Gregory Collins
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Mail code: 4706Campus: Tempe
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Gregory Collins 雷轲林 is an Industrial Sinologist with expertise in global supply chain and operations strategy and supply chain finance. Over 20 years of experience in China and Asia, 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, a Hong Kong and Shanghai-based private equity investment and consulting firm. He has worked with boards, management teams, and supply chains in over 30 countries and is fluent in Mandarin Chinese.
An early investor 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 in 1997, he managed China outsourcing at Microsoft Corp. In 2000, he pioneered the development of the Shanghai and North China supply chain as Vice President of Operations at Flex. He went on to to serve as Corporate Senior Vice President and General Manager, Asia-Pacific.
Professor Collins currently teaches Supply Chain Strategy and Operations in the Undergraduate, Executive, and MBA programs at WP Carey School of Business, as well as Executive and Innovation graduate programs at Thunderbird School of Global Management and Herberger School of Design and the Arts. As the faculty advisor of MBA program's Capstone in SCM consulting, he directs the graduate student consulting for Meta, Intel, Applied Materials, 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" Inclusive Teaching Award.
A University of Colorado Conference on World Affairs speaker from 2007-2009, Professor Collins has also lectured at the Leaders in Manufacturing Program at MIT’s Sloan School of Business, Zhongshan University, Hunan Medical University, Fudan University, and Shanghai Jiaotong University. Professor Collins has been awarded with the Key of Shanghai by Shanghai Chief Huang Ju in 2002 and a 2008 Beijing Olympics Sponsorship by Olympics Chairman and Beijing Mayor Liu Qi. Professor Collins was honored in the Great Hall of the People by Chinese President Hu Jin Tao in 2004.
Gregory Collins holds an MBA in Supply Chain Management from the WP Carey School of Business at Arizona State University, 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.
Courses
2023 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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SCM 479 | Supply Chain Strategy |
SCM 502 | Operations & Supply Chain Mgmt |
SCM 502 | Operations & Supply Chain Mgmt |
SCM 593 | Applied Project |
SCM 479 | Supply Chain Strategy |
2022 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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SCM 593 | Applied Project |
SCM 479 | Supply Chain Strategy |
SCM 479 | Supply Chain Strategy |
2022 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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IVD 661 | Innovation Studio V |
SCM 479 | Supply Chain Strategy |
SCM 479 | Supply Chain Strategy |
SCM 479 | Supply Chain Strategy |
2022 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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SCM 479 | Supply Chain Strategy |
SCM 502 | Operations & Supply Chain Mgmt |
SCM 502 | Operations & Supply Chain Mgmt |
SCM 593 | Applied Project |
SCM 479 | Supply Chain Strategy |
2021 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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SCM 593 | Applied Project |
SCM 479 | Supply Chain Strategy |
SCM 479 | Supply Chain Strategy |
2021 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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DSC 590 | Reading and Conference |
SCM 479 | Supply Chain Strategy |
SCM 479 | Supply Chain Strategy |
SCM 479 | Supply Chain Strategy |
2021 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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SCM 479 | Supply Chain Strategy |
SCM 492 | Honors Directed Study |
SCM 593 | Applied Project |
SCM 502 | Operations & Supply Chain Mgmt |
SCM 502 | Operations & Supply Chain Mgmt |
SCM 593 | Applied Project |
SCM 493 | Honors Thesis |
SCM 479 | Supply Chain Strategy |
2020 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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SCM 593 | Applied Project |
SCM 479 | Supply Chain Strategy |
SCM 479 | Supply Chain Strategy |
2020 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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SCM 479 | Supply Chain Strategy |
2020 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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SCM 593 | Applied Project |
SCM 479 | Supply Chain Strategy |
SCM 479 | Supply Chain Strategy |
SCM 479 | Supply Chain Strategy |
SCM 502 | Operations & Supply Chain Mgmt |
2019 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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SCM 479 | Supply Chain Strategy |
SCM 502 | Operations & Supply Chain Mgmt |
SCM 479 | Supply Chain Strategy |
2019 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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SCM 502 | Operations and Supply Mgmt |
SCM 593 | Applied Project |
SCM 479 | Supply Chain Strategy |
SCM 479 | Supply Chain Strategy |
2018 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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SCM 502 | Operations and Supply Mgmt |
SCM 502 | Operations and Supply Mgmt |
SCM 502 | Operations and Supply Mgmt |
SCM 479 | Supply Chain Strategy |
- Huawei (China, Netherlands, Hungary, Brazil)
- ZTE (China, Brazil)
- Procter & Gamble (China)
- Applied Materials (USA)
- Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising (China)
- Facebook (USA)
- Mayo Clinic (USA)
- Intel Corp (USA)
- Dell Computer (USA)
- Mondelez Corp (USA)
- Nestle (China)
- Printronix (USA, China)
- Canadian Pacific Railroad (Canada)
- Teleplan (Germany, Netherlands, Czech Rep, China, Mexico)
- Saft Power Systems (France, Romania)
- Gerber Scientific Inc (China, USA)
- The Lakeline Group (Shanghai, China)
- Terranet AB (Lund, Sweden)
- Anavate Partners (Phoenix, Arizona)
- Pudong (Shanghai) Council of Manufacturing Executives
- American Chamber of Commerce (Shanghai)
- Asia Executive Roundtable (CAPS)
- Colorado China Council
- Center for Asian Studies, University of Colorado-Boulder
- CEO & Chief Supply Chain Officer, The Lakeline Group (Shanghai, Hong, Kong, & USA)
- Vice President, Global Supply Chain & Operations, Gerber Scientific Inc (Shanghai, China & USA)
- Corporate Senior Vice President & General Manager, Asia-Pacific (Shanghai, China & Singapore)
- Vice President, Shanghai & North China Operations, Flextronics (Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjin, Nanjing, Changzhou, & Qingdao, China)
- General Manager, Shanghai & North China Operations, Flextronics (Shanghai, China)
- Manufacturing Operations Manager, Microsoft Corp (Shenzhen, China & Redmond, WA)