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Biography for Bob Ferrari, CSCP, CPIM
Bob Ferrari is the Managing Director for The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group LLC, a consulting, facilitation, and custom research firm. Bob is a highly visible supply chain technology executive and noted industry analyst, with demonstrated experience in business planning, process, and information technology transformation.
His former role was Vice President of Marketing and Business Strategy for a privately-held supply chain inventory optimization technology vendor. In this role, Bob provided leadership of this company’s go-to-market strategy, partner alliances, and product marketing programs, helping to contribute to a three fold increase in sales pipeline, as well as a one-third increase in software revenues.
Prior to this, Bob served as Practice Director of Supply Chain Strategies at Manufacturing Insights, an industry analyst research company affiliated with top-tier analyst firm IDC. Bob architected and directed research services and programs for the worldwide global supply chain, low cost and China manufacturing strategies, as well as high technology industry research programs. Bob's many accomplishments include 2006 and 2007 Predictions for Global Supply Chains and architecting a global based survey of supply chain risk management concerns involving over 800 worldwide respondents.
Bob also served as Director of Supply Chain Product Marketing for SAP AG, with global responsibility for marketing, positioning and business development for mySAP Supply Chain Management applications. This role included major contributions to SAP’s articulation of the Adaptive Supply Chain vision, as well as directly supporting each of the SAP Industry Business Units on their industry-focused supply chain product development and go-to-market needs.
Preceding his position at SAP, Bob was a Research Director at AMR Research, where he provided leading edge research and insights for both the Supply Chain, Procurement, and Enterprise Management Applications practices.
Bob’s early experience spans multiple supply chain business, planning, consulting, and IT management assignments within high-technology industry environments.
Bob is a longstanding member of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP). He holds APICS (The Association for Operations Management) certification as Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP), as well as Production and Inventory Management (CPIM), and was chosen by APICS as a member of the Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) Exam Review Committee. Bob also serves as a board member of the North American Leadership Team for the Supply-Chain Council, Inc. (SCOR). He served as a previous board member for the MIT Forum for Supply Chain Innovation.
Bob holds an MBA from the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Northeastern University. He also holds recent certification as an Inbound Marketing Professional, after virtually attending Inbound Marketing University, a service of HubSpot Inc.
Bob can be contacted at bob.ferrari@theferrarigroup.com
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