Carl Thielk
Vice President, Global Supply Chain Operations

Carl Thielk is Vice President of Global Supply Chain Operations. He serves as Imation’s lead for sourcing, logistics/transportation, supply planning IT and overall operational excellence. In this role he is leveraging his international operations experience to drive transformation and the institutionalization of foundational processes to build upon for execution and product launch.

Prior to joining Imation in 2009 he was corporate vice president at Motorola responsible for the integrated supply chain operations in America’s and EMEA. After joining Motorola in 1983, Thielk led global supply chain teams across the various business units in the United States, Asia and Europe. He optimized internal manufacturing / distribution operations in the US and Europe and established an external global network of manufacturing/distribution operations.

Thielk earned a Bachelor of Science degree and a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois, Champaign.