Gary Cokins on rahvusvaheliselt tunnustatud ärianalüütika- ja juhtimisarvestuse ekspert, kõneleja ja paljude raamatute autor. Ta on Analytics-Based Performance Management nimelise nõustamisettevõtte asutaja, Carys, North Carolinas www.garycokins.com. Gary sai bakalaureusekraadi cum laude tööstusuuringutes ja juhtimisarvestuses Cornelli ülikoolist 1971. aastal ning MBA cum laude Northwesterni Ülikooli Kellogg juhtimiskoolist 1974. aastal.

Gary alustas oma karjääri strateegilise planeerijana FMC Link-Belt divisjonis ja töötas seal hiljem kontrolleri ja juhina. 1981. aastal alustas Gary oma konsultandikarjääri kõigepealt Deloitte'is ning 1988. aastal KPMG-s. 1992. aastal juhtis Gary Electronic Data Systemsis rahvusliku kuluarvestuse konsultatsiooniüksust, hiljem sai EDSist osa Hewlett-Packardi nimelisest organisatsioonist. 1997-2003 oli Gary juhtiv konsultant SAS Institute'is, mis on maailma juhtivaid ärianalüütika tarkvara tootjaid.

Gary on andnud välja hulgaliselt raamatuid, tema kaks viimast raamatut juhtimisarvestuse teemadel on: Integrating Strategy Execution, Methodologies, Risk, and Analytics, ja Predictive Business Analytics. Tema raamatuid kirjastab John Wiley & Sons. Pikemalt saab Gary taustast ja referentsidest lugeda tema LinkedIni lehel http://www.linkedin.com/pub/gary-cokins/0/15a/949

 

Gary Cokins is an internationally recognized expert, speaker, and author in enterprise and corporate performance management improvement methods and business analytics. He is the founder of Analytics-Based Performance Management, an advisory firm located in Cary, North Carolina at www.garycokins.com . Gary received a BS degree with honors in Industrial Engineering/Operations Research from Cornell University in 1971. He received his MBA with honors from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management in 1974. 

Gary began his career as a strategic planner with FMC’s Link-Belt Division and then served as Financial Controller and Operations Manager. In 1981 Gary began his management consulting career first with Deloitte consulting, and then in 1988 with KPMG consulting. In 1992 Gary headed the National Cost Management Consulting Services for Electronic Data Systems (EDS) now part of HP. From 1997 until 2013 Gary was a Principal Consultant with SAS, a leading provider of business analytics software. 

His two most recent books are Performance Management: Integrating Strategy Execution, Methodologies, Risk, and Analytics, and Predictive Business Analytics. His books are published by John Wiley & Sons. 

For more detailed view on Gary's background and references, please see his LinkedIn page at http://www.linkedin.com/pub/gary-cokins/0/15a/949