Advanced Strategies in Supply Chain Management for Utilities

John Francis is a partner within the Corporate & Shared Services practice and the Energy practice at ScottMadden. He leads the supply chain practice and has deep experience in P2P, O2C, category management, sourcing strategy, operational procurement, logistics, transportation, inventory management, and materials management. He spent 13 years at McMaster-Carr Supply Company, a multibillion-dollar industrial supply firm which ships thousands of small packages a day throughout North America. He was one of 13 corporate officers at the firm and was responsible for the functional areas of finance, human capital management, materials management, and inventory management, contact center operations, and marketing. John received a B.S. in applied mathematics and economics from Brown University.

Jason Payton has experience in energy and corporate and shared services, including large-scale implementations, functional assessments, inventory optimization projects, reporting strategies, metric analysis, and business planning and forecasting. Industries include utilities, aerospace, and commercial distribution. Prior to joining ScottMadden, he worked as a national account executive for BlueLinx Corporation, a large building materials distributor and logistics company. In this role, Jason developed business solutions focused on growing revenue as well as finding supply chain efficiencies that led to increased productivity and reduced cost. Jason received an M.B.A., with a focus in finance and strategy, from the Goizueta School of Business at Emory University, and he also holds a B.S. from Morehouse College in psychology.

Jason Davis is a partner with 25 years of consulting experience, specializing in operations improvement, business process transformation, shared services design and implementation, post-merger integration, and technology implementation. In particular, he has expertise assessing, designing, and implementing supply chain and multifunction shared services operating models. Before joining the firm, he worked at AGL Resources (now Southern Company Gas) in gas distribution operations, engineering, and gas supply. Jason earned a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, a B.S. from Furman University, and an M.B.A. from Georgia State University.