Von Hatley, Managing Director, Jones Walker Consulting, LLC

Von Hatley is the managing director of Jones Walker Consulting, LLC. He has more than 30 years of experience serving as a manufacturing executive, strategic management consultant, university educator, and economic development director. Jones Walker Consulting is a wholly owned subsidiary of the 80-year-old U.S. based law firm, Jones Walker LLP, with offices in Alabama, Arizona, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, New York, and Texas serving both corporate and governmental clients. As a manufacturing executive, Hatley was responsible for the management of several hundred employees in multiple plant sites, including overseeing international expansion. As a strategic management consultant, Hatley oversaw the sales and delivery of tens of millions of consulting revenue, including improving overall profitability for his Global 1000 clients by over $500 million. He worked throughout the United States and internationally in the Middle East, Canada, South America, Western Europe, and the Pacific Rim. His siting experience includes project leadership responsibility of more than $10 billion in announced investments, creating and retaining more than 20,000 manufacturing jobs across the globe.