Procurement Expert Witnesses

Supply Chain, Products Liability - Business Operations, Personal Injury, Purchasing, Manufacturing, Product Safety, Product Liability, Product Design, Quality Control, Distribution, Logistics, Safety Testing, Product Recall, Procurement, Safety Testing, Packaging, Operations, Labeling, Industry Standards, Best Practices

Dr. Zal Phiroz is a supply chain professor, and expert on manufacturing vulnerabilities causing personal injury, product liability, product recall, product defect, quality control, packaging and distribution. As a practitioner, Dr. Phiroz has held senior supply chain roles at Proctor & Gamble (NYSE:PG). As an academic, he has held faculty appointments at Harvard University, USC, MSU, and is a regularly invited keynote speaker on Supply Chain topics. In addition to holding a PhD in Supply Chain Management, Dr. Phiroz is a Harvard fellow, and currently a member of faculty at Rady School of Business, University of California, San Diego. The following are some examples of areas Dr. Phiroz has opined on: - Injury due to manufacturing design, inefficient storage, product testing, and quality assurance. - Industry standards for inventory transportation, storage, packaging, labeling, and quality testing. - Consumer demand and behavior analysis. - Supply chain design and funct...

Transportation, Management - Accidents, Product Liability, Fleet Maintenance,Tractors, Trailers, Trucks, Cars, Airplanes, Sanitation Trucks, Procurement, DOT & FMCSR Regulations, Transportation Industry Best Practices.

Michael C. Buck, President of MCB Consulting, is a Transportation Expert with over 30 years of experience. He has provided world class Fleet Maintenance Management by developing methodical policies and procedures monitored by performance metrics ensuring regulatory compliance while simultaneously providing leadership with the tools and authority to effectively assist their customers. Subject Matter Expert / Litigation Support - MCB Consulting consistently decreases deposition and trial preparation time and increases the probability of successful judgments. He has assisted attorneys for both plaintiffs and defendants in gaining a greater settlement or mitigating a client’s losses. Litigation Procedure – Once we have exchanged a signed NDA (Non-Disclosure) Agreement, I will make an initial review case and determine if and how the case can be supported. An initial report will be tendered defining these key points. An interrogatory (report) will be developed outlining in explicit detail...

Employment, Law Enf & Criminal Justice - bias, decision making, cognitive biases, blindspots, discrimination, implicit bias, unconscious bias, hiring, recruitment, personnel, promotion, racism, sexism, employment law, wrongful termination, public procurement, procurement, jury selection, police practices & procedures, criminal justice

Dr. Gleb Tsipursky is a world-renowned thought leader and expert in bias and decision making. As the CEO of the boutique consultancy Disaster Avoidance Experts, he helps evaluate and address bias in decision making in companies and other organizations, including via litigation consulting. His globally-renowned expertise was featured in over 650 articles and over 550 interviews in prominent venues. They include Harvard Business Review, USA Today, Fortune, Fast Company, CBS News, Time, Scientific American, Psychology Today, Business Insider, Government Executive, Inc. Magazine, NPR, and The New York Times. He wrote the global best-sellers Never Go With Your Gut: How Pioneering Leaders Make the Best Decisions and Avoid Business Disasters (Career Press, 2019) and The Blindspots Between Us: How to Overcome Unconscious Cognitive Bias and Build Better Relationships (New Harbinger, 2020). His writing was translated into Chinese, Korean, German, Russian, Polish, and other languages. Dr. ...

Supply Chain, Products Liability - Business Operations, Personal Injury, Purchasing, Manufacturing, Product Safety, Product Liability, Product Design, Quality Control, Distribution, Logistics, Safety Testing, Product Recall, Procurement, Safety Testing, Packaging, Operations, Labeling, Industry Standards, Best Practices

Dr. Zal Phiroz is a supply chain professor, and expert on manufacturing vulnerabilities causing personal injury, product liability, product recall, product defect, quality control, packaging and distribution. As a practitioner, Dr. Phiroz has held senior supply chain roles at Proctor & Gamble (NYSE:PG). As an academic, he has held faculty appointments at Harvard University, USC, MSU, and is a regularly invited keynote speaker on Supply Chain topics. In addition to holding a PhD in Supply Chain Management, Dr. Phiroz is a Harvard fellow, and currently a member of faculty at Rady School of Business, University of California, San Diego. The following are some examples of areas Dr. Phiroz has opined on: - Injury due to manufacturing design, inefficient storage, product testing, and quality assurance. - Industry standards for inventory transportation, storage, packaging, labeling, and quality testing. - Consumer demand and behavior analysis. - Supply chain design and funct...

Procurement/Purchasing, Business Operations - government contracts, federal contracts, subcontracts, Federal Acquisition Regulation, FAR clauses, Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement, DFARS, bids, quotes, offers, change orders, false claims, bid rigging, prime contractor, proposals, GSA, GAO, SBA, procurement, contracting officer

Specializing in GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS AND SUBCONTRACTS, Christoph Mlinarchik, JD, CFCM, PMP is an attorney, former federal contracting officer, professional instructor, top consultant, frequent public speaker, nationally recognized subject matter expert, and prolific author of 50+ publications, including the three bestselling books in The Government Contracts in Plain English Series. Christoph was honored with the “Top Professionals Under 40” and “Best Article of the Year” awards by National Contract Management Association (NCMA). Christoph is an experienced expert witness in GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS AND SUBCONTRACTS who has provided expert opinions and reports, deposition testimony, and research concerning damages, key findings, and case strategy for complex litigation. Expertise include the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Defense FAR Supplement (DFARS), bid rigging, false claims, sole source (no bid) contracts, procurement rules, competition requirements, ethics, Requests for E...