IBM supply chain head arrested

The supply chain world was rocked this weekend when Robert (Bob) Moffat, one of the industry’s highest profile executives, was arrested in New York as part of a major investigation on so-called “insider trading” involving a Wall Street billionaire.
 
Moffat, 53, gained industry fame for leading the technology giant’s decade long and ultimately successful effort to integrate its vast and complex supply chain across business units and geographies starting in the mid-1990s. He and a number of his reports have told that story in print and at various conferences and events many times since the supply chain integration effort was complete.
 
After that success, Moffat had more recently also been given responsibility for IBM’s hardware, server and its semiconductor businesses. He was often mentioned as a potential CEO candidate at the company down the road.

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