Julie Brignac

• Julie Brignac has over 20 years of highly successful commercial and operational experience in globally matrixed organizations.
• Julie’s experience includes roles in the areas of Quality and Lean Six Sigma, Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing Operations, Finance and Procurement. She has significant experience in international outsourcing, as well as leading team members located throughout the globe.
• She has held senior positions for both privately held and publicly traded firms, including DuPont, HydroChem Industrial Services and Honeywell International.  She progressed quickly into senior executive roles at Newell Rubbermaid’s Sanford Brands and Brambles Limited, where she was the Vice President – Purchasing and Group Vice President - Procurement, LeanSigma and Quality respectively for those organizations.  .
• Julie was the LeanSigma deployment leader for all businesses of Brambles Limited, a $4.5B company headquartered in Sydney, Australia.  At Honeywell, she was responsible for operationalizing Six Sigma for the Integrated Supply Chain function for one of their largest businesses.  Through Julie’s leadership and expertise in deploying and revitalizing LeanSigma programs, her efforts have resulted in project benefits and savings totaling in excess of $300M since 2001.
• Julie holds a degree in English and Communications from the University of Virginia, and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Maryland.
• She is an Adjunct Professor of Online Learning for the Whitman Business School for Syracuse University.
• She is a Six Sigma Blackbelt, Lean Expert and a Certified Purchasing Manager from the Institute of Supply Management.