Instructor Information


NameBio
Merle Roberts

Merle is an internationally recognized speaker and seminar leader. He has presented over 900 full-day seminars on a variety of supply management topics and has delivered programs in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and China. Merle is the Founder and President of Perpetual Frontiers - a management consulting firm specializing in business process improvement and professional development training for the supply management profession. He was an associate professor in the purchasing and supply management program at Coastline Community College for 23 years. He is a contributing author to ISM’s CPSM Instructor Courseware, the author of ISM’s C.P.M. Review Course Module 4: Management - A Self-Study Workbook, and a contributing author of ISM’s C.P.M. Study Guide. Merle is a past President of the National Association of Purchasing Management - Orange County, and has served as their Certification Chairman since 1981. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Management at Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA. He has been providing guidance and training for CPSM and C.P.M. candidates for more than thirty 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; Member of the Year; and the Leadership Award recipient by the National Association of Purchasing Management - Orange County. He was recognized as one of the top Nine Purchasing Professionals in America by Electronic Buyers’ News.