Managing Principal, Demand Planning, LLC. and DemandPlanning.Net
Greater Boston Area
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- Principal at Demand Planning, LLC.
- Principal, VCP Associates at www.demandplanning.net
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- Director, Market Analysis and Demand Planning at The Gillette Company aka Proctor and Gamble
- Forecast Manager at Schering-Plough HealthCare Products
- Forecast Manager at Schering-Plough
- Technical Advisor at Federal Express
- Education
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- Arizona State University, W. P. Carey School of Business
- Arizona State University
- University of Toledo
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Mark Chockalingam’s Summary
Dr. Mark Chockalingam is Managing Principal, Demand Planning, LLC. (www.DemandPlanning.Net), a Business Process and Strategy Consultancy helping clients across industries: Pharmaceuticals, Consumer Products, Chemicals and Fashion Apparel.
His specialty consulting areas include Sales and revenue forecasting, Supply Chain Analytics, Demand Management and Sales and Operations Planning. His most recent work has been with Fortune 500 Clients including Teva Pharmaceuticals, FMC, Celanese AG, Colgate-Palmolive and Abbot Labs.
Mark is a frequent speaker at major supply chain events. He has conducted numerous training workshops and strategy facilitation sessions for senior management personnel at a variety of clients in the US and abroad.
Mark has spent most of his corporate career in business forecasting and modeling. He has specialized in the CPG and the healthcare space, implementing best practices to sharpen complex supply chains and help them be more customer focused. He has held positions of increasing responsibility with Fedex, Schering-Plough Inc and the Proctor and Gamble Company.
Mark has a Ph. D. in Finance from Arizona State University, an MBA from the University of Toledo and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
Mark Chockalingam’s Specialties:
I specialize in consulting in the area of Sales forecasting, Supply Chain Analytics and Metrics, Sales and Operations Planning, and Account Based Forecasting. My company also offers training workshops in business forecasting, Sales and Operations Planning and Supply Chain Strategy.
You can contact me directly at markchockal@yahoo.com if you need introductions or connections into my network.
Mark Chockalingam’s Experience
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Principal
Demand Planning, LLC.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)
September 2004 — Present (4 years 11 months)
DemandPlanning.Net specializes in consulting services in the area of Sales forecasting, Supply Chain Analytics and Metrics, Sales and Operations Planning, and Account Based Forecasting. The company also offers customized workshops designed to develop your in-house demand planning and supply chain resources. The Service offerings include...
1. Demand Planning Process Audit and Diagnostics.
2. Business Process Re-engineering
3. Demand Planning In-House Workshops
4. Benchmarking Workshops
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Principal, VCP Associates
www.demandplanning.net
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Professional Training & Coaching industry)
May 2003 — Present (6 years 3 months)
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Director, Market Analysis and Demand Planning
The Gillette Company aka Proctor and Gamble
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; PG; Professional Training & Coaching industry)
2001 — 2003 (2 years)
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Forecast Manager
Schering-Plough HealthCare Products
(Public Company; Professional Training & Coaching industry)
1998 — 2001 (3 years)
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Forecast Manager
Schering-Plough
(Public Company; Professional Training & Coaching industry)
1998 — 2001 (3 years)
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Technical Advisor
Federal Express
(Public Company; Professional Training & Coaching industry)
1996 — 1998 (2 years)
Mark Chockalingam’s Education
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Arizona State University, W. P. Carey School of Business
Ph. D. , Business , 1990 — 1995
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Arizona State University
Ph. D. , Finance and Business Administration , 1990 — 1995
Coursework in Finance covered asset pricing, option pricing models, term-structure, empirical research in corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, seasoned equity issues, initial public offerings, capital structure issues, micro-structure of securities markets and international finance.
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- Ph.D. Dissertation Topic: The Informational Role of Trading Volume on the New York Stock Exchange.
Research design involved comprehensive data analyses using tick-to-tick prices, bid-ask spreads and volume information from the Trades and Quotes (TAQ) database supplied by the NYSE. I used Fortran to manipulate the CRSP and TAQ databases and SAS to build the statistical models and test the research hypotheses.
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University of Toledo
MBA , Accounting , 1987 — 1988
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- Specialized in advanced financial accounting and accounting information systems
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Mark Chockalingam’s Interests:
Public Speaking, Industry Conferences, Bio-tech investing, Financial Management and Business Strategy
