Meet the Instructors
St. Claire Gerald CSCP
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St. Claire Gerald is the founder and principal of Harambee Solutions, a management consulting firm specializing in operations and supply chain management. With over 15 years of experience working with fast-paced, rapidly expanding companies in the Specialty Retail, Home Furnishings and Consumer Goods industries, St. Claire is a frequent speaker and instructor in a number of professional venues.
Prior to founding Harambee Solutions, Mr. Gerald served as Director, Supply Chain Management for Foot Locker Inc., the world’s leading retailer of athletic footwear and apparel with over $5.5B in sales. In this capacity, he held a leadership role in developing strategies, processes and systems for improving the flow of merchandise across all areas of the global and domestic supply chain.
Mr. Gerald graduated from the College of Wooster with a degree in Business and Economics and he is also recognized as a Certified Supply Chain Professional with APICS – The Association for Operations Management.
Gary Smith, CPIM-F, CSCP-F, CLTD-F
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Gary Smith has been a long-time member of APICS NYC LI Chapter, now ASCM NYC LI Forum. He has been provided continuing instruction for certifications through Supply Chain Mavens, our certification Partner.
Tom Cook
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Tom is Managing Director of Blue Tiger International, (bluetigerintl.com) a premier international business consulting company on supply chain management, trade compliance, purchasing, global trade and logistics. His educational and training organization, based here on Long Island. Tom is an Honorably Discharged United States Naval Officer, and Merchant Marine Deck Officer.
Marty Polizzi
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Marty Polizzi has been a longtime board member of ASCM NYC LI and APICS serving the Supply chain community in sales, program development and education. Marty is retired from UPS as Regional Sales Training Manager. His sales courses in have long been sought out for his negotiation techniques. Marty is an adjunct professor at Farmingdale State College, teaching marketing and professional sales courses.
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