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Faculty, Staff, and Speakers

Faculty & Staff

Specialties

Dr. Barry Lawrence,
Director of Thomas and Joan Read Center for Distribution Research and Education

Strategic Planning, Growth and Market Share, Sales and Marketing, Distribution Best Practices, Supply Chain Profitability, Inventory Management, Pricing, Channel Management, Customer Stratification, Logistics and Global Distribution.

Dr. Esther Rodriguez-Silva,
Director of Talent Incubator Program & Global Supply Chain Laboratory

Distribution Best Practices, Supply Chain Management, Distribution Profitability Global Distribution, Growth and Market Share, Strategy Planning and Implementation, Supplier Relationship Management, Operational Excellence, Sales and Marketing Optimization, Digital Transformation 

Sami Varner,
Program Specialist III

Administrative Project Management, Event Planning and Coordination, Educational Course Planning, Database Management, Research and Data Analytics, Report Building, Budget and Expense Management, Travel Coordination, Graphic Design

Aayush Sharma,
Graduate Assistant Researcher

Supply Chain Management, Production and Inventory Control, Data Analytics, Business Intelligence, Customer Stratification, Pricing Analytics

Dixeet Purohit,
Graduate Assistant Researcher

Machine Learning, Statistics, Data Analytics, Business Intelligence, Database Management, Supply Chain Management, Product Development, Process Engineering

Prasad Chimalwar,
Graduate Assistant Researcher

Data Analysis, Machine Learning, Statistical Analysis, Project Management

Luke Keathley,
Undergraduate Marketing Assistant

Database Management, General Marketing, Marketing Analytics, Marketing Campaigns, Social Media Management, Strategic Marketing, Website Design

Speaker

Specialties

Bob Borsh

Distribution management certificate, sales, advanced sales management, coaching, leadership, and developing human capital 

Dr. Yanling Chang

Information Operations and Management, Purchasing and Supplier Selection, Supply Chain Planning and Risk Management.

Dr. Norm Clark

Solution-Based Sales, Sales Management, Leadership and Ethics, Team Development.

Jay Johnson

Sales, Pricing, Negotiations, Customer service, Incentive Systems, and Performance Measures.

Dr. Victor Jorge Leon

Production, Capacity and Inventory Management, Operations Management and Optimization: Global Supply Chains and Manufacturing Enterprises, Operations Performance Management, Quality Management, Lean Engineering

Dr. Bharani Nagarathnam

Distribution Management & Leadership, Talent / Competency Assessment & Development, Training Design, Development & Implementation, Organization Development, Profitability & Performance Management

Dr. Bimal Nepal

Inventory Management, Lean and Quality Tools for Distribution, Pricing, Supplier Stratification, Transportation Optimization, Warehouse operations and efficiency improvement, Optimization of Manufacturing Operations

Dr. Xiaofeng Nie

Humanitarian Logistics, Homeland Security, Supply Chain Risk Management, Applied Operations Research

Evan Vestal

Sales, Supply Chain, Sourcing/Procurement, Distribution Logistics, Advising, Forecasting, Financial Analysis, Financial Awareness, Brand Development, Instruction, Motivation, Sales, Supply Chain, Sourcing/Procurement, Distribution Logistics

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