002 (1 year)
Purchasing Manager

Ericsson

(Public Company; Telecommunications industry)

2000 — 2001 (1 year)
Buyer

Ericsson

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ERICY; Telecommunications industry)

1999 — 2000 (1 year)