Kevin Brown

Kevin Brown is a global supply chain executive with three decades of leadership in operations, technology, and procurement. Throughout his professional career he has focused on strategic and transformative initiatives, innovations, and partnerships to increase efficiencies, savings, and effectiveness. As executive vice president of Global Operations and chief supply chain officer for Dell Technologies, Kevin leads an organization of approximately 7700 team members in 23 countries and a procurement budget of $76 billion.During his two decades at Dell, Kevin has occupied leadership positions in several of Dell’s business units, including chief procurement officer, and earlier positions setting up lean manufacturing organizations in the U.S and Malaysia. Under his leadership, Dell has become recognized by leading research and advisory firms as having one of the most efficient, sustainable, and innovative supply chains across any industry worldwide.Before Dell, he spent 10 years in the shipbuilding industry, working on U.S. Department of Defense projects. He earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and an M.S. in Engineering Management from George Washington University.Kevin serves on the Board of Directors for Kroger, the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, and the Howard University Center for Supply Chain Excellence. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Executive Leadership Council, and the George Washington University National Advisory Council. Kevin currently resides in Austin, Tx with his wife Sandra and daughter Lauren who attends St. Stephen’s Episcopal School. He enjoys reading, travel and golf in his time off.