IMA Announces Term Renewal for Executive-in-Residence, Gary Cokins

MONTVALE, N.J., Oct. 19, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- IMA^® (Institute of Management Accountants), the association of accountants and financial professionals in business, announced today that IMA Executive-in-Residence Gary Cokins, CPIM, renewed his term for a third year. A thought leader in enterprise and corporate performance management (EPM/CPM) methods, advanced cost management and business analytics, Cokins will continue to contribute to research reports, Strategic Finance articles, learning webinars, as well as provide ongoing support of IMA's expansion in international countries including India.

"Gary is a longtime member of IMA, and has supported and aided in the success of both our organization and its members," said IMA President and CEO Jeff Thomson, CMA, CAE. "We're excited to have him on board for a third year as he looks to other areas of our organization to make an impact."

Kicking off his third term, Cokins contributed his expertise to Strategic Finance's October cover story, which explores the relationship between management accountants and internal clients, focusing on the business practices necessary to become a beneficial and successful advisor to an organization. For more information on his article, visit the Strategic Finance Twitter page where Cokins will be participating in the "Meet the Author" series during the week of October 19.

For more than 40 years, Cokins has been recognized as an internationally renowned expert, speaker and author in performance improvement systems, analytics and advanced cost management. Cokins, who earned a B.S. in industrial engineering and operations research from Cornell University in 1971 and an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management in 1974, began his career as a financial controller. He then entered the management consulting field with Deloitte consulting in 1981. In 1988 he joined KPMG consulting, where he was trained on activity-based costing (ABC) by Harvard Business School Professor Robert S. Kaplan. While at KPMG, he worked with Dr. David Norton on research that led to the development of the Balanced Scorecard. In 2013 Gary retired from SAS, a leading analytics software vendor, after 16 years there.

About IMA^® (Institute of Management Accountants)
IMA^®, the association of accountants and financial professionals in business, is one of the largest and most respected associations focused exclusively on advancing the management accounting profession. Globally, IMA supports the profession through research, the CMA^® (Certified Management Accountant) program, continuing education, networking and advocacy of the highest ethical business practices. IMA has a global network of more than 75,000 members in 140 countries and 300 professional and student chapters. Headquartered in Montvale, N.J., USA, IMA provides localized services through its four global regions: The Americas, Asia/Pacific, Europe, and Middle East/Africa. For more information about IMA, please visit www.imanet.org.

SOURCE Institute of Management Accountants

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