Dan French

Dan French is a highly experienced supply chain management professional, with a robust background across several prominent companies. Dan began at Accenture, focusing on service parts management, demand planning, and inventory planning. Dan further developed expertise as a Senior Supply Chain Manager at Motorola, where leadership in transforming demand-supply alignment and managing global inventory programs was critical. At Microsoft, Dan held various roles including Principal Program Manager for Azure Capacity Planning and Director of Surface Supply Chain Strategy, achieving significant reductions in operating inventory while optimizing supply chain efficiency. Currently, Dan serves as Data Center Strategy & Planning Manager at Meta. Dan holds a BS in Civil & Environmental Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and an MBA in Supply Chain Management from Michigan State University's Eli Broad College of Business.