Rosemary Coates, MBA

Biography

Rosemary Coates, MBA, is President of Blue Silk Consulting, based in Los Gatos, California, and also serves as Executive Director of the Reshoring Institute, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. She holds an MBA from the University of San Diego and a B.S. from Arizona State University. Her earlier career includes Senior Director at SAP, Supply Chain Practice Leader at Answerthink Consulting Group and at KPMG Peat Marwick, and Regional Manager at Hewlett-Packard. She has authored five supply chain books, including the Amazon bestseller "42 Rules for Sourcing and Manufacturing in China," "Negotiation Blueprinting for Buyers," "42 Rules for Superior Field Service," "The Reshoring Guidebook," and "Legal Blacksmith: How to Avoid and Defend Supply Chain Disputes." She received the Silicon Valley Women of Influence award for 2024 and hosts the podcast "The Frictionless Supply Chain." She has appeared as a guest on the FreightWaves show "Rethink Reshoring," which is hosted by Kaylee Nix. In Fluence Energy v. M/V BBC Finland, an admiralty matter in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, she was retained by the defendants and submitted an expert report in 2023. Location: Los Gatos, CA. Address: P.O. Box 760, Los Gatos, CA 95031.

Credentials & Certifications

• MBA
• President, Blue Silk Consulting

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