Doctoral Dissertation: "Manufacturing Flexibility and Organizational Structure" Advisor: James V. Jucker
A model of the achievement of flexibility by a manufacturing organization. Defines types of flexibility and the mechanisms that can be used for their achievement, including organizational structuring mechanisms as well as traditional production/inventory tools. Empirical evidence is found that supports hypotheses derived from the proposed model of flexibility. Results provide insights for research into cost versus flexibility trade-offs.
Stanford University, Master of Science, Statistics, June 1985.
Stanford University, Master of Science, Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, June 1978.
Stanford University, Bachelor of Science with Distinction, Industrial Engineering, June 1978. Phi Beta Kappa, Tau Beta Pi.
Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley, July 1994 to present. Co-Director, Management of Technology Program and Senior Lecturer with Security of Employment in Management of Technology. Teaching introductory operations management course to MBA students, developing courses on new product development, management of software development and the biotechnology industry. Managing joint program with College of Engineering in Management of Technology. Researching issues in high technology management, manufacturing strategy, new product development and green design and manufacturing.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, January 1994 to July 1994. VisitingAssistant Professor, Operations Management Teaching introductory operations management course to MBA students and to Leaders for Manufacturing students.
Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley, July 1991 to January 1994. Co-Director, Management of Technology Program and Lecturer in Management of Technology.Teaching introductory operations management course and manufacturing strategy course to MBA students, developing course on industrial design in business. Managing joint program with College of Engineering in Management of Technology. Researching issues in product definition. Earned the Earl F. Cheit Award for Excellence in Teaching in the MBA Program in 1992.
Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley, September 1988to July 1991. Assistant Professor, Management Science Teaching manufacturing strategy to undergraduate and MBA students, information systems management to PhD students. Research on manufacturing flexibility and other strategy issues. Earned the Earl F. Cheit Award for Excellence in Teaching twice in 1990, once in the MBA Program and once in the Evening MBA Program.
Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, Stanford University, September 1984 to April 1985, January 1984 to June 1984, September 1977 to June 1978. Teaching Assistant. Undergraduate advising; teaching and grading in courses on computer utilization, problem solving, organizational behavior, financial decision-making, industrial marketing and manufacturing strategy.
Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, Stanford University, September 1978 to June 1980. Teaching Fellow. Instructed a required course on "Utilization of Computers." Taught about 60 students the first year and 120 in the second year.
Hewlett-Packard Company, November 1991 to January 1993.Organizational Learning Champion, Software Reuse Department, HP Labs.Assisted HP Labs in organizational transformation project. Research on product definition and new product development activities in software development organization. Developing parallels between manufacturing models, learning-based models and software development models.
Hewlett-Packard Company, November 1989 to November 1991. Director, Product Generation Change Management Team. Managed consulting services in organizational design, manufacturing education and training and strategic planning and modeling along with company-wide environmental, health and safety function.
Hewlett-Packard Company, February 1989 to November 1989. Manager, Surface Mount Technology Program.Managed rollout of centrally developed standard surface mount assembly processes to HP sites worldwide. Controlled capacity and site location, parts standardization programs.
Hewlett-Packard Company, February 1986 to February 1989. Program Manager, Corporate Manufacturing Developed long-term manufacturing strategy on a corporate-wide basis. Focus on plant location issues, including international. Prepared a process costing model to evolve into a process cost accounting system.
Hewlett Packard Company, June 1985 to February 1986. Strategic Planner, Data Systems Division.Strategy development and competitive analysis for computer business.
Management Consultant, Self-employed, January 1984 to August 1984, January 1985 to June 1985.Long-range manufacturing planning, business divestment planning, manufacturing systems acquisition and implementation.
Booz, Allen & Hamilton, Inc., August 1980 to December 1983. Management consulting in the Operations Management Services practice.
InfoSci, Inc., March 1979 to June 1980. Led seminars on structured
programming techniques for industrial systems analysts and programmers.
