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Dwight Gaston

VP, Portfolio Operations, Platinum Equity. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.

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Dwight Gaston is an operations and fulfillment leader who previously served as Chief Delivery Officer and COO at Julep Beauty and as Chief Operating Officer at Crowd Cow. Before Julep, he spent 15 years leading supply chain and fulfillment operations as Senior Vice President of Operations at Blue Nile.

What they said4 Shows1

Everything Dwight Gaston said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

a16z Insight

Gaston: Root cause analysis must focus on process flaws, not people

“When defects occur making sure that the root cause analysis is not attacking the people involved, it's attacking the process.”

Dwight Gaston Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 26:05 a16z Podcast | Where's My Stuff? -- The Lowdown on Logistics and Ops

a16z Prediction Not checkable as stated

Gaston: 18-month product launch cycles are unsustainable in modern supply chains

“The world of a, you know, 18 month product launch cycle just can't maintain itself. Something's gotta, gotta break. I think it's gonna force companies in, through that entire supply chain to get more flexible, to get more nimble, and then they'll, you know, th…”

Dwight Gaston Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 48:35 a16z Podcast | Where's My Stuff? -- The Lowdown on Logistics and Ops

a16z Assertion Supported

Gaston: Julep launches approximately 30 new cosmetics products every month

“Because we've got we're generating about 30 products a month that are brand new, and some of those are just new nail colors, but a lot of those are new other cosmetic products”

Dwight Gaston Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 8:29 a16z Podcast | Where's My Stuff? -- The Lowdown on Logistics and Ops

a16z What-if

Gaston: Blue Nile accidentally bought a warehouse vault that would collapse floors

“We were doing a big expansion in our fulfillment center at Blue Nile, and we needed to buy a second vault, and we have these big, you know, very secure vaults that we built, and long story short, the person I put in charge of that didn't, you know, do a lot of…”

Dwight Gaston Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 27:33 a16z Podcast | Where's My Stuff? -- The Lowdown on Logistics and Ops

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Dwight's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.

Show	Role there	Eps	Statements	Record
a16zLEDGER	VP, Portfolio Operations, Platinum Equity	1	4	100% 1/1	full record on the a16z Podcast →