Oliver Campbell, Director Procurement and Packaging Engineering, Dell
As the Director of Packaging at Dell, Oliver’s global organization focuses on packaging design, strategic sourcing, technology commercialization, logistics, and fulfillment. He has brought fresh thinking to the packaging industry and created the engineering and business framework that has driven Dell’s revolutionary packaging innovations. Industry first innovations in bamboo, mushroom, wheat straw, and molded paper pulp packaging laid the foundation to substantially reduce reliance on traditional oil based plastic packaging while saving millions of dollars, maintaining quality, and creating the eco-aware supply chains that have pointed to the new Circular Economy.
His accomplishments have been recognized through the 2014 Brand Packaging Innovator of the Year; 2013 Packaging Visionary Award from Packaging Digest ; 2011 World Economic Council Low Carbon Award; 2013 & 2010 CHaINA Green Supply Chain Award among others. He is a frequent speaker with TEDx presentation and interviews in Forbes, the BBC, The Guardian, and China Central Television. He is a past member of Packaging Digest’ Editorial Advisory Board. Oliver holds a bachelor and master’s degree in Agricultural and Biological Engineering from Cornell University and an MBA from The University of Texas.