Supply & Demand Chain Executive Magazine - 2006 Pros to Know

Supply and Demand Chain Executive Magazine

Supply & Demand Chain Executive is again highlighting those executives working day in and day out to give their companies a competitive edge by transforming their supply chains. This year, our theme was leadership.

March 13, 2006

What is leadership? Retired Gen. Colin Powell, keynoting at the Transformation ‘06 conference put on by Yellow Transportation in Las Vegas this February, said that the essence of leadership is, in fact, the ability to create “followership.” It's knowing where you're going, and how you're going to get there, such that those in your charge will follow you, in Gen. Powell's words, “if only out of curiosity.”

As on the field of battle, in the supply chain world, leadership is the quality that allows executives to rally their colleagues to the cause of supply chain transformation in a time of uncertainty; to effect change in the face of entrenched constituencies and institutional inertia; and to transcend their own functional interests to pursue — and achieve — goals that bring benefits to the enterprise as a whole.

This year, as in the past, we highlight not just supply chain Practitioner Pros to Know — executives at manufacturing or non-manufacturing enterprises charged with managing and transforming their company's supply chain — but also Provider Pros to Know, executives working for a software firms, service providers, and consultancies and research firms who have made significant contributions to the supply chain field.

In today's economic environment, the ability of supply chain executives to demonstrate leadership is increasingly becoming a differentiator for enterprises of all sizes. Supply & Demand Chain Executive salutes this year's Pros to Know, who are contributing to their companies' competitive advantage and, in doing so, transforming supply chain into a leading function within today's global corporations.

2006 Provider Pros to Know

Change Agents — Helping drive...

• David Adams, SVP, Corporate Strategy & Technology, TrenStar Inc. — Major RFID-enabled supply chains.
• Shellye Archambeau, CEO, MetricStream — New paradigm to reduce cost of compliance.
• Greg Baxter, Founder and CEO, Baxter Planning Systems — "On-demand" model for service parts planning.
• Zack Bergreen, CEO and Chairman, Astea International Inc. — Recognition of field service function.
• Morris Cohen, Co-founder and Chair, MCA Solutions — Best practices for the service supply chain.
• Gary Hare, President and CEO, Vinimaya — Supplier enablement as top issue in e-procurement.
• Bernie Hart, Global Product Executive, JPMorgan Chase Vastera — Integration of physical and financial supply chains.
• Jim Lawton, VP of Marketing, Open Ratings — Supplier intelligence to mitigate supply chain risk.
• Ken Lewis, President and CEO, Provia Software — End-user empowerment in supply chain solutions.
• David Morgan, President and CEO, D.W. Morgan Co. — View of supply chain as a network of shared interests.
• Joseph Pecoraro, CEO, Archimedian Software — Marriage of sourcing strategy with the right tools.
• Jody Sommer, SVP of Professional Services, Procuri — Total best value sourcing approach.
• Paul Svindland, Senior Director, Global Logistics Solutions, ICG Commerce — Transformation of logistics operations.
• Dawn Tiura, Co-founder, Denali Consulting — View of supply chain as competitive differentiator.

Evangelists — Promoting the value of...

• David Blinick, CEO and President, Blinco Systems Inc. — Applying supply chain concepts to improve global execution.
• Kevin Costello, Chief Commercial Officer, Ariba Inc. — Transforming procurement to address spend management complexities.
• Neha Desai, VP Development & Global Operations, Global eProcure — Applying artificial intelligence to spend management challenges.
• Michele Flynn, President, Expense Management Solutions Inc. — Strategic sourcing approach to corporate real estate and administrative services.
• David Haskins, Chief Technology Officer, Kinaxis — Applying Web-based technology to demand management challenges.
• Donald A. Hicks, CEO and President, Llamasoft Inc. — Applying network optimization and simulation to the supply chain.
• Alexander "Sandy" Kemper, Chariman and CEO, Perfect Commerce — "On-demand" model for supplier relationship management
• Raj Khoshoo, VP, Strategic Initiatives, UGS PLM Solutions — Integrating procurement and product lifecycle management.
• Bob Kramer, VP, Working Capital Solutions, PrimeRevenue — Tackling the root causes of inefficiencies in supply chain finance.
• Don MacLennan, VP, Product Management and Marketing, Frictionless Commerce Inc. — Best practices for supplier relationship management.
• Graham R.F. Napier, President and CEO, TradeBeam — Global trade management as a necessary component of supply chain.
• Dr. Nissim Ozer, Chief Technology Officer, RF Code — Hybrid RFID systems.
• Steve Savignano, CEO, Ketera — "On-demand" solutions to address spend management challenges.
• Luke Schneider, SVP, Operations, Verticalnet — "Software as a service" as model to drive technology adoption down-market.
• Jerry Shapiro, CEO and President, SLIM Technologies — Fact-based planning using data driven models.
• Dr. John Vande Vate, Executive Director, Georgia Institute of Technology Executive Master in International Logistics — Bringing academia and private sector together to advance supply chain.

Gurus — Industry experts on...

• Jay Baitler, EVP, Staples Contract Division — Driving "lowest total delivered cost" approach.
• Gunther Bright, SVP/GM of the Global Client Group for Commercial Card, American Express — Expense management and procure-to-pay issues.
• Jason Busch, Managing Director/Editor, Azul Partners/ www.spendmatters.com — Supply chain blogging, sharing industry knowledge.
• Greg Clark, President and CEO, E2open — Enabling visibility into global supply networks.
• Bob Ferrari, Director, Supply Chain Strategies, IDC Manufacturing Insights — Supply chain management, with 30+ years experience.
• Rene' Jones, Principal Consultant, Oracle — Simplicity in warehouse management systems.
• Mike Loughrin, Partner, Transformance Advisors Inc. — Applying lean principles to the supply chain.
• Bill McBeath, Chief Research Officer, ChainLink Research — Supply chain, offering cutting-edge research.
• Michael E. McGrath, CEO and President, i2 Technologies Inc. — Product development and product strategy.
• Bill Michels, CEO, ADR North America — Supply chain innovation and transformation.
• Eric Peters, Co-founder and CEO, TrueDemand Software — Application of RFID in the supply chain.
• Gerald D. Rasch, Regional VP, Supply Chain Optimizers, LLC — Supply chain principles in markets around the globe.
• Richard J. Sherman, EVP, Pelion Systems — The SCOR model, having helped found the Supply Chain Council.
• Harold L. Sirkin, SVP & Director, Boston Consulting Group — Challenges of the global supply chain.
• Pete Stiles, VP of Strategy and Marketing, LeanLogistics Inc. — Applying technology to address logistics challenges.

Pioneers — Developing solutions for...

• Tehseen Ali, CEO & President, Verian Technologies — e-Procurement and purchase-to-pay.
• Charles Ballaro, Director of Product Management, SciQuest — Web-based applications for e-procurement.
• Henrik Bloch, Product Manager, BuildToOrder, RedPrairie — Manufacturing event management.
• Shawn Dolley, Founder, Chairman and CEO, Vision Chain Inc. — Leveraging granular data to transform the supply chain.
• Tom Glassanos, President and CEO, Xign Corp. — Applying "on-demand" to the financial supply chain.
• Carl Hall, President and CEO, Datalliance — e-Commerce solutions for vendor-managed inventory.
• Christopher Heim, President, HighJump Software, a 3M Company — Configurable supply chain execution solutions.
• Bill Huyler, President, Servigistics Pricing, Servigistics — Price optimization for service parts management.
• Dr. Jun-Sheng Li, Chariman and CEO, Transplace — Collaboration between shippers and carriers.
• Jeff Metersky, VP, Chainalytics — Network planning and inventory deployment.
• Bob Moyer, President, FullTilt Solutions — Addressing the master data management challenge.
• Mark Palmer, VP, Event Stream Processing, Progress Software — Applying data management principles to RFID systems.
• Kirit Pandit, VP, Content Services, Emptoris — Spend data management to cure "toxic content."
• Jim Preuninger, CEO, Management Dynamics Inc. — Automating transportation, now eyeing global trade.
• David Saroli, CEO, Osiris Innovations Group, LLC — Automating invoice reconciliation and payment.
• Charles Smart, President, Smart Software Inc. — Advanced forecasting capabilities on desktop PCs.
• Sridhar R. Tayur, CEO, SmartOps Corp. — Applying stochastic, non-linear modeling to supply chain optimization.
• Michael Topolovac, CEO, Arena Solutions — "On-demand" product lifecycle management.
• Sue Welch, Founder and CEO, TradeStone Software — Addressing challenges of global sourcing and global trade automation.

Editor's Note: Supply & Demand Chain Executive recognizes that there are “Pros to Know” that exist beyond this list, and we may have inadvertently missed some innovative candidates. We encourage readers to nominate candidates during the submissions period in November and December each year. To be placed on a list to be notified when the submission criteria for the 2006 list are released, please e-mail your request to Andrew K. Reese, editor of Supply & Demand Chain Executive, at areese@sdcexec.com.