Ernest Nicolas is the Chief Supply Chain Officer for HP Inc., whose global supply chain delivers more than 100 million products to customers each year through a sophisticated network of HP and ODM factories, logistics providers, and other valued partners. As Chief Supply Chain Officer, Ernest also drives the social and environmental sustainability efforts tied directly to HP’s global reputation and business growth.
Ernest joined HP in 2022, bringing more than 25 years of global experience in end-to-end, integrated supply chain functions. His experience includes industrial engineering, production management, and supply chain planning with General Motors, where he was awarded the General Motors Graduate Fellowship to pursue full-time graduate study. In 2006 he joined Rockwell Automation, serving in Lean Six Sigma project management, supply chain planning, manufacturing operations, strategic sourcing, logistics as well as customer service functions in North America and Asia before being named Senior Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer in 2019.
He serves on the Board of Directors for Avient Corporation and is an Advisory Board member for Wahl Clipper Corporation. A passionate advocate for diversity and inclusion, Ernest is a member of the Executive Leadership Council (ELC), an organization focused on advancing and preparing the next generation of diverse corporate leaders. He is also an Executive Advisory Board member for the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business’s Supply Chain Management program.
Ernest grew up in the southern suburbs of Chicago and is married with two children. He holds an MBA in Operations Management and a Master of Science in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from the University of Wisconsin – Madison, as well as a Bachelor of Science in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from Kettering University.
Ernest is based in Houston, Texas.
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HP, also known as Hewlett Packard, is one of the largest technology companies in America. They offer a product and service portfolio of personal systems, 3D printing solutions, and printers. HP was founded in 1939 by Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard in Palo Alto where their headquarters still operate today. They bonded over the American culture of sound film and later went on to further their understanding in electrical engineering. Built in their garages, an Oscillator was made to test sound equipment and then went on to prepare movie theaters for the screening of popular Disney movie, Fantasia. Today, roughly 80 years later, they provide various technology solutions to small and medium-sized businesses, enterprises, government, and health and education sectors. Within their personal systems category, they sell products such as laptops, desktops, gaming PC's, business laptops, business desktops, and workstations. Their printers and 3D printing solutions group offers products such as home printers, home office & business printers, enterprise printers, scanners, managed print services, and large-format printers. Additional accessories include mice, keyboards, webcams, docks & hubs, bags, and many others. In addition to personal systems and printers, they offer business solutions to their customers such as built-in hardware security, collaboration tools, digital workspaces, industry solutions, business services, consumer services, and retail solutions. They are most known for their laptops, LaserJet and InkJet printers, and the mobile applications that make printing more accessible and user-friendly. More generally, they are unique in the way they scale their products for a broad spectrum of customers.