Executive Education
2008
Competing on Business Analytics and Organizational Knowledge
Professional MBA (Spring 2008)
2007
Total Quality Management - Executive Short Course
Non-degree Certificate (November 2007)
Work Experience - Academic
2005 - present
Georgia State University
Associate Professor
1998 - 2005
Georgia State University
Assistant Professor
1994 - 1997
Western Illinois University
State Farm Professor of Information Management & Decision Sciences
Associate Professor (Promoted by exception Fall 1994; Tenured effective Fall 1996)
1992 - 1993
Western Illinois University
Assistant Professor of Information Management and Decision Sciences
1990 - 1992
Bryant College
Assistant Professor of Operations Management
1989 - 1990
Kent State University
Research & Teaching Fellow, Dept. of Administrative Sciences
1988 - 1989
Kent State University
Research Fellow for the Production/Operations Management Group
1986 - 1988
Clarion University of Pennsylvania
Graduate Assistant, College of Business Administration
Work Experience - Business & International
1996 - present
Domestic and International Consulting and Teaching in Operation Management and Knowledge Management
1992 - 1995
Western Illinois University Foundation
Research and consulting projects funded by State Farm Insurance Company
1990 - 1991
Rhode Island Small Business Development Center
Management Consultant
1984 - 1985
Tractors (India) Ltd.
(Parent: Coles Ltd., United Kingdom)Product Development & Import Substitution Engineer
Involved in the design and development of:
- import-substitution products and processes
- systems for engineering division
1981 - 1984
ACC-Babcock Ltd.
(Parent: Babcock and Wilcox, United Kingdom)Engineer, Design and Engineering Division
Involved in the design and development of:
- CAD for Thermal Power Plants, Pressure Vessels
- Material Handling Systems
Education
1988 - 1991
Kent State University
Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration (December 1991)
- Major: Operations Management; Minor: Management Information Systems
- Dissertation: A Monolithic Approach for Resource Sharing and Scheduling in Multirobot Assembly Cell.
1986 - 1987
Clarion University of Pennsylvania
Master of Business Administration
1976 - 1981
National Institute of Technology (earlier known as Regional Engineering College), Durgapur, India
Bachelor of Engineering, Major/ Minor: Mechanical and Industrial Engineering