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Mason Brady holds an International MBA from IE Business School in Madrid, Spain and is fluent in Spanish. He is also a CMA holder and is currently in pursuit of the FP&A certification.

Mason holds years of experience in finance and supply chain management in the fresh produce industry. He started in the industry at 20 years old as a Quality Control Manager and is now the Director of Finance & Supply Chain for Homegrown Organic Farms, a marketer and shipper of organic citrus, blueberries, grapes, and stonefruit.

Mason is a leader and developer of systems that enable growth for companies. He oversees a team with direct responsibility for the organic and food safety compliance, accounting, forecasting and budgeting, quality control, and materials and supplies procurement for Homegrown Organic Farms.

LinkedIn account: https://www.linkedin.com/in/masonbrady/

Gary Cokins (Cornell University BS IE/OR, 1971; Northwestern University Kellogg MBA 1974) is an internationally recognized expert, speaker, and author in advanced cost management and enterprise performance and risk management systems. He is the founder of Analytics-Based Performance Management LLC, an advisory firm located in Cary, North Carolina at www.garycokins.com .

He began his career in industry with a Fortune 100 company in CFO and operations roles. He then worked 15 years in consulting with Deloitte, KPMG, and EDS. From 1997 until recently Gary was a Principal Consultant with SAS, a leading provider of enterprise performance management and business analytics and intelligence software.

His two most recent books Performance Management: Finding the Missing Pieces to Close the Intelligence Gap (ISBN 0-471-57690-5) and Performance Management: Integrating Strategy Execution, Methodologies, Risk, and Analytics (ISBN 978-0-470-44998-1). Mr. Cokins can be contacted at gcokins@garycokins.com .

LinkedIn account: www.linkedin.com/pub/gary-cokins/0/15a/949