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Gary Cokins is a manager of global business advisory services involved with performance management solutions at SAS. Gary is an internationally recognized expert, speaker, and
author in advanced cost management and performance improvement systems. He received a B.S. with honors in industrial engineering/operations research from Cornell University and an MBA from Northwestern
University's Kellogg School of Management.
Gary began his career as a strategic planner at FMC's Link-Belt Division and then served as financial controller and operations manager. In 1981 he began his management consulting career with
Deloitte Consulting. Gary was trained on ABC by Harvard Business School professors Robert S. Kaplan and Robin Cooper. More recently, Gary headed National Cost Management Consulting Services for
Electronic Data Systems (EDS).
Gary was the lead author of the acclaimed ABC Manager's Primer, sponsored by the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA). Harvard Business School Press advised, "Read this book first,"
regarding his second work, Activity-Based Cost Management: Making It Work. A reviewer for his third book, Activity-Based Cost Management: An Executive's Guide, said that Gary has
the gift to take a concept that many view as complex and reduce it to its simplest terms, and the book was ranked first among similar works in sales volume on barnesandnoble.com.
Gary participates in and serves on many committees, including CAM-I, the Supply Chain Council, the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC), and the Institute of Management Accountants.
He is a member of the Journal of Cost Management Editorial Advisory Board. He also serves on the board of advisors and regularly posts articles for
www.kpilibrary.com, www.smartdatacollective.com, http://bigfatfinanceblog.com/, and
www.information-management.com. He is on the International Monetary Fund's activity-based costing advisory panel.
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