Mark Baxa (Past Speaker)

Mark is the Founder, President & CEO of FerniaCreek LLC, a global supply chain consulting group based in Jefferson City, Missouri. Mark is also the 2019 CSCMP Chairman of the Board-Elect (Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals), a 7000+ member supply chain organization and is co-lead & instructor for St. Louis University’s Global Supply Chain & Trade Compliance Certificate Program within the Center of Excellence.

In his last role at Monsanto Company, Mark led global teams accountable for leading and delivering excellence in global supplier relationship management (SRM), sustainability and supplier diversity, championed the global procurement & supply chain collegiate talent pipeline and procurement communications strategy. Mark led and developed the company’s formal global trade organization, standardized global processes and suppliers, and created and led the global trade operations & compliance IT digitization optimization project.

Mark has over 35 years of leadership experience having worked previously for the Monsanto, Upjohn and ELM companies.