DEAN FULLERTON
Dean Fullerton joined Plug as Chief Operating Officer in August 2024 with a long track record of success as a leader in the supply chain and logistics engineering industry. He is responsible for ensuring the execution, delivery and service of all customer deliverables. Mr. Fullerton will drive safety, quality and reliability standards to strengthen Plug’s operational efficiency, while fostering a culture of innovation and excellence.
Mr. Fullerton joined Plug with 14 years of experience at Amazon, where he was responsible for global engineering services and oversaw operations engineering, planning and analytics, reliability and maintenance engineering, global security, real estate transactions and global procurement. His notable achievements include building the world’s largest and most complex automated e-commerce network on unprecedented schedules, delivering 16 middle-mile sort centers in one year— a task that took competitors seven years. He also completed Amazon’s largest project to date, a $1.5 billion airport and parcel facility, precisely on schedule. Mr. Fullerton was awarded the National Safety Council’s Green Cross Safety Innovation Award for developing groundbreaking collision avoidance technology for powered industrial trucks, significantly enhancing industry safety standards. He also led Amazon’s Hydrogen Economy team that reduced Amazon’s carbon footprint and generated significant cost savings. Additionally, Mr. Fullerton negotiated Amazon’s most successful warrant contract, adding billions of dollars in value. He has submitted five patents, with four approved and one pending.
Mr. Fullerton began his career at United Parcel Service, where he spent 13 years in the Industrial Engineering department. He then spent eight years as a Principal/Director at a supply chain and logistics engineering consulting firm. Before joining Amazon, he served as Sr. Director of North America Engineering and Maintenance at Gap Inc. Throughout his career, Mr. Fullerton has consistently tackled significant business challenges and delivered measurable results, setting high standards for himself and his teams.
Mr. Fullerton has a Master of Business Administration from San Diego State University and a Bachelor of Science in Business Management from University of Redlands.