Dr. Mark Chockalingam is Principal, DemandPlanning.Net, a Business Process and Strategy Consultancy helping clients in various industries:  Pharmaceuticals, Consumer Products, Chemicals and Fashion Apparel.  His specialty consulting areas include Sales forecasting, Supply Chain Analytics, and Sales and Operations Planning.   Dr. Chockalingam has consulted for a variety of clients including Teva Pharmaceuticals, FMC, Celanese AG, Colgate-Palmolive, Abbot Labs, Miller Breweries and Au Bon Pain. 

With deep experience in business forecasting and modeling, he is a frequent speaker at major supply chain events on topics ranging from demand management to sales and operations planning.  He has presented at the Supply Chain Planning Conference, The Forecasting Summit, Lnoppen and various IBF forecasting conferences.  He has conducted numerous training and strategy facilitation workshops for a variety of clients in the US and abroad.  He has also presented numerous Webinars and published columns and articles on the internet and through the website www.demandplanning.net.

Prior to establishing Demand Planning LLC, Mark has worked with manufacturing companies in important supply chain positions.  Mark was Director of Market Analysis and Demand Planning for the Gillette Company, now a division of Proctor & Gamble.  During his corporate career, Mark has worked in the Automotive, Health Care and Transportation sectors including such Fortune 500 companies such as Schering-Plough and Federal Express.  

Mark holds a Ph. D. in Financial Economics from Arizona State University and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and currently serves on the Board of the Boston APICS as VP, Programs.

Most recently Joan led a multi-million dollar project focused on integrated demand planning for the Gillette Company.  Prior to joining Gillette, Joan has held several progressively responsible positions with Polaroid Corporation in Marketing Management and Strategy development.  In this capacity she led the development of the marketing database networks in the U.S., Canada, Europe and Japan which resulted in increased efficiencies across the breadth of the supply chain.

Joan has served as a visiting Professor of Marketing and guest lecturer at Simmons and Emerson Colleges and as a guest lecturer of International Marketing at Tufts University.

Joan received her BA from the University of Toronto, Canada and a Masters degree in Project Management from George Washington University.