Northeast Supply Chain Conference & Exhibition  Author Biographies and Presentations

James Cunniff
Helle Consulting, Inc.

James Cunniff is a Principal with Helle Consulting, Inc. Previously, James worked for industrial manufacturing companies for 35 years. His most recent position was with a major Central Massachusetts manufacturer as International Sourcing/Vendor Manager for nine years, responsible for finding and developing high quality, low cost foreign suppliers. Prior to that, James was a Materials Manager, MRP Implementation Manager, and a member of a corporate software specification and selection team for that same company.

James was an officer in the American Production and Inventory Control Society, Worcester Chapter. In that position, he taught APICS certification courses. He taught courses internally for his employer, and also at Assumption College. James was Chairman for the Just-In-Time Special Interest Group with Cincom Systems, a major software company. In that position, James was a speaker at Cincom’s annual User Group Meetings. James currently offers seminars in Global Sourcing and Supply Chain Management Principles at Boston University Continuing Education Center. James also is a guest speaker for APICS meetings at the local and regional levels.

James has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from UMass – Dartmouth. and an M.S. in Management Science and Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Presentations

2005 Conference
Global Sourcing & Competitiveness in the 21st Century (Focus on China)