Shawn Malone

Shawn Malone is a highly recognized and sought after Sourcing and Supply Chain expert with 27 years of corporate global procurement, logistics, and supplier quality experience.

Shawn began his career as an Army officer after attending ROTC and graduating from Missouri Western State University. He served in several operations and leadership roles with the 101st Airborne Division at Ft. Campbell, Kentucky, and the 1st Infantry Division at Ft Riley, Kansas. He completed his 11-year military career with teaching general and organic chemistry at the US Military Academy at West Point, New York.

After leaving the Army with an honorable discharge at the rank of major, Shawn joined GE Appliances in 1998. He served in varying supply chain roles of increasing responsibility during his 20-plus years at GE, culminating in the role as Vice President of Sourcing, where he was responsible for over $6 billion of global annual spend across 300 suppliers.

As a Senior Instructor for RED BEAR Negotiation Company, he conducts negotiations training at Fortune 500 companies as well as dozens of smaller public and private companies. He also leads the Supply Chain Solutions business at MKS Global to help businesses with their objectives to improve productivity, reduce costs, create sourcing strategies, overcome supply chain challenges and drive profitability throughout their supply chains. In is spare time, he is always looking at business ventures that bring innovative solutions to the market.