John Rossman – Former Director of Enterprise Services at Amazon.com, Author and Expert on Digital Disruption and Process Efficiencies.
John Rossman Speech Sample:
John Rossman Speech Topics:
- Leadership the Amazon Way
- Process Efficiency
- Creating Digital Disruption
- Building a Culture of Innovation the Amazon Way
- The Future Internet of Everything at Amazon
John Rossman Speaker Bio:
John Rossman is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal in Seattle, specializing in technology strategy, multi-channel operations scaling and platform enablement in multiple industries including retail, service and public sector. With more than 26 years of technology strategy, design, implementation and operating experience, Mr. Rossman has led several complex businesses and programs resulting in innovative business models. He has worked with clients across a broad range of industries including retail, insurance, education, forest products, industrial products and transportation. Mr. Rossman is the author of “The Amazon Way: 14 Leadership Principles of the World’s Most Disruptive Company” and is an expert on digital disruption and assisting his clients to build and execute new business models.
He has served as the Senior Technology Adviser to the world’s largest philanthropy for more than three years, assisting in strategy and execution of complex data, technology integration, IP and multi-party program management initiatives that help to improve student outcomes.He has also assisted multiple retail and service companies with their multi-channel strategies and execution. These assignments include definition of strategic outcomes, process and technology architecting, process scaling assessments and implementations and managing significant cultural and organizational leadership change tied to multi-channel strategies.
Mr. Rossman served as the interim CIO for a large rental business retailer and helped implement multiple cost reduction and service improvement programs. Before joining A&M, Mr. Rossman was Director of Enterprise Services at Amazon.com, managing worldwide services to enterprise clients such as Target.com, Toys R Us, Sears.ca, Marks and Spencer and the National Basketball Association (NBA). In this role, he had full operational and technical ownership for existing clients, overseeing e-commerce solutions such as online merchandising capability, website technologies, branded fulfillment delivery and branded customer service.
As Director of Merchant Integration at Amazon.com, he was responsible for developing the Merchants @ program, one of the largest B2B networks with thousands of sellers, offering products in new categories such as apparel, sporting goods, consumer electronics, health and beauty and home. Previously, he was a partner with Arthur Andersen Business Consulting.
Mr. Rossman earned a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from Oregon State University.
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