Halliburton executive Mark McDaniel talks about global procurement and logistics

(Houston, Texas) The College of Business Executive Speaker Series presents Mark McDaniel, Vice President of Procurement and Logistics for Halliburton Energy Services Group, Thursday, October 11, 2007 at 2:30 in Room 113, first floor of the Shea Street Building, 320 Main Street. 

Mark McDaniel is responsible for the company's Supply Chain Management's global procurement and logistics. His organization of 1,100 employees manages $6 billion in spending and 250,000 shipments annually.

Mr. McDaniel brings to his present position 27 years of energy experience, 25 with major oil and gas firms. Before joining Halliburton in 2004, he was General Manager of Procurement for Chevron, where he was a leader in their procurement transformation.

In his tenure with Halliburton, Mr. McDaniel has led a new organization through a transformation to implement world-class sourcing, category management and supply continuity capability. He has implemented process improvements and new technologies in both procurement and logistics, and he has significantly increased the focus on training, development and staffing. Mr. McDaniel's current focus is building procurement and logistics capabilities in new organizations in India, China and Latin America and building regional supply chain organizations around the globe.

Mr. McDaniel earned a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering from the University of Houston in 1979.

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