Leavey School of Business - Santa Clara University

Faculty

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Manoochehr Ghiassi
MSIS Program Director and
Professor of Operations Management and Information Systems (OMIS)
Lucas Hall 316 P
408-554-4329
mghiassi@scu.edu

Ph.D. Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana
M.S. Computer Science, University of Illinois, Urbana
M.S. Economics, South Illinois University, Carbondale
B.S. Economics, Teheran University

Research Interests:

Software engineering
Software testing
Computer simulation
Systems programming

Naren Agrawal
Associate Professor of Operations Management and Information Systems (OMIS)
Lucas Hall 221 M
408-554-4165
nagrawal@scu.edu

Ph.D. Operations Management, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
M.A. Operations Management, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
M.S. Management Sciences, University of Texas, Dallas
B.Tech Mechanical Engineering, Banaras Hindu University

Research Interests:

E-commerce
Supply chain management
Sourcing strategy
Inventory Management
Manufacturing strategy

David Caldwell
Chair Management Dept. and
Schott Professor of Management
Lucas Hall 316 O
408-554-4114
dcaldwell@scu.edu

Terri L. Griffith
Professor of Management
Lucas Hall 321 G
408-551-6022
tgriffith@scu.edu

Hoje Jo
Department Chair and Professor of Finance
Lucas Hall 316R
408 545-4779
hjo@scu.edu

Kirthi Kalyanam
Associate Professor of Marketing
Lucas Hall 321 D
408-554-2705
kkalyanam@scu.edu

Chaiho Kim
Alemany Professor of Operations Management and Information Systems (OMIS)
Lucas Hall 316 M
408-554-6832
ckim@scu.edu

Ph.D. Business, Columbia University
M.S. Business, Columbia University
B.A. Business, Ouachita University

Research Interests:

E-business
Business intelligence

James L. Koch
Professor of Management and
Director, Center for Science, Technology and Society
Lucas Hall 316 G
408-551-1789
jkoch@scu.edu

Haibing Lu
Assistant Professor of Operations Management and
Information Systems
Lucas Hall 316
408-554-4329
hlu@scu.edu

Ph.D. Rutgers University

Steven Nahmias
Professor of Operations Management and Information Systems (OMIS)
Lucas Hall 316 Q
408-554-4918
snahmias@scu.edu

Ph.D. Operations Research, Northwestern University
M.S. Operations Research, Northwestern University
B.S. Industrial Engineering, Columbia University
B.A. Mathematics and Physics, Queens College

Research Interests:

Inventory Management
Statistics
Manufacturing

William O'Brien
Lecturer, Accounting Department
Lucas Hall 221S
408 554-5463
wobrien@scu.edu

Chris Paisley
Executive Lecturer of Accounting
Lucas Hall 221U
408 551-7144
cpaisely@scu.edu

Andy A. Tsay
Associate Professor of Operations Management and Information Systems (OMIS)
Lucas Hall 216 Q
408-554-4561
atsay@scu.edu

Ph.D. Business, Stanford University
M.S. Engineering-Economic Systems, Stanford University
B.S. Mathematical and Computational Science, Stanford University

Research Interests:

Emerging technologies for supply chain coordination
Design, manufacturing, and supply chain management in heavily outsourced environments
Multi-channel distribution
Manufacturing strategy
Cross-functional interfaces in the firm

Mu Xia
Assistant Professor of Operations Management and Information Systems (OMIS)
Lucas Hall 216 D
408-551-3000 x6685
mxia@scu.edu

Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin
B.E., Tsinghua University in Beijing

Research Interests: