Anthony Tarantino is an expert in supply chain management with 10 years of executive-level consulting experience and 20 years of industry experience in supply management. Dr. Tarantino has nearly 30 years' experience in management positions in various industries. He now helps clients on how to achieve supply chain excellence with improved corporate governance. He is a regular contributor to various publications, including Inside Supply Management, Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Journal, Cutter IT Journal , and Line56.com, on topics such as corporate governance and SOX as well as informational supply chain and e-business. Dr. Tarantino is certified in production and industry management (CPIM) from APICS; is pursuing his lifetime certified purchasing manager (CPM) certification from the Institute of Supply Management and has a Ph.D. in organizational communications from the University of California, Irvine, and a B.A. from the University of California, Santa Cruz. He can be reached at agtarantino at hotmail.com.