Leadership Team
Bret Barnes
Bret, a twenty year supply chain veteran, founded Third Party International in 2002 as a professional service that provided third party professionals to corporations that required the services of high caliber and experienced professionals able to resolve short-term supply chain and engineering issues as well as support strategic objectives without increasing headcount. He saw a need for reliable and professional personnel to augment tactical department personnel and eliminate additional problems caused by locating staff personnel to suppliers facilities. Prior to forming the company, Bret had worked in Supply Chain and Project Management roles for world-class companies such as Honeywell, Hughes Aircraft Company, Raytheon Engineers, International Specialty Products, Grimes Aerospace, Allied Signal and Linvatec.
- Education: Bret has a B.S. Degree in Management with an emphasis in purchasing, materials and production management from Florida State University.
- Other: Bret is a Certified Purchasing Manager (3rd recertification), and Certified in Production and Inventory Management (2nd recertification).
Steve Orr VP Operations, Field Services
Steve has 21 plus years of experience at Plant and Corporate levels. His diverse background includes the aerospace and automotive industries. His most recent positions include Director of Manufacturing, Business Unit Manager and Quality Assurance Manager for Allied Signal / Honeywell. He also held positions in continuous improvement and quality engineering which included on line quality engineering using design of experiments to solve complex process and product failures. Steves work experience includes managing operations, quality assurance and continuous improvement initiatives with multi site responsibilities. As the Director of Manufacturing and Business Unit Manager for Honeywell Steve was responsible for P&L and cross functional disciplines.
- Steve holds a BS in Business from Troy State University and Associates in Business Administration from Georgia Military College.
- He is also a Certified Quality Engineer and Certified Quality Manager.
- Please contact Steve at: sorr@thirdparty.biz.