| First Name | David |
| Middle Initial | |
| Last Name | Simchi-Levi |
| Full Name | David Simchi-Levi |
| Tagline | Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering Systems, Codirector, Leaders for Global Operations |
| Title | Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering Systems Co-Director, Leaders For Global Operations |
| Description | Dr. Simchi-Levi holds a Ph.D. from Tel Aviv University. His research currently focuses on developing and implementing robust and efficient techniques for logistics and manufacturing systems. He has published widely in professional journals on both practical and theoretical aspects of logistics and supply chain management. Dr. Simchi-Levi has been the principal investigator for more than five million dollars in funded academic research. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Operations Research, the flagship journal of INFORMS, the former Editor-in-Chief of Naval Research Logistics and a member of the board for several scientific journals including Management Science, Networks, Transportation Science and Telecommunication Systems, and a former Area Editor of Transportation for Operations Research. His Ph.D. students have accepted positions in leading academic institutes including Berkeley, Columbia U., U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, U. of Michigan, Purdue U., Georgia Tech, and Virginia Tech. Dr. Simchi-Levi is co-author (with Julien Bramel) of The Logic of Logistics, published by Springer in 1997 (1st Edition) and in 2004 (2nd Edition) (with Xin Chen and Julien Bramel). His second book, Designing and Managing the Supply Chain (with P. Kaminsky and E. Simchi-Levi) was published by McGraw-Hill in August 1999 (1st edition), 2002 (2nd edition) and 2007 (3rd edition). It received the Book-of-the-Year award and the Outstanding IIE Publication award given in 2000 by the Institute of Industrial Engineers. The book also received the Outstanding First Edition of the Year award given in 2000 by McGraw-Hill. It was selected by Business 2.0. December 2001 issue, as the best source for slashing time and cost and increasing productivity in the supply chain. It has been translated to Chinese, Japanese, Korean and and Portuguese. His 3rd book (with P. Kaminsky and E. Simchi-Levi), Managing the Supply Chain: The Definitive Guide for the Supply Chain Professional, was published by McGraw-Hill in December 2003. The book serves as a reference for consultants and managers involved in any one of the processes that make up the supply chain. |
| Address | 77 Massachusetts Ave. Building 1-171 Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 |
| Phone | Phone: 617.253.6160 |
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| First Name | Steven |
| Middle Initial | |
| Last Name | Spear |
| Full Name | Steven Spear |
| Tagline | Senior Lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Senior Fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement |
| Title | Senior Lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Senior Fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement |
| Description | Steven Spear, author of The High-Velocity Edge, is a well-recognized expert in how exceptional organizations create competitive advantage through the strength of their internal operations. These high velocity organizations manage complex design, production, and administrative processes for unmatched performance based on unmatched rates of internally generated improvement and innovation. His articles, |
| Address | 77 Massachusetts Ave. Building E40-315 Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 |
| Phone | Phone: 617.281.7620 |
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| First Name | Joseph |
| Middle Initial | |
| Last Name | Sussman |
| Full Name | Joseph Sussman |
| Tagline | JR East Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering Systems |
| Title | JR East Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering Systems |
| Description | Dr. Joseph M. Sussman is the JR East Professor (endowed by the East Japan Railway Company) in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Engineering Systems Division at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he has served as a faculty member for 43 years. He served as interim director of ESD for the 2011-2012 academic year. Dr. Sussman is the author of Introduction to Transportation Systems, a graduate text published in 2000, in use at a number of universities in the U.S. and abroad. It has been translated into Greek, Chinese and Spanish. His book Perspectives on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) was published in 2005. Sussman received the Roy W. Crum Distinguished Service Award from TRB, its highest honor, |
| Address | 77 Massachusetts Ave. Building 1-163 Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 |
| Phone | Phone: 617.253.4430 |
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| First Name | John |
| Middle Initial | D. |
| Last Name | Sterman |
| Full Name | John D. Sterman |
| Tagline | Jay W. Forrester Professor of Management and Engineering Systems, Director of System Dynamics Group |
| Title | Jay W. Forrester Professor of Management and Engineering Systems Director, System Dynamics Group |
| Description | John D. Sterman is the Jay W. Forrester Professor of Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management and Director of MIT's System Dynamics Group. His research includes systems thinking and organizational learning, computer simulation of corporate strategy and public policy issues, and environmental sustainability. He is the author of many scholarly and popular articles on the challenges and opportunities facing organizations today, including the book Modeling for Organizational Learning, and the award-winning textbook Business Dynamics. Prof. Sterman's research centers on improving decision making in complex systems, including corporate strategy and operations, energy policy, public health, environmental sustainability, and climate change. He has pioneered the development of "management flight simulators" of corporate and economic systems. These flight simulators are now used by corporations, universities and governments around the world. His research ranges from the dynamics of organizational change and the implementation of sustainable improvement programs to climate change and the implementation of policies to promote a sustainable world. Prof. Sterman has twice been awarded the Jay W. Forrester Prize for the best published work in system dynamics, won an IBM Faculty Award, won the Accenture Award for the best paper of the year published in the California Management Review, has seven times won awards for teaching excellence, and was named one of the MIT Sloan School's "Outstanding Faculty" by the Business Week Guide to the Best Business Schools. He has been featured on public television's News Hour, National Public Radio's Marketplace, CBC television, Fortune, the Financial Times, Business Week, and other media for his research and innovative use of interactive simulations in management education and policymaking. |
| Address | 100 Main Street t Building E62-436 Cambridge, MA 02142 |
| Phone | Phone: 617.253.1951 |
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| First Name | James |
| Middle Initial | |
| Last Name | Utterback |
| Full Name | James Utterback |
| Tagline | David A. McGrath jr (1959) Professor of Management and Innovation, Professor of Engineering Systems |
| Title | David J. McGrath jr (1959) Professor of Management and Innovation Professor of Engineering Systems |
| Description | Jim Utterback is David J. McGrath jr (1959) Professor of Management and Innovation and Professor of Engineering Systems at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Since receiving the Ph.D. in 1968 from the MIT Sloan School of Management, Prof. Utterback has held faculty positions at Indiana University, the Harvard Business School, and Chalmers Technical University as well as MIT. From 1983 through 1988, he served as Director of Industrial Liaison at MIT. His research has focused on the process of technological innovation in firms in the United States and in other countries. He is author of Mastering the Dynamics of Innovation, published by Harvard Business School Press in 1994 and of Design-Inspired Innovation, published by World Scientific Press in 2006. Recent publications include contributions to Management Science, Research Policy, Strategic Management Journal, Technological Forecasting and Social Change and The Sloan Management Review. Jim's teaching focus is on understanding the dynamics of product and process development, emerging and disruptive technologies, and the varied roles of firms as predators and prey when new technologies emerge. His current research focuses on the sustained growth of newly formed design and technology-based firms in the United States, Sweden, Italy and the United Kingdom. Jim is one of the founding faculty of the Management of Technology Program (now called the Sloan Fellows in Innovation and Global Leadership), which was the first area of study at MIT that awarded degrees jointly from the Schools of Management and Engineering. He is also one of the founders of the Leaders for Manufacturing Program (now called Leaders for Global Operations), which awards dual degrees in engineering and in management and has recently helped develop a similar program in Biomedical Enterprise. Jim received the D.Sc. (Hon) from Chalmers University in Gothenburg, Sweden in 1997, and was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences in 1999. He is currently a member of the Board of Governors of the Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago, Illinois, and was recently elected a Life Fellow of Clare Hall at the University of Cambridge. |
| Address | 100 Main Street Building E62-467 Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 |
| Phone | Phone: 617.253.2661 |
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