Douglas Parkes
Biography
Doug Parkes is a lecturer in the Department of Information Systems and Supply Chain Management, focusing on operations and supply chain management. Doug teaches both graduate and undergraduate classes in Supply Chain Management. Doug has over 35 years of industrial experience in the Specialty Chemical Industry. Doug has served in many different cross-functional responsibilities including Technical / Research and Development, Marketing / Product Management, Production, Quality Management, and Supply Chain Management. With respect to the latter, Doug has been actively engaged in many global ERP implementations. Doug’s University experience focuses primarily on Supply Chain and Management and Operations Management. This provides a nice linkage between concepts and actual practice in Industry. Doug is a recognized Instructor for ASCM and teaches CPIM training classes.
Doug’s professional and educational experience includes: Analytical Research Chemist: Ciba Pharmaceuticals & NIEHS, Analytical Services Management: Ciba Geigy Corp., Manufacturing Operations Management: Ciba Geigy Corp., Paper Dyes & Chemicals Technical Management: Ciba Geigy Corp., Quality Management: Ciba Geigy Corp., Fluorochemical R&D Management: Ciba Geigy Corporation, Product Management: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp., Supply Chain Operations Management: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp, SAP Training Management: Ciba, Specialty Chemicals Corp., Regional Supply Chain Management: Huntsman LLC, Global SAP Bus. Process Management Plan-to-Produce: Huntsman LLC, Supply Chain Certification Training APICS CPIM: Piedmont Triad Chapter of APICS, Supply Chain Certification Training APICS CPIM: Piedmont Triad Chapter of APICS, Lecturer, Supply Chain Management (online): Bryan School of Business, University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Past President of the Piedmont Triad Chapter of APICS: Adjunct Instructor Fox Valley Technical College, CPIM Instructor (online programs) Company Cohort classes.
Education
- M.B.A. from Wake Forest University in Winston Salem (May 1986)
- B.S. in Chemistry from Augusta State University (May 1973)
- CPIM and CSCP Certification, ASCM.