Amber Salley is the Vice President of Research for Supply Chain at Tech-Clarity, covering supply chain management, including advanced planning and scheduling, S&OP/IBP, supply chain visibility, risk and resilience, procurement, and order management.
Amber has over 25 years of experience in supply chain. She has worked as a practitioner with the IBM Integrated Supply Chain, a consultant at Booz & Company (now Strategy&, part of PWC) and Accenture, an analyst at Gartner, and an executive at a supply chain software company — a combination that gives her a unique perspective on the industry and shapes how she approaches it. Along the way, she’s covered a broad range of industries, giving her a wide-angle view of how supply chains actually operate. She has a degree in Information Technology and Supply Chain Management from Duquesne University and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Amber’s current areas of research include how AI-native and agentic technologies are built into supply chain platforms versus bolted on; the convergence of supply chain planning and execution; and how organizations create business value and build resiliency by treating risk and uncertainty as a structural part of supply chain management, rather than an afterthought. Her take: real value comes from higher quality decisions, not a shinier platform.
Outside of work, Amber is a lifetime member of Girl Scouts and an adult volunteer with her kids’ Scouting America troop. She also plays on a Chicago trivia team called “The Team That Shall Not Be Named,” is an avid reader with a particular soft spot for pop culture and celebrity news, and loves a family movie night.