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Annette Danek-Akey

Chief Supply Chain Officer Barnes & Noble | Board member | Former Adjunct Professor Towson University

Barnes & Noble, Inc.•United States

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Experience32+ Years
LevelCXO

Executive Overview

Past Board President at 2 non-profit organizations (College Foundation and Professional organization) Past Board member at Penguin Random House Transformed Supply Chain into a competitive advantage Transitioned Supply Chain into new Digital/Online Marketplace Event speaker and 2019 Rainmaker Award Supply chain engineer, multi site management, reverse logistics, 3PL, end to end and global strategy planning

Career Timeline

Professional employment history
  • Barnes & Noble, Inc.Current
    Sep 2024–Present· 2 yrs
    • Chief Supply Chain OfficerCurrent
      Sep 2024–Present
  • Chief
    Feb 2021–Jul 2025· 4 yrs 5 mos
    • Founding Member
      Feb 2021–Jul 2025
  • Towson University
    2020–Dec 2022· 2 yrs 11 mos
    • Adjunct Professor
      2020–Dec 2022
  • Penguin Random House
    Sep 2013–Aug 2024· 10 yrs 11 mos
    • Executive Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer
      Oct 2022–Aug 2024
    • EVP Supply Chain
      2019–Oct 2022
    • SVP Fulfillment
      Sep 2013–2019
  • Random House
    1999–Sep 2013· 14 yrs 8 mos
    • SVP Fulfillment Random House
      2012–Sep 2013
    • VP Fulfillment
      2006–2012
    • VP Fulfillment Operations and Crawfordsville Operations
      2005–2006
    • VP Operations Services
      2003–2005
    • VP Industrial Engineering and Maintenance
      2001–2003
    • Director Industrial Engineering & Maintenance
      1999–2001
  • Bantam Doubleday Dell
    1996–1999· 3 yrs
    • Industrial Engineering Manager
      1997–1999
    • Industrial Engineer
      1996–1997
  • Sears
    Jun 1994–Feb 1996· 1 yr 8 mos
    • Industrial Engineer
      Jun 1994–Feb 1996

Education

Executive MBA

Global supply chain

Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee

MSIE

Industrial Engineering

Purdue University

Bachelor of Science (BS)

Industrial Engineering

Bradley University

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Annette Danek-Akey
Vice Chair & President
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Technology Officer
Chief Operating Officer

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Skills & Expertise

20 of 20 skills
ExcelChange ManagementQuality ManagementSupply ChainTeam LeadershipSupply Chain OptimizationPowerPointCost ReductionCustomer ServiceTeam BuildingBusiness Process ImprovementWarehousingWarehouse ManagementContinuous ImprovementSupply Chain ManagementCross-functional Team LeadershipLogisticsProcess ImprovementOperations ManagementSQL