Barry Cross's career spans over 25 years of industry, teaching and consulting experience. He joined Queen's University in 2006 after spending 18 years in various Executive and Management positions with Magna International, Autosystems Manufacturing and DuPont. While in Industry, Barry led many key strategic initiatives, including a $200 Million business unit with operations in three countries. ... Read more Barry now teaches at Queen's Smith School of Business in Strategy, Operations Management, Service Management and Project Management, where he is an Assistant Professor and Distinguished Faculty Fellow in Operations Strategy. At the corporate level, he speaks and consults regularly on Lean, Innovation, Execution, Operations and Project Management. He has an MBA from Queen's University and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Waterloo. He is quoted widely in radio, television and the written media, and has published numerous articles and two previous books. He is the Globe and Mail #1 best-selling author of Lean Innovation: Understanding What's Next in Today's Economy (Taylor and Francis, 2012), and Project Leadership: Creating Value with an Adaptive Project Organization (Taylor and Francis, 2014; co-authored with Kathryn Brohman). Show Less