AnthonyA.Atkinson,AprofessorintheSchoolofAccountancyattheUruversityofWaterloo,AnthonyA.AtkinsonreceivedabachelorofcommerceandM.B.A.degreesfromQue~n-sUruversityinKingston,Ontario,andM.S.andPh.D.degreesinindustrialadministra-honfromCamegie-MellonUniversityinPittsburgh.HeisafellowoftheSocietyofManagementAccountantsofCanadaandhaswrittenorcoauthoredtwotexts,vari-ousmonographs,andmorethan35articlesonperformancemeasurementandcost-ing.In1989,theCanadianAcademicAccountingAssoaahonawardedAtkinsontheHaimFalkPrizeforDistinguishedContributiontoAccountingThoughtforhismono-graphthatstudiedtransferpricingpracticeinsixCanadiancompanies.HehasservedontheeditorialboardsoftwoprofessionalandfiveacademicjoumalsandisapasteditoroftheJournalofManagementAccountingResearch.AtkinsonalsoservedasamemberoftheCanadiangovernment'sCostStandardsAdvisoryCommittee,forwluchhedevelopedthecostingprinciplesitnowrequiresofgovernmentcontractors.
RobertS.Kaplan,RobertS.KaplanisBakerFoundationProfessorattheHarvardBusinessSchool,wherehehastaughtfor27years.Previously,heservedonthefacultyandasDeanoftheTepperBusinessSchooylatCarnegie-MellonUniversity.KaplanreceivedaB.S.andM.S.inelectricalengineeringfromM.I.T.,andaPh.D.inoperationsresearchfromCornellUniversity.
Kaplanhasdoneextensivewriting,teaclung,andconsultingonlinkingcostandperformancemanagementsystemstostrategyimplementation.Hehashelpedtodevelopbothactivity-basedcYostingandtheBalancedScorecard.His14bookshavebeentranslatedinto28languages.Kaplan'smostrecentbooksareTheExecutionPremiumwithDavidNortonandTime-DrivenActivity-BasedCostingwithStevenArtderson.Hehasalsoauthoredorcoauthored21HarvardBusinessReviewarticlesandmorethan100othersinacademicandprofessionaljournals.
KaplanwasinductedintotheAccountingHallofFamein2006andreceivedtheLifetimYe'ContributionAwardfromtheManagementAccountingSectionoftheAmericanAccountingAssociationinJanuary2006.In2008,hiscoauthoredbook,RelevanceLost:TheR/seandFallofManagementAccounting,receivedtheAAASeminalContributiontoAccountingLiteratureAward.HisarticlesandbookshavealsobeenrecognizedwithseveralWildmanMedalandAAANotableContributionstoAccountingLiteratureAwards.
KaplanreceivedtheOutstandingAccountingEducatorAwardin1988fromtheAmericanAccountingAssociation(AAA),the1994CIMAAwardfromtheCharteredInstituteofManagementAccountants(UK)for"OutstandingContributionstotheAccountancyProfession,”andthe2001DistinguishedServiceAwardfromtheInstituteofManagementAccountants(IMA)forcontributionstothepracticeandacademiccommunity.
EllaMaeMatsumura,EllaMaeMatsumuraisanassociateprofessorintheDepartmentofAccountingand
InformationSystemsintheSchoolofBusinessattheUniversityofWisconsin-Madison,andisaffiliatedwiththeuniversity'sCenterforQuickResponseManufacturing.ShereceivedanA.B.inmathemahcsfromtheUniversityofCalifomia,Berkeley,andM.Sc.andPh.D.degreesfromtheUniversityofBritishColumbia.MatsumurahaswontwoteachingexcellenceawardsattheUruversityofWisconsin-Madisonandwaselectedasalifetimefellowoftheuniversity'sTeachingAcademy,formedtopromoteeffectiveteaclung.SheisamemberoftXeuruversityteamawardedanIBMTotalQualityManagementPartnershipgranttodevelopcurriculumfortotalqual:itymanagementeducation.
ProfessorMatsumurawasaco-winnerofthe2010NotableContributionstoManagementAccountingLiteratureAward.ShehasservedinnumerousleadershippositionsintheAmericanAccountingAssoaation(AAA).ShewascoeditorofAccountingHorizonsandhaschairedandservedonnumerousAAAcommittees.Shehasbeensecretary-treasurerandpresidentoftheAAA'sManagementAccountingSechon.HerpastYandcurrentresearcharticlesfocusondeasionmaking,perfor-manceevaluation,compensation,supplychainrelationships,andsustainability.Shecoauthoredamonographoncustomerprofitabilityanalysisincreditunions.