2026 Outstanding Industrial Engineer

Tony Orr
Posing with Dr. Son and Doc B. after accepting award.

Tony Orr is a Supply Chain Director for Go to Market Equipment at PepsiCo where he leads enterprise-wide capital, parts, and equipment strategies supporting end-to-end supply chain operations. Since graduating from Purdue University’s Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering, Tony has advanced rapidly through roles of increasing leadership responsibility, overseeing multimillion-dollar spend, capital inventory, and large-scale operational initiatives. He also holds a Master of Applied Science in Supply Chain Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, earned with the MIT Supply Chain Excellence Award.
 
A proud Boilermaker, Tony has remained deeply engaged with Purdue through alumni leadership, recruiting, mentoring, and academic partnerships, and currently serves as the acting Executive Sponsor for PepsiCo at Purdue University. He previously served as Vice President of the Purdue Alumni Association of Boston and has been a long-standing Industrial Engineering capstone sponsor and mentor, earning the IE Capstone Partner of the Year Award. In recognition of his professional impact and service to Purdue, Tony was named a recipient of the Purdue Alumni Association’s Young Alumnus Award and was recently nominated as a finalist for the OnCon Top Supply Chain and Procurement professional icon award. 
 
Tony resides in Indianapolis with his wife, Ashley, who is in her pediatric Residency at Riley Children’s Hospital. 
 

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