Robert A. Rudzki

Robert A. Rudzki is a former Fortune 500 senior executive, who is now President of Greybeard Advisors LLC (www.GreybeardAdvisors.com). Comprised of experienced industry leaders, Greybeard Advisors is a consulting firm that assists enterprises to improve their near-term financial performance and enhance their long-term viability.

Sustainable financial performance enhancement is attained through assisting companies achieve world-class supply management in their operations (as described in the books he co-authored: 'Straight to the Bottom Line' and 'Next Level Supply Management Excellence'). Bob is an advisor to some of the leading companies in major industry sectors.

Long-term corporate viability is addressed by helping clients conduct a 'Beat the Odds' corporate health diagnostic (as described in his book Beat the Odds: Avoid Corporate Death and Build a Resilient Enterprise).

Bob is also a Board director of a privacy and security software company, and is an Advisory Board member of several companies. Previously, Bob was Senior Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer at Bayer Corp., where he led a nationally recognized transformation effort. Prior to that, he was an executive of Bethlehem Steel Corp. In the course of his corporate career, he has held various executive management positions, which included finance, accounting, procurement and logistics, business development, and P&L responsibility. As a result of his corporate career assignments, he has had the opportunity to interact with hundreds of executives and companies and to study first-hand their efforts at achieving success or triggering failure. His clients benefit directly from those learnings.

In addition to advising large and medium-sized clients, Bob Rudzki is a frequent speaker at conferences and internal management meetings.

Bob Rudzki is author of the leadership book Beat the Odds: Avoid Corporate Death and Build a Resilient Enterprise. He is also a co-author of three business performance improvement books: Straight to the Bottom Line, Next Level Supply Management Excellence, and On-Demand Supply Management. Bob also writes a blog column on the website of Supply Chain Management Review (www.scmr.com).