ABOUT US
e3 Management
Dr Corey Billington, Founder and Director of Research and Technology
corey.billington@e3associates.com
Corey is a founding partner of e3 associates, former professor of Operation Management and Procurement at IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland, and also president of the Procurement Sciences Institute. In March 2007, the Production and Operations Management Society selected Corey as the 2007 winner of the Martin K. Starr Excellence in POM Practice Award.
Corey's extensive business career included VP of Supply Chain at HP. Corey revolutionized the supply chain in the HP printer business. Previously, he worked at IBM, Raychem Corporation, and Kinetics Technologies International. He has published articles in Sloan Management Review, Operations Research, Interfaces, Omega, OR/MS Today and CiME and has acted as an associate editor for IIE Transactions. Previously, Corey was a consulting professor in Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management at Stanford University. Corey holds a B.S. in engineering management from Claremont McKenna College and B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University.
Bob Horenstein, Founder and Director of Operations
bob.horenstein@e3associates.com
Bob is a founding partner of e3 associates. Bob has over 30 years experience in a variety of strategic and operational roles with a focus on professional services. As a Silicon Valley veteran, he has worked with startups, mid-size and large companies in locations around the world. He has broad management experiences ranging from Information Technology, and Software, to R&D, Quality Engineering, and Consulting. He has pioneered the development of leading-edge customer design, customer loyalty, and customer experience strategy methods. Bob holds a B.S. in business from San Jose State and M.A. in information systems from University of Northern Colorado.
Don Schmickrath, Founder and Director of Finance
don.schmickrath@e3associates.com
Don is a founding partner of e3 associates. Don is the former VP of Manufacturing, Logistics, and Supply Chain for HP. In that role, Don led the centralized supply chain, procurement, logistics, engineering, supply chain strategic planning, supply chain information technology and consulting groups. Don has extensive experience in logistics, marketing and finance. Prior to joining HP, Don was a financial consultant and CPA. Don holds a B.S. in business from Fresno State University.
Bublu Thakur-Weigold, Director European Region
bublu@e3associates.com
Bublu is Director of European Region and a specialist in innovation diffusion and technology transfer. She is active in research projects at ETH/Kuehne Institute of Logistics in Zurich. She has worked in the tech industry as an internal supply chain consultant, instructor, and program manager, working with global teams to implement e-auctions, procurement risk management, ITSM, and optimized IT outsourcing. Additionally, she has 15 years of experience in IT and process consulting, with multinational clients from heavy manufacturing, consumer packaged goods, and the telecommunications industries. Bublu holds a Bachelor’s degree in Management Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a Master of Science in International Logistics from the Georgia Institute of Technology.