John McKeller

Program Director

608-441-7354

John M. McKeller is director of the purchasing and supply management program for the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Wisconsin School of Business Executive Education unit. He previously served concurrent appointments as the director of education for ISM and as an assistant professor at UW-Madison.

During the last several years, McKeller has conducted hundreds of workshops and presentations for clients in the US, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Central and South America. He currently teaches and consults on supply management related topics for the Institute for Supply Management (ISM), and numerous corporate clients.

McKeller teaches courses in the Grainger Center for Supply Chain Management at the Wisconsin School of Business. Additionally, he teaches supply management programs in the school’s Executive Education curriculum. He was previously an adjunct faculty member at Arizona State University, the University of San Diego, and the University of California at San Diego Business Extension.

Before entering the academic field, McKeller held various managerial positions with subsidiaries of Ralston Purina, Eli Lilly and Company, and General Dynamics Corporation. Over the years, his articles on supply management topics have appeared in numerous national publications, academic journals, and as the “Purchasing” chapter in the Third Edition of the APICS Handbook. A graduate of San Diego State University, He also completed an MBA at Pepperdine University and a D.B.A. at United States International University.