Kevin McCormack

About Kevin McCormack

Dr. McCormack is currently President of DRK Research and an a professor at Northwood University. He has over 40 years of business leadership, engineering, teaching, research and consulting experience in the areas of information technology, operations management, and supply chain management. His experience covers many national and international industry segments and a broad range of business processes. He has been a member of or has successfully conducted engagements with several government agencies and major companies in the food, forest products, oil and gas, pharmaceutical, chemical, consumer products, high tech and the plastics industry. Some of his clients have been Kraft, Philip Morris, CPC International, Cargill, Texas Instruments, USMC, Phillips Petroleum, Chevron-Phillips, Suncor Energy, Shell, Mobil, Columbia Forest Products, Dow Chemical, Warner-Lambert, Standard Charter Bank, Microsoft, Intel, Tektronix, several state governments, Borden Chemical, California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS), Wal-Mart, Campbell’s, General Mills, Fairchild Industries and PepsiCo. Dr. McCormack has degrees in Chemistry, Engineering, an MBA and a DBA. He has also developed and delivered courses in Information Technology, Supply Chain and Operations Management at the graduate and undergraduate level both in the U.S. and in Europe. He has published five books and over 100 articles in Quality Progress, Business Process Management Journal, Supply Chain Management, Benchmarking: A International Journal and several others. Specialties: Advanced Analytics P2P Optimization Supply Chain Management Supply Chain Risk Management Teaching supply chain management Business Process Maturity

Experience

1. Professor

   Northwood University

   Jun 2025 — Present

Education

• Purdue University Northwest

  AAS, Chemistry

  1969 — 1973

• Purdue University Northwest

  BS, Mechanical Engineering Technology

  1974 — 1977

• University of Houston, C.T. Bauer College of Business

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration and Management, General

• Nova Southeastern University

  DBA, Business Management

  1994 — 1999

Skills

• Business Process Re-Engineering
• Business Process Improvement
• IT Strategy
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Project Management
• Supply Chain
• Six Sigma
• Coaching
• Procurement
• Leadership
• Logistics
• Marketing
• Business Strategy
• Risk Management
• Business Intelligence
• Strategy
• Supply Chain Risk Management
• Governance
• Process Improvement
• Erp
• Scrm
• Program Management
• Vendor Management
• Executive Management
• Data Analysis
• Performance Management
• Analytics
• Contract Management
• Business Development
• Management
• Team Leadership
• Strategic Planning
• Operations Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Project Planning
• Integration
• Business Analysis
• Analysis
• Training
• Process Engineering