Instructor's Bios

Ken Allaire, CPIM, CSCP, CPM

Ken Allaire, CPIM, CPM, CSCP, has recently been approved by the APICS Association as a Master Instructor for CPIM and a Lead Instructor for CSCP. Ken is currently working as a Strategic Sourcing Manager for Cardinal Health and has almost 20 years of experience in Supply Chain and Operations Management. Ken has worked in every environment from retail sales to manufacturing and from mom and pop stores to multi-billion dollar organizations spanning various countries. Some of his experience includes project management, quality auditing, purchasing and sourcing in the manufacturing operations environment.

Wanting to enhance his career, Ken joined APICS in 2004 and began to pursue his CPIM certification which he achieved in September 2005. Shortly after he pursued and achieved his CPM and CSCP certification.

Ken has always been a strong advocate of continuing education and lifelong learning. Wanting to become more involved with APICS to share his experience and promote the APICS body of knowledge he pursued getting elected to the San Diego board of directors. In 2005 Ken was elected to the board of directors as the vice president of seminars and began teaching the back to basic program, CPIM & CSCP modules and continues to encourage individuals to pursue APICS certifications. In 2006 he was voted as the APICS Member of the Year and in 2007 as the Board Member of the Year. In 2008-2009 served as President for the San Diego Chapter.

Jane Marshall, MBB, MBA, GSCM, CPIM, Jonah

Jane has more than 25 years experience assisting companies with process improvements using Lean Six Sigma, Theory of Constraints, and Balanced Scorecard methods in order to streamline operations, reduce inventory and increase turns, target quality and productivity problems to save clients millions of dollars improving cash flow and profitability.

She has successfully implemented Lean Six Sigma in a variety of industries including aerospace, communications, electronics, medical device, military services, pharmaceuticals, wholesale food, textile, furniture, and industrial commodities. Jane also provides real world applications to students as an industry liaison and lead professor for UCSD Lean Six Sigma Black Belt program, UCSD Global Supply Chain Management program, and SDSU Operations Resource Management program. She has also conducted workshops and lectures including the popular LSS Greenbelt Boot Camp Program.
Her education includes a MBB with UCSD, MBA with Cal State San Marcos, BS in Management at UOP, CPIM certification with APICS, Jonah certification with the Goldratt Institute, Lean training from Lean Institute, and Lean Six Sigma Black Belt from UCSD.

Sandy Friedman, CFPIM, CIRM, PMP

Sanford (Sandy) Friedman, BS, MS, MBA, CFPIM, CIRM, PMP, ITIL, is a Senior Project Manager at Scripps Health and an instructor in the Operations Resource Management Certificate Program at California State University San Marcos. Sandy has over twenty-five years of industry experience in management, project management, consulting, teaching, and systems development in aerospace and defense, biomedical, pharmaceutical, health care, as well as manufacturing, logistics and distribution industries. Sandy is a frequent lecturer for APICS and PMI, has been a featured speaker at several conferences and symposia, and has taught at San Diego State University, California State University, San Marcos, Fullerton, Dominguez Hills, and at USC. Sandy is a past president of APICS-Los Angeles, and is now serving as Ambassador for the San Diego chapter. Sandy was also a Board member of the Los Angeles Aerospace and Defense Special Interest Group (LA-ADSIG), and is the recipient of the APICS Milt Cook Award for 2008. Sandy holds a BS from UCLA, an MS from the University of Iowa, an MBA from Boston University, and holds CFPIM, CIRM, PMP, and ITIL certifications. Sandy is also listed in various Marquis’ Who’s Who series.

Ray Barger, MBA, CIRM, CSCP, CPM

Ray Barger, MBA, CIRM, CSCP, CPM is currently Director of Procurement at ViaSat, Inc., a satellite communication equipment OEM, Ray Barger is leading the redefinition of the company’s operating model to reduce cost and increase agility through development of an outsourced, high-performance supply chain. Ray’s previous assignments included Program Director for government development programs.

Ray’s experience includes serving as Vice President, Operations at MultiSpectra Engineering, Inc., (now merged into Tachyon) and as Director, Field Support at Hughes Network Systems. Ray also held Program Manager, Finance Manager and Production Supervisor roles at Linkabit and General Dynamics Electronics.

Kaye Cee McKay, CFPIM, CSCP

Kaye Cee McKay, CFPIM, CSCP has over 20 years experience in Operations Management in a variety of industries. Her emphasis is on Inventory Management, accuracy and reduction including the performance measurements/rewards that create lasting change. Kaye Cee is a Qualified APICS Instructor (QI) and believes that learning should be fun as well as informative. She has taught at many Fortune 500 companies and is a frequent speaker at the APICS International Conference, Congress for Progress, 6 Packed and various chapter and region events. She was the alternate chair for the CPIM’s Execution and Control of Operations and on the task force to upgrade the CPIM program. She has been an APICS volunteer for 10 years and is currently an Executive Director of Education for the San Diego APICS chapter.

Cayce Jessup – CPIM, CIRM, CSCP

Cayce Jessup – CPIM, CIRM, CSCP, has over 13 years experience in Oracle and SAP Supply Chain ERP system implementations and support. He has held both technical and functional IT leadership roles in the high tech, medical device, and golf equipment manufacturing industries. Cayce has been involved in all aspects of the software development life cycle, including business requirements analysis, system configuration and customization, data conversion, application interfaces and business intelligence. He has led systems implementations in the United States, Asia, Europe, Australia, Mexico and Canada, and is currently ViaSat. Cayce has been an APICS member since 2002.

Sibyl Melin, CPIM, CIRM, CSCP

Sibyl Melin, CPIM, CIRM, CSCP is president and founder of Sundial Consulting Group, Carlsbad, California.

With more than 20 years of experience in operations management, her background and multiple industry experiences provide an excellent foundation. This consultant, educator, and speaker wins high praise from her corporate clients and students. Known for her passionate expressions for maintaining manufacturing excellence in North America, Sibyl brings facts, common sense, and humor to her audiences.

As an APICS instructor with over 15 years in front of students, her decades of operations, materials, cost accounting, and warehouse expertise means she has honed her presentations to match her audiences —whatever their part of the organization. As a corporate executive, Sibyl encountered many of the problems still facing organizations today and provides a wealth of lessons learned to her consulting clients and students. As a consultant and educator, she constantly searches for solutions to these challenges.

Pat Lupica, MS, SCM

Pat is a PhD candidate at the International School of Management in Paris France, and holds a Masters in Supply Chain Management (SCM) from the University of San Diego (USD). Areas of particular interest include globalization, and concepts that tend to break down silo-centric performance - theories and recommendations on this topic were presented at the 2006 & 2007 International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association (IPSERA) conference.

Activities include teaching Supply Chain and Operations Management at USD, SCM for the International School of Management in Paris, and Purchasing in the APICS sponsored ORM certification program at CSUSM; a publication reviewer for ISM, and a contract SCM subject matter expert for John Wiley & Sons. Pat is also the President of LNK Consulting, a value chain integration company, who specializes in providing a practical and comprehensive framework that will eliminate or minimize silo centric performance with side effects such as improved collaboration and improved reaction time to market opportunities & threats.

Industry experience encompasses commercial construction, manufacturing, waferfab processing, and aspects of hospitality management.

Sue Franks , CPIM, CSCP

Sue has over 25 years experience in Materials, Production and Operations Management. Currently employed as Operations Manager for JMAR Technologies, she has worked in a variety of manufacturing environments from start-up to high volume, and has worked for companies such as Sherwood Medical, Medtronic, Hewlett Packard and 3Com.

Sue has her BA degree from Adrian College and an MBA in Production and Operations Management from San Diego State University. She earned her CPIM in 1991 and CSCP in 2006. She has served in a number of positions on the San Diego Chapter Board of Directors and is currently serving as Past President. She has been an instructor for the chapter for over 5 years, and is on both the CPIM and Lean Instructor teams.

Outside of work and APICS, she is active with Boy Scouts and is currently serving as the Committee Chair for a Venture Crew in Rancho Bernardo, where she resides with her husband and son.

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