Sue has led development, planning, operations, and supply chain improvement efforts for 25 years. She has a reputation for incisive operating model strategy, holistic problem solving, and collaborative change coaching.

Prior to Aveus, Sue was co-owner and founding partner of Supurna Solutions, LLC, an operations consulting and education firm.

Before forming Supurna, Sue held progressive leadership positions at Seagate Technology. In her last role, Sue founded and led the Lean Enterprise practice, which redefined global supply chain disciplines and generated hundreds of millions of dollars in profit, capacity and speed to market benefits for the company and its suppliers. Also at Seagate, Sue started, transferred, and led Materials and Planning for global operations in Minneapolis, Oklahoma City and Singapore, led Technical Program Development for customers, and led architecture development and improvement in and across every link in Seagate's global supply chain.

Sue has a Masters in Business Administration from the University of St. Thomas, where she has taught operations for 15 years. She also has a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Minnesota.

Free time? Sue enjoys golf and travel photography — preferably both at the same time.

Contact Sue: sgillman@aveus.com

To schedule Sue for a speaking engagement, contact Katie Morrow at 651.379.3884 or email kmorrow@aveus.com.