Dr. Brady is a successful leader and manager with nearly 30 years of experience in supply chain management, business, logistics, and public policy. Steve’s work has focused blending the “blocking and tackling” of traditional business with innovation and collaboration in supply chains, aligning trading partners throughout the chain, assessing economic and business conditions, and driving towards success. Steve is an expert on collaborative supply chains, RFID and other Automated Identification Technologies, and general applications of technology in supply chain design. He has worked with companies such as Walmart, Kraft Foods, Samsung, Verizon, Macy’s and others in developing collaborative processes. He has served on the faculty at AFIT – The Air Force’s graduate school, as well as the faculties at Penn State and Wright State University. Dr. Brady has been published in several journals. While on active duty, Steve achieved the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Air Force and was recognized for his outstanding performance as a logistics practitioner. Dr. Brady currently serves as a director on the Sullivan County Rural Electric Cooperative and is actively engaged in his local region developing manufacturing and small businesses in north-central Pennsylvania. Dr. Brady is internationally recognized as a leader in supply chains and innovation, speaking frequently on innovations in supply chains at forums around the nation and is a regular columnist for eft.com.Specialties: Areas include:* collaborative supply/value chain management (to include CPFR)* Performance Based Logistics (PBL)* inventory theory and control* IT issues in supply chain management* Application of RFID to the supply chain, with increasing emphasis on "Item Level RFID" tagging* Reliability and Maintainability analysis* Space Logistics and interplanetary supply chain management* Public Policy and Transportation Policy