Having spent many years in semiconductor technology and product development, advanced manufacturing operations, technology transfer, joint venture negotiations, and procurement leadership, Ken J. Bradley is no stranger to the problems—and solutions—presented in this book. Inspired by his experiences in the field seeing how the failure to consider procurement early in a product’s lifecycle led to serious problems later on, he was inspired to distill these lessons into a practical guide.

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Bradley spent six years as chief procurement officer at Nortel Networks (1996–2002), after an illustrious career working in negotiating, engineering, and executive roles for Nortel, before assuming the role of CEO for Coresim Inc. (2003–2005), working in electronic design analysis. He currently works as chief strategy officer and chairman for Lytica, a SaaS electronics component supply chain analytics company focused on sourcing and pricing, which he founded in 2005. In addition to these roles, he has served on the boards of directors of a number of private and public organizations, including SynQor Inc., Radisys, Powerwave, Lobe Research Institute of the Ottawa Hospital, as well as consulted for Lattice Power and SunSun Lighting. He is a past member of Professional Engineers Ontario and a graduate of Algonquin College in Electronics Technology. You can find out more about his company at www.lytica.com, through which he plans to publish a second book, on leverage creation and negotiation.

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He lives in Ottawa with his wife and dog.