NAPM-OC - Merle W. Roberts

Merle W. Roberts, CPSM, C.P.M.
Biographical Brief

Merle W. Roberts, CPSM, C.P.M. is the Founder and President of Perpetual Frontiers - a business process improvement firm specializing in professional development training for the purchasing and supply management profession. He delivers public seminars and on-site training programs on a wide array of business topics suitable for all types of organizations. Mr. Roberts earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Management at Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA and has over twenty-five years of experience in Purchasing and Supply Management. He has been an Associate Professor in the Purchasing and Supply Management program at Coastline Community College since 1981 and has taught for CSU-Dominguez Hills, UC-Riverside, and Fullerton College. He is the author of ISM's C.P.M. Review Course Module 4: Management - A Self-Study Workbook, a contributing author of ISM's C.P.M. Study Guide and a former member of the C.P.M. item writing and review committee. He is a past President of the National Association of Purchasing Management - Orange County and has served as their Certification Chairman since 1981. He has been providing guidance and training seminars for C.P.M. candidates for more than twenty years. He has received recognition and awards over the years for his outstanding work in the area of professional development - including being named the "Professional Development Person-of-the-Year" for 1985, "Member of the Year" for 1993 and the "Leadership Award" recipient for 1994 by the National Association of Purchasing Management - Orange County. In September of 1993, he was recognized as one of the "Top Nine Purchasing Professionals in America" by Electronic Buyers' News.

He has presented over 700 full-day seminars on a variety of topics including: C.P.M. Exam Preparation, Negotiation, Fundamentals of Purchasing, Cost Management, Cost Reduction Strategies, World Class Supply Management, and Buying Services Effectively.

Merle W. Roberts, CPSM, C.P.M.
16241 Typhoon Lane
Huntington Beach, CA 92649

Tel: 714-840-3409
Fax: 714-840-2528
E-Mail: merleroberts@earthlink.net