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Paul Alexander, Curtin University, Australia, P.Alexander@cbs.curtin.edu.au 
Dr Paul Alexander’s research focuses include the impact of technology on supply chain processes and networks, with particular interests in supply chain capabilities, collaboration, process transformation, and virtualisation.He also consults to manufacturing and resources industries in the areas of process improvement, supply chain redesign to support large scale collaboration, and in supply chain re-engineering.

Ulli Arnold, University of Stuttgart, Germany, ulli.arnold@bwi.uni-stuttgart.de
Ulli Arnold is Professor of Industrial Goods Marketing and Supply Management  at University of Stuttgart, Germany. His teaching and research interest are in supply management, marketing and non-profit management. Professor Arnold is co-editor of several scientific journals in management, purchasing and logistics and has published several books and articles on supply chain management, industrial marketing and non-profit-organisations.

Nicholas Austin, DraftFCB, Canada

 
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Antonella Candido, GS1, Canada

Amin Chaabane, École de Technologie Supérieure, Canada, amin.chaabane@etsmtl.ca

Garland Chow, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, Garland.chow@sauder.ubc.ca
Dr. Garland Chow is the Director of the Bureau of Intelligent Transportation Systems and Freight Security and Associate Professor, Operations and Logistics Division, at the Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia. Dr. Chow writes and teaches in the fields of supply chain, business logistics and freight transport management, is a frequent speaker before professional associations and executive programs and provided consulting advice to both government and the private sector. He is an active participant in the Purchasing Management Association of Canada and is a current member of the National Board of Directors. Dr. Chow's logistics research interests include transportation collaboration, modelling the outsourcing decision for TPLs and logistics strategy for multinationals entering China. He co-authored “The Transportation and Warehousing Challenge for Multi-National Corporations in China”. Dr. Chow earned his BS and MBA degrees from the University of Maryland and doctorate from Indiana University.
 

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Mohd. Nishat Faisal, Qatar University, Qatar, nishat786@qu.edu.qa
Dr. Mohd. Nishat Faisal is Assistant Professor in the Department of Management and Marketing College of Business & Economics, Qatar University, Qatar. His research interests are in the area of Supply Chain Management, Decision Sciences, Small Business Management, and Information Technology. He has published articles in journals like International Journal of Industrial & Systems Engineering, International Journal of Services and Operations Management, Supply Chain Forum: An International Journal, E-Government: An International Journal, Industrial Management & Data Systems, Journal of Enterprise Information Management, Business Process Management Journal, European Journal of Industrial Engineering, International Journal of Management & Enterprise Development among others. He is also the recipient of Emerald Highly Commended Award in 2008. 

Kamel A. Fantazy, Sharjah University, kafantazy@yahoo.com
Kamel A. Fantazy received his PhD in Operations Management from the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. He is a Postdoctoral Fellow and a Research Associate at the Research Center for Technology Management at the Sprott School of Business. His research interests include supply chain management, improving performance of production and operation systems, international technology transfer and e-business. He has 14 yeas of industrial experience in various managerial positions. He has several research papers and he was the recipient of the Best Research Paper Award in the POM division at the ASAC conference held in Halifax, Canada, 2008.

Péter Földesi, Széchenyi István University, Hungary, foldesi@sze.hu
Péter Földesi PhD was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1962. He graduated at Technical University of Budapest Hungary (TUB) as transport engineer in 1986, and obtained PhD degree at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 1994. He worked for a large international haulage company as marketing consultant in 1990, than he joined the academic staff of TUB. In 1995 he moved to Győr (Hungary) and took position at the Széchenyi István University, at the Department of Logistics and Forwarding, where he was promoted to head of department in 2007. He is also responsible for the industrial relations of the Faculty of Technical Sciences, as the Vice-Dean of fundraising.
 

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Dan Georgescu, Ford Motor Company, Canada
Ford’s vision is to provide sustainable transportation that is affordable in every sense of the word: socially, environmentally and economically. Mr. Dan Georgescu currently works in Global Purchasing for Ford Motor Company. He is in charge of supplier development for the over 600 suppliers of the Oakville Assembly Complex. He is a member of the Accreditation Review Panel of the National Accreditation Program of the Canadian Sector Council for Supply Chain (CSCSC); he is a senior educational consultant for the Purchasing Managers Association of Canada, and he serves as a member of the Engineering Programs Advisory Committee at Sheridan College. He teaches in the Supply Chain Management at Humber College, and in the Manufacturing Management Program at Sheridan College. He graduated with the Gold Medal for Academic Excellence from the Wifrid Laurier MBA program in 2006. He holds a Master of Science Degree in Engineering and he is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt and a Professional Engineer. He published "Making Supply Chain Design the Rational Differentiating Characteristic of the OEMs" in the International Journal of Production Research on February 23, 2007. His research interests are Knowledge Propagation in the Value Chain and Supplier Development as a Sustainable Competitive Advantage.

Christoph Glock, University of Wuerzburg, Germany, christoph.glock@uni-wuerzburg.de
Dr. Christoph Glock is an assistant professor at the Chair of Industrial Management at the University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany. His research interests include inventory management, supply chain coordination, supply chain organisation, and supplier selection. Dr. Glock has published articles in renowned international journals, such as the International Journal of Production Economics or the International Journal of Production Research.

Alfred Guiffrida, Kent State University, USA, aguiffri@kent.edu
Alfred L. Guiffrida is an Assistant Professor of Management in the Department of Management and Information Systems at Kent State University. He holds his Ph.D., M.S. and B.S. degrees all in Industrial Engineering from the University at Buffalo (SUNY) and an MBA in Management Science from Virginia Tech. His papers have been published in Applied Mathematical Modelling, The Engineering Economist, European Journal of Operational Research, Industrial Marketing Management, Information Systems and Operational Research, International Journal of Integrated Supply Management, International Journal of Production Economics, Journal of Business and Economics, Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, and International Transactions in Operations Research. Dr. Guiffrida’s research interests are in the areas of operations and supply chain management. He is a member of ASA, CORS, DSI, INFORMS and POMS.
 

Mehmet Gumus, Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University, Canada

Jatinder (Jeet) Gupta, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA, guptaj@uah.edu
Jatinder (Jeet) N. D. Gupta is Eminent Scholar of Management of Technology, Professor of Information Systems, Industrial and Systems Engineering and Engineering Management at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.  Recipient of the Outstanding Faculty, Teaching and Research awards, he has published extensively in national and international journals. He serves on editorial boards of various journals and have edited several special issues including European Journal of Operational Research and books including the Handbook of Research on Enterprise Systems.  His current research interests include e-Commerce, Supply Chain Management and Logistics, Information and Decision Technologies, Scheduling, Planning and Control, Knowledge Management, and Enterprise Integration.
 

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Behzad Hezarkhani, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, b.hezarkhani@mun.ca
 

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Mohamed Jaber, Ryerson University, Canada, mjaber@ryerson.ca
M.Y. Jaber is a professor of Industrial Engineering at Ryerson University. He obtained his PhD in Manufacturing and Operations Management from the University of Nottingham. His research interests include modelling learning and forgetting processes and their applications, inventory management in supply chains and reverse logistics, and thermodynamic analysis of production and inventory systems. He has published more than 100 articles in internationally reputable journals and conference proceedings. He is the editor of the book “Inventory Management: Non-Classical Views” and the forthcoming one “Learning Curves: Theory and Modern Applications”, both with CRC Press. His industrial experience is in construction management. He is a member of the editorial board for the Journal of Operations and Logistics, Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and the Research Journal of Applied Sciences, and an Area Editor, Logistics and Inventory Systems, for Computers and Industrial Engineering. He is a member of several professional societies.
 
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Jordan Kalpin, Hewlett Packard, Canada

Amir (Aboulfazi) Keramati, Brunel University, UK, aboulfazl.keramati@brunel.ac.uk
Mr. Keramati is currently working towards a PhD at Brunel University, taking a special interest in integration of supply chain management and simulation modelling by systems dynamics. He has completed an MBA through meeting the necessary requirements from the TASMAC London School of Business and the University of Shahid Beheshti in Iran. He also pursued some modules of a Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA) from the University of Herriot Watt. These programs allowed for him detailed understanding of research methods to define and evaluate strategies necessary in many areas of business.
Most of Amir's professional experience has been developed through his role as a senior foreign procurement officer at Iran Khodro Company, a sister company and partner to France’s Peugeot in Iran. More than 10 years of experience in International business level has led him to gain invaluable knowledge and professional skills in the field of study.
 

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Nicholas Little, Eli Broad Graduate School of Management, Michigan State University, USA
Nick Little is Assistant Director of Executive Development Programs and The Global Procurement and Supply Chain Benchmarking Initiative of the Eli Broad Graduate School of Management at Michigan State University. Immediately prior to that time, he performed the role of Industry Executive on Loan to the Benchmarking Initiative from his previous employer The Post Office (United Kingdom). Nick was with them for almost 10 years. During that time, he worked at regional, business unit and national levels throughout their purchasing and supply organization. His last post was as Strategy and Projects Director for Post Office Purchasing+Logistics Services, a business unit incorporating nationwide corporate purchasing, warehousing and distribution to some 19,000 locations. Nick undertook a complete review of Post Office supply chains (internal and external) reducing annual operating costs by some 25% in two years and achieving a recurrent annual saving for the business exceeding £10 million (approx. $18million).
Throughout his career, Nick has designed, developed and delivered training at managerial and executive levels for purchasing and other operational and administrative staff groups. Nick brings that valuable industry-based expertise to complement the academic strengths of Michigan State University faculty as a key member of our Executive Development Programs group, specializing in customized programs and client relationships.

  

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Steve Mehltretter, AT Kearney, Canada
Steve Mehltretter is a Partner in A.T. Kearney’s North American Process and Energy Industry Practice and is based in the  Toronto office.  He has over twenty years of experience consulting to many industry leading companies around the globe.
Steve joined A.T. Kearney in 1993 and his areas of expertise include complexity management, capital effectiveness, operations management and procurement. He has extensive experience working with global clients across a range of industries including the, consumer products, chemicals, oil and gas, and other process industries.
Steve holds an MBA from the University of Virginia’s Darden Business School, and  a Bachelor’s of Science degree in engineering from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario.

Steven A. Melnyk, Michigan State University, USA
Dr. Steven A. Melnyk is currently professor of Operations Management for the Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management at Michigan State University’s Eli Broad School of Business. In addition to being an in-demand consultant and speaker, a contributor to many academic journals and author of several books on SCM, he has also been recognized as one of the 10 Best MBA faculty at MSU by Business Week.
An accomplished researcher, Dr. Melnyk has won many grants which include: the Research Grant Award from the Manufacturing Research Consortium and the National Science foundation Grant in Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing.
He completed his MA and PhD at the University of Western Ontario.

Oguz Morali, Ryerson University, Canada, oguz.morali@ryerson.ca
Oguz Morali is a Ph.D. student in the Environmental Applied Science and Management (ENSCIMAN) Program at Ryerson University. He holds his B.A. degree in Business Administration from Cukurova University, Turkey and an MBA degree from Queen’s University, Canada. He has over fifteen years of work experience in the banking and consulting industries. His current research focuses on supply chain management, environmental management systems, and sustainability indicators.

M. Kamran Mumtaz  
 

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Péter Németh, Széchenyi István University, Hungary, nemethp@sze.hu
Péter Németh PhD was born in Győr, Hungary in 1979. He graduated at the Széchenyi István University in Győr, Hungary as an economist in 2000. He obtained PhD degree in 2009 at the Multidisciplinary Technical Doctoral School at the Széchenyi István University. His PhD Thesis discussed new methods in supply chain performance measurement. He joined the aca-demic staff of the Széchenyi István University in 2004. In 2010 he was promoted to assistant professor.

Roger Neuhaus, University of Fribourg, Switzerland, roger.neuhaus@unifr.ch
Roger Neuhaus is working toward a Master of European Business at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. He received a Bachelor degree in Management from UF in 2009, with an empirical bachelor thesis on the topic of on-line word-of-mouth communication. He studied International Business at Tennessee Technological University fall semester 2008 and participated in the MBA program at Western Illinois University spring semester 2010. He has practical experience with the Swiss Army, a printing office, furniture factory, and an energy provider. He is interested in methods of communication, business meetings, and conducting negotiations across various global cultures. He speaks multiple foreign languages and enjoys international travel. Roger’s long-term goal is to become a professional at a global consulting firm providing expertise in general and strategic management.

 

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Maureen O'Higgins, BC Biomedical Laboratories Ltd., Canada
 Maureen O’Higgins has extensive experience in Supply Chain Management in a variety of different organizations spanning private enterprise, government, and charitable organizations.  She is an instructor for the PMAC Senior Supply Chain Management Leadership Program, in addition to instructing various seminars.   Her interest in sustainability has led to the introduction of many programs in her 10 years at BC Biomedical Laboratories, including an employee-led “Green Team” and a focus on working with employees and suppliers to reduce usage of materials.  BC Biomedical Laboratories has recently been recognized as a top environmentally friendly employer in Maclean’s and BC Business magazines’ “The Green 30” list.

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Mark Pagell, Schulich School of Business, York University, Canada, mpagell@schulich.yorku.ca
Mark Pagell, B.S. (Drexel) & Ph.D. (Michigan State University), is Associate Professor, Operations and Management of Information Systems at the Schulich School of Business at York University. His areas of expertise are sustainable supply chain management, supply chain integration, operational responses to the external environment, integrating human resource and operational decisions. His current research projects include best practices in sustainable supply chain management, the role of employee health and safety in operational outcomes and how plant managers’ experiences and attitudes towards sustainability relate to operational performance. 

Newton Paul, PAR Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc., USA

Avy Punwasee, Pricing Solutions, Canada
Avy Punwasee is a Senior Consultant who focuses on Pricing Management and Strategy.  He has a wealth of experience in numerous operational areas including channel pricing, competitive realignments, promotional pricing, input cost negotiation and change management.  Recently, Avy worked with a leading US consumer packaged goods company to realign there national pricing strategy across 8 global brands.  The initiative led to the creation of a streamlined pricing process for the entire brand portfolio and a double digit improvement in profit margins. 
Prior to joining Pricing Solutions Limited, Avy was responsible for pricing of the service parts business for a major domestic automotive company.   In this capacity he managed over 400,000 SKUs and $700 million of revenue to a diverse customer base.
Over his pricing tenure Avy has added hundreds of millions of dollars in profit whiles still maintaining a focus on increasing sales.
 

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Saibal Ray, McGill University, Canada

Philippe Richer, Industry Canada, Canada
Philippe Richer is managing the supply chain management and logistics innovation research initiatives at Industry Canada. In that function, he is responsible for developing and coordinating research and policy related to e-business and supply chain innovation, smart borders, skills, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Key Performance Indicators and global sourcing. Prior to joining Industry Canada, Philippe held different supply chain analytical functions at Michelin in France as well as at Nortel Networks and Plats du Chef in Canada and Europe. He holds a bachelors degree in Operation and Production Management as well as an International MBA in information systems. 

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M. Asif Salam, University of the Fraser Valley, British Columbia, Canada

Benedikt Schmidt, University of Stuttgart, Germany, benedikt.schmidt@bwi.uni-stuttgart.de
Benedikt Schmidt is research assistant and doctoral candidate at the Chair of Industrial Goods Marketing and Supply Management, University of Stuttgart, Germany. He earned his diploma degree at University of Tuebingen. His research interests are strategic supply management and sustainability.

Cory Searcy, Ryerson University, Canada, cory.searcy@ryerson.ca
Cory Searcy is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Ryerson University. He is also an Associate in the Measurement and Assessment Program at the International Institute for Sustainable Development. His current research focuses on sustainability indicators, corporate social responsibility, integrated management systems, and life cycle assessment. He teaches graduate courses in environmental management systems and pollution prevention.

David Sinclair, Accenture, Canada   
David Sinclair has over 15 years of management consulting experience across supply chain, operations, strategy and business transformation. He has worked with clients across the world and specializes in organizational transformation and procurement strategy across a range of industries including; Financial Services, Communications and High Tech, Media and Entertainment.  Most recently David was the Service Management Lead for Accenture in the UK.  Prior to joining Accenture David has worked across a wide range of industries including: IT, Financial Services, Manufacturing, Aerospace and Retail.
 

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Adrian Tan, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada, tanx1410@wlu.ca

Mike Tracey, Western Illinois University, USA, MA-Tracey@wiu.edu
Mike Tracey has 15 years of experience in logistics-related positions at both retailing and industrial organizations. He holds a Bachelor of Liberal Studies degree from Bowling Green State University and an MBA from the University of Toledo with a major in Business Logistics and Transportation. His Ph.D. is in Manufacturing Management from the University of Toledo. His research and teaching interests include the various facets of Supply Chain Management. He has published in the Journal of Supply Chain Management, Journal of Operations Management, International Journal of Logistics Management, International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, International Journal of Integrated Supply Management, and Supply Chain Management: An International Journal.

Adrienne Turner, ISN Canada, Canada
 

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Ramnath Vaidyanathan, McGill University, Canada, ramnath.vaidya@gmail.com
 

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Jing Zhu, McGill University, Canada, jing.zhu2@mail.mcgill.ca
Jing Zhu is currently a PhD candidate and research assistant in Desautels Faculty of Management, at McGill University. His dissertation examines how horizontal mergers affect merging firms and their rivals’ performance. He received his M.Phil degree in System Engineering from Chinese University of Hong Kong and the B.S. degree in Mathematics from Nankai University, China. His research interests include supply chain management and empirical evaluation of supply chain performance.