Paul Ryan

Chief Procurement Officer

Paul Ryan is responsible for leading the organization’s strategic procurement function, its 8,000 suppliers and nearly $4 billion in direct and indirect material spending.

Mr. Ryan has more than 25 years of experience working within global supply chains, engineering and operations, engaging suppliers to deliver value, and setting corporate wide and business unit strategies to align supply chains to optimize cost, cash and end-customer satisfaction. Prior to this role, Mr. Ryan held a variety of executive-level roles in global operations and supply chain for Vertiv, Emerson Network Power and Avocent Corp, including vice president global commodity management at Vertiv from March 2003 to May 2023. In 2012, he was named vice president of global operations and supply chain for Avocent Products and Services, a position he held until his promotion in 2017. Prior to 2012, Mr. Ryan was appointed vice president and managing director of Avocent Products and Services in APAC (Singapore) from 2009 to 2012. Mr. Ryan attended the University of Limerick, where he received a bachelor’s degree in production management and later, a master's degree in science from the department of mathematics at the University of Limerick. Mr. Ryan also completed the executive development program at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.