Jim Bookbinder is Professor Emeritus of Management Science and Engineering at the University of Waterloo. He is Editor of the book, Global Logistics: Transportation in International Supply Chains, published by Springer. For more than 20 years, Dr. Bookbinder was Director of WATMIMS, the UW Research Group for industrial collaborations in Logistics and Manufacturing.

Jim has published articles related to Supply Chains and Logistics in North America, Europe and Asia. He has been awarded research grants from both NSERC and SSHRC. Dr. Bookbinder is a past president of the Canadian Operational Research Society (CORS). In 2024, he received the CORS Award of Merit.