Meet Us

Meet Duncan McLeod, President and CEO of DBM Systems Inc. For over 25 years, Duncan has focused his consulting and research on Supply Chain management strategy in global manufacturing and distribution organizations.

Duncan is a professional Engineer and a Certified Fellow in Production and Inventory Management and a Certified Supply Chain Professional with APICS. He is also a registered Project Management Professional with the Project Management Institute. He received his BASc in Engineering from the University of Waterloo, and his MBA from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.

A successful speaker and educator, Duncan is requested for conferences and boardrooms alike.

Meet Doug Dedman, Senior Business Consultant with DBM Systems Inc. For over 15 years Doug has consulted with global, multi-divisional organizations with a focus on S&OP and supply chain execution.

Doug is APICS certified in Production and Inventory Management. He is also a registered Project Management Professional with the Project Management Institute, and received his MBA from the University of Windsor in Windsor, Ontario.

Doug has educated hundreds of executives on the benefits of a strong Sales and Operations Plan. His expertise and holistic approach to S&OP have made him a key figure in many successful corporations around the world.

Doug also teaches at Conestoga College in the School of Business, where he gets a chance to work with young people that are just starting their careers in Supply Chain Management. He and his wife operate a small beef farm in the beautiful SouthWestern Ontario countryside.

Meet Rich Wamsteeker, Senior Management Consultant and Project Manager with DBM Systems Inc. For over 11 years Rich has consulted with global Tier 1 and Tier 2 automotive suppliers, with a focus on fine tuning ERP and supply chain management systems.

Rich is APICS Certified in Production and Inventory Management, and an APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional. He is also a registered Project Management Professional with the Project Management Institute, and received his Honors Bachelor of Business Administration from Wilfred Laurier University in Waterloo.

His expertise with supply chain planning, master scheduling, and sales and operations planning, have made him an asset in many of today’s global corporations.

Meet Louise Beauchamp, Senior Management Consultant with DBM Systems Inc. Bilingual in English and French, for over 20 years Louise has consulted with global corporations that focus on the inventory accuracy component of supply chain management.

Louise is owner of the DBM ModelWorks™ change management methodology. She has successfully used this methodology to assist dozens of English and non-english European customers with their supply chain initiatives. Louise studied at McGill University in Montreal, towards a BSc Math. She is also APICS certified in Production and Inventory Management.

Louise assists customers in the design and development of modeling solutions , to help smooth the implementation/change process. She has also taught numerous inventory accuracy courses, and her inventory/ shop floor knowledge has made her a highly sought trainer in our large global customers.

Louise launched her book "Crack the WIP - Best Practices for Work Cell Reconciliation" On December 2, 2009.

Meet Erika Barber, Senior Technical Consultant and Project Manager with DBM Systems Inc. For 20 years Erika has consulted with global North American organizations, project managing ERP and ES implementations, and large scale technical conversions.

Erika received her B.Sc in Computer Science from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, where she also obtained her MBA. Erika is also certified from APICS in Production and Inventory Management. Her years of expertise with business requirements analysis and systems design, have made her a key project management resource in many Fortune 500 companies. This includes the project management of a large-scale Kanban implementation.

Erika is also a highly sought instructor.

Meet Morgan Minor, a Management Consultant and Certified ModelWorks™ Implementer with DBM Systems Inc. For over 11 years Morgan has consulted with global engineering/ manufacturing and processing companies, with a focus on business process improvements using DBM’s ModelWorks™ methodology.

Morgan is APICS certified in Production and Inventory Management, and received his Bachelor of Applied Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Waterloo, Ontario. He is involved in revising our e-Learning courses, as well as the delivery of the Anchoring Supply Chain course.

Morgan’s expertise with ModelWorks™ Implementations, including the design and physical build stages, have made him a asset within many global corporations. His ModelWorks™ prebuilds have sent him to both European and Mexican customers.

Meet Kathi Taylor, Manager, with DBM Systems Inc. If it has happened at DBM in the last 13 years, Kathi has had some part in it. From sales, administration, project management and product development, she has eagerly taken on any task.

She received her BMath from the University of Waterloo in Operations Research. Kathi has worked on the development and support of many DBM products including the DataMeter and eLearning modules. She is active in sales support and marketing, with direct and indirect customer contact. Her involvement in marketing has included the DBM web site, brochures and the monthly DBMExecutive newsletter.

Kathi is our Master Scheduler. She schedules and coordinates our people and project/business tools.