Kaan Katircioglu IBM Research Division, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, P.O. Box 218, Yorktown Heights, New York 10598 (kaanus.ibm.com). Dr. Katircioglu is a leading researcher and a consultant in supply chain management at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center. He has more than ten years of experience in the field of operations research, management science, and logistics. His expertise covers the areas of inventory optimization, distribution and manufacturing operations management and planning, and e-business and supply chain management. After completing his Ph.D. studies in management science, in 1996 he joined the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center. Since then, Dr. Katircioglu has worked on several projects for various divisions of IBM and its customers. He is the inventor of the Express Services for Inventory Management offering announced by IBM in July 2005. Dr. Katircioglu has published numerous papers, made several conference presentations, and received patents for his work. He is a member of INFORMS and IEEE.

Timothy M. (Tim) Brown IBM Global Business Services, 4111 Northside Parkway NW, Atlanta, Georgia 30327 (tmbrownus.ibm.com). Mr. Brown is an Associate Partner with the Global Business Services (GBS) division of IBM Global Services. Within GBS, Mr. Brown currently focuses his efforts on defining and implementing supply chain transformation approaches for midsized companies. He is a certified business transformation consultant in the IBM Supply Chain Management competency, with 25 years of experience in logistics management, supply chain strategy, and supply chain operations improvement. He is also a certified Project Management Professional and is certified in production and inventory management. Mr. Brown has worked with clients of all sizes and numerous industry sectors. He received an M.B.A. degree from Georgia State University and a B.S. degree in management science from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Mateen Asghar IBM Global Business Services, One Rogers Street, Lotus Development, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142 (mateen.asgharus.ibm.com). Mr. Asghar is an Industry Solution Manager at IBM Global Business Services (GBS). He is responsible for the SAP Business Intelligence Express solution and is a subject matter expert on the cross-solution integration for small and medium-sized companies in various industries. He has more than ten years of experience with SAP R/3 systems as a technical development leader, and he is a Business Intelligence subject matter expert, an integration subject matter expert, and a leader for various large-scale and complex projects. Mr. Asghar has participated in several projects for Fortune 500 companies, primarily in the area of consumer products, aerospace, and defense industries. His expertise is in managed full-scale SAP systems development projects with large teams utilizing onsite/offshore models. He was the lead architect of the Express Services for Inventory Management offering announced by IBM in July 2005, and he designed the complete solution utilizing various components of SAP, ERP, and BI.