Professor & Vice President for Academic Affairs / Chief Academic Officer
Academic Qualifications
Ph.D. (1989) The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Major: Operations & Supply Chain Management
MA (1985) The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | Major: Decision Sciences
MS (1980) London School of Economics, University of London | Major: Analysis, Design, and Management of Information Systems
BS (1975) Slovak University of Technology | Major: Electronic Computer Engineering
Professional Experience
Professor and VPAA. Oryx Universal College (Qatar), August 2023-Present
Professor and Senior Director for Strategy. Oryx Universal College (Qatar), Jan 2023-August2023.
Professor and Senior Advisor. Qatar University (QU), May 2020-July 2022.
Director of Leadership Knowledge Base Department, Qatar Leadership Center (QLC), April 2015 – February 2020.
Distinguished Professor and Executive Director, Management Education Research Center, Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Qatar Foundation, Qatar, August 2011 – April 2015.
Distinguished Professor and University Chief Accreditation Officer, Qatar University, Sep. 2010 – July 2011.
Distinguished Professor and Dean, College of Business & Economics, Qatar University, Feb. 2005 – August 2010.
Senior Associate Dean and Professor, Villanova University, 1999-2005.
Professor and Chair of the Management Department, Villanova University, 1995-1999.
Associate Professor of Management, Villanova University, 1990-1995.
Assistant Professor of Management, Villanova University, 1985-1990.
Assistant Lecturer, London School of Economics, 1978 -1980.
Research Interests
Supply Chain Management
Risk Analysis and Decision Theory
Entrepreneurship Management
Selection, Integration, and Strategic Use of Information Technologies
Applications of Expert Systems in Operations Management
Evaluation and Selection of Information System Projects
Selected Publications
Managing High Velocity Change in the U.S. Business School”, With Jonathan Doh, Kevin Clark and Steve Stumpf, Academy of Management Learning and Education Journal Review, Submitted, pp.28 .
Determination of Optimal Safety Stock Policies”, With Matt Liberatore, Studies in Business & Economics, Vol. 12, No. 1, March 2006, pp. 25-34
Multi – Cyclic Flow Shop Scheduling: An Application in Multi-Product, Multi-Stage Production Processes”. International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 35, No. 12, 1997, pp. 3323-3332.
A Job-Splitting Heuristic for Multi-Product, Multi-Stage Production Systems”. European Journal of Operation Research, Vol. 75, July 1994, pp. 365-377.
Common Cycle Lot-Size Scheduling for Multi- Product, Multi-Stage Production,” with Paul Kleindorfer. Management Science. Vol. 39, No. 7, July 1993, pp. 872-885.
