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Section VII: About The Authors & Sponsor

Primary Author

Charles Dominick, SPSM is the President and Chief Procurement Officer of NextLevel Purchasing, Inc., based in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Throughthe online purchasing and supply management classes that he has developed forNext Level Purchasing, Charles has trained purchasing and supply managementprofessionals from over 100 countries throughout the world. He is also the creatorof the globally recognized SPSM Certification, which was launched in 2004 andhas been earned by purchasing and supply management professionals all over theglobe in locations as diverse as Indonesia, South Africa, the United States,Singapore, Germany, Qatar, and more.

Charles has taught eBusiness and purchasing classes for Penn State University and the University of Pittsburgh. Charles is frequently recruited to deliver educational seminars for purchasing associationsthroughout the US.

Charles has led Next Level Purchasing to awards and honors including being named to the Supply &Demand Chain Executive 100 in 2007 and 2008 and the Pittsburgh Airport Area Chamber of Commerces Innovative Business of the Year in 2006. He was also named one of Supply & DemandChain Executives Pros To Know in 2007 and 2008.

Prior to founding Next Level Purchasing in 2000, Charles acquired nearly a decade of results-producing experience in purchasing at a small manufacturer, a Fortune 500 airline, and aninternationally renowned university. Between 2002 and 2005, Charles served on the board of directorsof a Pittsburgh supply management association.

Charles articles and interviews have been published in the newsletters and on the Web sites of purchasing associations as well as in publications such as Inside Supply Management , Purchasing ,

Multichannel Merchant , Construction Purchasing , Supply & Demand Chain Executive, Supply Management, Government Procurement, and the Irish Healthcare Materials Management Associations Yearbook . More importantly, the companies that have benefitted from Next LevelPurchasings training have had their post-training success stories featured in Purchasing Magazine andSupply & Demand Chain Executive Magazine, including two cover stories in the latter.

Charles holds the SPSM Certification and a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration fromDuquesne University.

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