Leadership Team
Pamela Gordon is President and Founder of Technology Forecasters Inc., and Lead Consultant for TFI Environment -- a consultancy that helps high-tech companies reduce environmental impact and profit from doing so. She specializes in sustainability and the electronics contract manufacturing industry. Ms. Gordon is a popular keynote speaker -- having presented at high-tech conferences in Canada, Israel, Mexico, Taiwan, and the US. Her insights on environmental sustainability and the electronics industry have appeared in nearly 500 articles, she has been interviewed on numerous television and radio programs, and she guest lectures at severalCalifornia universities. Before founding Technology Forecasters Inc., in 1987, Ms. Gordon was a senior analyst at Gnostic Concepts, Inc., an electronics industry market-research firm, which at the time was part of McGraw Hill. Her 2001 book, Lean and Green: Profit for Your Workplace and the Environment, features 17 electronics companies around the world; it has been required reading at the University of California Haas School of Business.
Kathleen Geraghty is Co-Founder of eKNOWtion and President of TFI Quarterly Forum. Kathleen has been supporting international clients for twenty years, bringing a passion for performance to her work. Her extensive experience and hands-on approach have driven positive results for many companies and complex supply chains including OEM's, Contract Manufacturers, Distributors and Component Manufacturers. Kathleen is a graduate of University of Illinois, College of Commerce in Industrial Distribution Management. She has studied at the University of Chicago and has completed a Masters of Science in Technology Management at National University Ireland - Galway with a research dissertation in global knowledge management. Leveraging field research, Kathleen is a published author in industry and academic journals and a speaker on the intersection of supply chain and knowledge transfer. She is currently teaching Operations Management at DePaul University in Chicago.
Douglas Kent is Co-Founder of eKNOWtion and Chief Strategist for TFI Quarterly Forum. Douglas has more than twenty years of experience focused on the development, marketing and deployment of tailored supply chain solutions for companies across a wide variety of industry sectors and brings energized leadership to clients. Before joining eKNOWtion, Douglas was a Principal Consultant of management consultants Pittiglio Rabin Todd & McGrath (PRTM). Douglas is an MBA graduate from Pepperdine University's School of Management and studied at Harvard University during his post-graduate years. Douglas is also a frequent lecturer and author of many Supply Chain articles. He is an active member of the Executive Leadership Team for Supply Chain Council Europe. Douglas is Certified SCOR® Trainer, Certified SCOR® Professional and adjunct faculty at the International University of Monaco and France's ESC Lille - School of Management.
