Rosemary Coates, MBA
Logistics, Supply Chain & Freight Brokerage · Licensed: CA
Biography
Rosemary Coates is President and founder of Blue Silk Consulting, based in Los Gatos, California, and also serves as Executive Director of the Reshoring Institute, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Her resume (published via experts.com) lists an MBA with a concentration in Finance and Operations Management from the University of San Diego Graduate School of Business, and a B.S. in Business Logistics from Arizona State University's W.P. Carey School of Business. She holds a Licensed United States Customs Broker credential and is an Area Response Designee for the U.S. Department of Transportation and FEMA. Her career, per her own resume, includes: Senior Director at SAP America (Palo Alto), managing consulting/implementation teams for SAP's Fortune Global 50 accounts and serving on an evaluation team for failed SAP implementations; National Supply Chain Practice Leader at Answerthink Consulting Group (Miami); Senior Manager at KPMG Peat Marwick (Chicago), leading the firm's U.S. West Coast National Logistics Practice; Regional Logistics Manager at Hewlett-Packard (Palo Alto), covering internal global supply chain/logistics consulting across 17 HP divisions; and Materials and Transportation Manager at Cubic Corporation (San Diego). 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 "100 Most Influential Women in Silicon Valley" award for 2024, writes a monthly column for Supply Chain Management Review, hosts the podcast "The Frictionless Supply Chain," and hosts the FreightWaves TV show "Rethink Reshoring." Her resume includes an extensive, named litigation history, covering roughly 2012 through 2024. Representative matters relevant to transportation/logistics/broker liability include: GE Healthcare v. CEVA Logistics (2024, outsourced logistics/order fulfillment, retained by plaintiff, ICDR non-administered arbitration, expert report); Epes Logistics Services v. Noble Worldwide Logistics, LLC (2023–2024, international freight forwarding, retained by plaintiff, North Carolina General Court of Justice, Guilford County, expert report and deposition); Tokio Marine America Insurance Co. v. Prestig, Inc. (2023–2024, ocean freight & interstate trucking, retained by defendant, Los Angeles Superior Court, expert report and deposition); Tecun SA Express v. JTL International dba Jubilee Furniture (2024, port drayage & interstate trucking/imports from China, retained by defendant, Clark County, NV District Court, expert report); Fluence Energy v. M/V BBC Finland (2022–2023, maritime shipping cargo loss/damage, retained by defendant, U.S. District Court, S.D. California, expert report and deposition); Mcool/IndieModal Trucking v. Lever Logistics (2022–2023, port drayage and demurrage/detention, retained by plaintiff, Los Angeles Superior Court, expert report); The Estate of John Murray Martin II v. RB Trucking and Logistics (2015, trucking/truck brokerage, retained by plaintiff, 36th District Court, San Patricio County, TX, expert report and deposition); Stephen R. Van Der Toorn v. GlobalTrans Enterprises (2020, transportation, retained by plaintiff, Maricopa County Superior Court, AZ, expert report); and United States of America v. Sunil Chopra (2019, international freight forwarding, retained by defendant, U.S. District Court, S.D. Florida, expert report). Many additional matters on her case list involve import/export, PPE imports during the pandemic, and manufacturing/contract-manufacturing disputes rather than core transportation brokerage. Location: Los Gatos, CA. Address: P.O. Box 760, Los Gatos, CA 95031.
Credentials & Certifications
- MBA; President
- Blue Silk Consulting
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