Ace Hardware
Ron Blaze serves as the Senior Director of Engineering at Ace Hardware Corporation, with responsibilities including supply chain automation, new distribution center design and start-up, labor management, reporting and analytics, and inventory control since June 2016. Previously, Ron held various leadership roles in retail support and distribution operations at Ace Hardware, and worked as a supply chain consultant and general contractor. Prior experience includes project management at The Home Depot, overseeing large-scale supply chain network deployments, and operations leadership at UPS, where Ron managed extensive package operations and capital expenditures. Ron holds an M.B.A. in Information Systems and Business Administration from Keller Graduate School of Management and a Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Engineering from Northern Illinois University.
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Ace Hardware
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Ace is the largest retailer-owned hardware cooperative in the world with more than 5,200 locally owned and operated hardware stores in approximately 70 countries. Headquartered in Oak Brook, Ill., Ace and its subsidiaries operate an expansive network of distribution centers in the U.S. and have distribution capabilities in Ningbo, China; Colon, Panama; and Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Since 1924, Ace has become a part of local communities around the world and known as the place with the helpful hardware folks.