Jim Reily

Jim Reily is a Principal at R&R LLC, a field service, service logistics and operations consultancy. Prior to forming R&R, Jim was the Vice President, Worldwide Service Operations for Cymer Inc., leading the global field service, service parts supply chain, training, technical documentation and technical support teams. Jim joined Cymer from Cisco Systems Inc. where he was the Vice President, Technical Support, responsible for Cisco’s global network of on-site service engineers, service parts depots, as well as the service inventory management, service supply chain contracting, repair, and quality teams.

Jim served in the US Navy for 25 years as a Supply Corps Officer, specializing in aviation logistics, inventory management, financial management, and information technology. He was the Executive Officer of the Fleet & Industrial Supply Center, San Diego, providing logistics support for the Pacific Fleet Naval Forces and he commanded the Defense Mega Center, San Diego, providing hosted information services in maintenance, logistics, payroll and administration for all Naval Forces in the western United States, Hawaii, Japan, and Indian Ocean areas. He holds the rank of Captain.

Jim has spoken at numerous service supply chain, field service and logistics conferences. He was selected and one of the Top e-business and e-supply chain executives for his innovative work on virtualizing service supply chain operations.

Jim holds a MA in National Security and Strategic Planning from the Naval War College, where he graduated with distinction. He also holds a MS in Financial Management from the Naval Post Graduate School, a MA in International Relations from Salve Regina University and a BS in Industrial Engineering from the Ohio State University.