Gregory Collins

Gregory Collins 雷轲林 is an Industrial Sinologist with expertise in global supply chain & operations strategy and supply chain finance.  Over 20 years of experience in China with senior leadership roles at Microsoft, Flex, and Gerber Scientific.  Since 2006, Professor Collins is founder and Chief Supply Chain Officer of The Lakeline Group, the Shanghai-based firm specializing in reshoring / nearshoring investments and consulting.  He has worked with boards, management teams, and supply chains in over 30 countries and is fluent in Mandarin Chinese. 

A pioneer in China’s supply chain development, Professor Collins moved to Changsha, Hunan in 1992.  Following his MBA from ASU's WP Carey School of Business, he led China outsourcing at Microsoft Corp, China and Asia-Pacific supply chain and operations at Flextronics, and global supply chain and operations at Gerber Technology.  

Professor Collins has been awarded with both the Key of Shanghai and 2008 Beijing Olympics Award, as well as being awarded in the Great Hall of the People by Chinese President Hu Jin Tao in 2004. 

Professor Collins currently teaches Supply Chain Strategy and Operations in the Undergraduate, MBA, and executive programs at WP Carey School of Business and Thunderbird School of Global Management.  As the faculty director of the MBA program's capstone experience in SCM consulting, he directs the graduate student consulting for Meta, Intel, Applied Materials, Sysco, Mayo Clinic, WL Gore, Canadian Pacific Railroad, and many others.  

In 2021, Gregory Collins was awarded the prestigious WP Carey School of Business "Business is Personal" Teaching Award.  

Gregory Collins holds an MBA in Supply Chain Management from the WP Carey School of Business at Arizona State University and a BA from the University of Colorado-Boulder.  He studied Chinese at Thunderbird School of Global Management and Artificial intelligence & Data Science at the University of Chicago.