Kirk L. Bailey received his Bachelor of Science from the University of Toronto in 1964, and his Masters in Science from the University of Waterloo in 1978. He started his working career in 1964 as a Specialist Assembly Plant Buyer for Ford Canada leaving in 1974, and becoming the Director of Purchasing for the CBC until 1976. In 1976 Kirk became a professor of Operations Management and Computerized Business Information Systems with Ryerson's Department of Business Management - now part of the Ted Rogers School of Management - where he is still teaching today. While with Ryerson he has also been the Faculty Advisor with Ryerson Business Consulting from 1987- 1989, the Evening Co-ordinator for Computerized Business Systems from 1982 - 1985, and from 1991 - 2005 he was the Program Director of Management & Enterprise Development with the Faculty of Management & Enterprise Development. While with Ryerson he has also taught at other Universities. In 1981 he was a professor of Operations Management at McMaster University, from 1994 - 1997 he was a professor with the Faculty of Management - Systems Analysis at the University of Toronto, and in 1998 he was the Lead Instructor with the Purchasing Management Association of Canada.