Supply Chain Expert Witnesses

Los Gatos, California

Manufacturing, Procurement/Purchasing - Chinese Products, Chinese Imports, Counterfeit Imports, Chinese Manufacturing, Electronics, Purchasing, Inventory, Warehousing, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, ERP systems implementations

China Manufacturing expert specializing in global supply chain sourcing, planning, production, logistics, import/export. Licensed US Customs Broker. Author of five books on global supply chain management including Amazon Best Seller "42 Rules for Sourcing and Manufacturing in China." Ms. Coates is a seasoned executive and MBA, with over 30 years of experience in industry and consulting. She has worked on legal cases for the past 10 years, writing reports, giving depositions and testifying at trial. Her expertise is in global supply chains operations and software implementation including SAP and Oracle. Her legal work includes a variety of supply chain, import/export, and IT systems cases and issues including contract disputes, product defects, failed systems projects and patent infringement.

San Diego, California

Supply Chain, Products Liability - Business Operations, Personal Injury, Purchasing, Manufacturing, Product Safety, Product Liability, Product Design, Quality Control, Distribution, Logistics, Safety Testing, Product Recall, Procurement, Packaging, Operations, Labeling, Industry Standards, Best Practices

Dr. Zal Phiroz is a supply chain professor, and expert on manufacturing vulnerabilities causing personal injury, product liability, product recall, product defect, quality control, packaging and distribution. As a practitioner, Dr. Phiroz has held senior supply chain roles at Proctor & Gamble (NYSE:PG). As an academic, he has held faculty appointments at Harvard University, USC, MSU, and is a regularly invited keynote speaker on Supply Chain topics. In addition to holding a PhD in Supply Chain Management, Dr. Phiroz is a Harvard fellow, and currently a member of faculty at Rady School of Business, University of California, San Diego. The following are some examples of areas Dr. Phiroz has opined on: - Injury due to manufacturing design, inefficient storage, product testing, and quality assurance. - Industry standards for inventory transportation, storage, packaging, labeling, and quality testing. - Consumer demand and behavior analysis. - Supply chain design and funct...

Tampa, Florida

Telecommunications, Internet - Telecommunications, Ecommerce, Multimedia, Internet, Patent Technology, Computer and Network Software, Wireless and Mobile Communication, Messaging Systems, Speech Recognition, Geolocation, Supply Chain, ERP, POS, Card Services, Digital Media, Electronic Transactions, Social Media, Gaming

Mr. Ivan Zatkovich is a computer scientist and technology consultant with over 30 years of experience in telecommunications, financial transactions, and payment processing systems. Before beginning his career, he obtained his BS in computer science and his MS in computer networks from the University of Pittsburgh. Today, he is a certified e-commerce solution expert by IBM Websphere, who has been widely published in his field. He has published programming techniques and tutorials for Sync Magazine, network design articles for Byte Magazine, and a proposal for internet forensics technology for the Department of Justice. This expert has also served as an industry speaker on internet publishing standards at the Momentum conference and as a consultant on international ISO and national ANSI committees for disk and media format standards. Formerly, he served as a software engineer for Digital Equipment Corp., as a project manager in telecom software for GTE Data Services, as a director in ...

Canton, Georgia

Business Operations, Engineering - supply chain, warehouse, warehousing, distribution, logistics, material handling, productivity, automation, industrial engineering, warehouse management system, ecommerce fulfillment, capacity, WMS, TMS, warehouse accident, layout, material flow, labor, safety, software selection

Stephen (Steve) T. Hopper, PE, is Founder and Principal of Inviscid Consulting. Over more than three decades, Steve has helped hundreds of clients plan and streamline their warehousing, fulfillment, distribution, and logistics operations by driving down operating costs, boosting capacity, improving service levels, mitigating risk, implementing effective supply chain solutions, emphasizing safety, and enhancing the performance of their supply chain resources: people, processes, inventory, facilities, equipment, material handling systems, transportation assets, and supply chain information technology (IT). Steve has advised hundreds of clients ranging from small businesses to Fortune 100 corporations. He has also served as an expert witness on dozens of cases involving supply chain operations in the US, Canada, and Australia and has advised private equity and venture capital investors. Steve earned a Bachelor of Industrial Engineering (BIE) degree from The Georgia Institute of Techno...

Westchester Township, Ohio

Supply Chain, Equipment & Machinery - Material Handling, Warehouse, Logistics, Industrial Automation, Control System, Project Management, Fulfillment, PMP Certified, General Management, Manufacturing, Distribution, Conveyors, Pharmaceutical, Supply Chain, Revenue Management, Sales, Profit & Loss, Post & Parcel, Schedule

Attorneys have consistently applauded my expertise and strongly recommended that I showcase my career here. So, here I am! With over 12 years of experience in engineering, project management, and business leadership, I have navigated a path marked by excellence in industrial automation across Power Generation, Process Automation, and Material Handling & Logistics with leading S&P500 companies. My journey began at Siemens in Iraq, where I mastered the commissioning of intricate control systems for power plants, demonstrating technical prowess and top-notch project management skills. Transitioning to Honeywell, I led project engineering efforts for complex process and chemical systems, where my meticulous execution consistently delivered impactful results. At Intelligrated, I achieved significant milestones managing multimillion-dollar Amazon Fulfillment Center projects and expanded into overseeing a $0.5B portfolio. I am recognized for training project managers in advanced techni...

Clinton, Ohio

Engineering, Mechanical Engineering - Automotive, Aerospace, Gaming, Casinos, Financial Self Service, Manufacturing, Design, Systems, Polymers, Plastics, Barriers, Security, Software, Metal Forming Processes, Patent Process, Business Process, Operations, Medical Devices, Supply Chain, Consumer Products

Jon Washington is currently Founder and Proprietor of The Innovation Garage, a company he has run since August 2012. The Innovation Garage is a consultancy that provides education, tools, technology, and expert consulting in change management for strategy, innovation, and supply chain. The Innovation Garage works with organization leadership teams to help design strategy, build internal capability, and execute systems and solutions by providing education tools, and technology. The client base includes start up, not for profit, and globally recognized publicly traded organizations including several global fortune 500. Since founding the organization in 2012, The Innovation Garage has worked with 75+ global organizations and Mr. Washington has personally trained over 1,500 leaders and their extended internal team members. In addition to his role at The Innovation Garage, Mr. Washington consults with organizations across many industries and sizes including start-ups, mid-market priva...

Texas

Supply Chain, Products Liability - Business Operations, Personal Injury, Purchasing, Manufacturing, Product Safety, Product Liability, Product Design, Quality Control, Distribution, Logistics, Safety Testing, Product Recall, Procurement, Packaging, Operations, Labeling, Industry Standards, Best Practices

Dr. Zal Phiroz is a supply chain professor, and expert on manufacturing vulnerabilities causing personal injury, product liability, product recall, product defect, quality control, packaging and distribution. As a practitioner, Dr. Phiroz has held senior supply chain roles at Proctor & Gamble (NYSE:PG). As an academic, he has held faculty appointments at Harvard University, USC, MSU, and is a regularly invited keynote speaker on Supply Chain topics. In addition to holding a PhD in Supply Chain Management, Dr. Phiroz is a Harvard fellow, and currently a member of faculty at Rady School of Business, University of California, San Diego. The following are some examples of areas Dr. Phiroz has opined on: - Injury due to manufacturing design, inefficient storage, product testing, and quality assurance. - Industry standards for inventory transportation, storage, packaging, labeling, and quality testing. - Consumer demand and behavior analysis. - Supply chain design and funct...