John Lapaglia

John Lapaglia has over thirty years of experience in Purchasing, Materials, and Operations.

Previously, he created departments and developed procedures and processes for several startups in the transportation, semiconductor, oil & gas, energy and medical device industries. The systems and processes he set up at Luminex (Medical Devices) allowed them to successfully go public in a FDA regulated environment. John has led many ERP system implementations, written and negotiated a vast amount of contracts, and managed many various supplier and customer relationships. He has led other sourcing and improvement endeavors, set up Kanban and other JIT systems.

John earned a dual BA in Administrative Management and Marketing from Texas Lutheran College in Seguin, Texas.