In today’s competitive business environments, effective management of global supply chains is critical for firm success. This talk will focus on strategies for building and managing global supply chains to support a network of diverse manufacturing operations. Topics will include: global sourcing strategies, lean supply chain methods, and relationship and category management practices that lead to optimizing total landed costs. Dan Ostrosky is the vice president of supply chain management for the Triumph Group, a $4 billion global designer and manufacturer of aerospace structures, systems, and components. He has held a variety of management and engineering roles over the past 25 years. A majority of his career has focused on supply chain operations, managing and developing suppliers and procurement organizations in over 20 countries across Europe, Asia, and North America for the telecommunications, consumer electronics, and aerospace industries. Previously, as vice president of supply chain management for the Aircraft Systems Segment of United Technologies Aerospace, he successfully led the integration of supply chain operations for the $16 billion acquisition of Goodrich Corporation. Prior to this acquisition, Ostrosky led the supply chain organization for Goodrich, as vice president and chief supply chain officer, transforming it from a largely tactical, purchasing-based organization to a more optimized, strategically-focused global function. Before joining Goodrich, Ostrosky spent 16 years in engineering and supply chain management roles of increasing responsibility at Raytheon Corporation, Flextronics International, Compaq Computer, and Elbit Systems. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Rensselaer