Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. June 1968.
MBA, California State University, USA, June 1980, GPA 3.84.
BA, French, California State University, Los Angeles, USA, June 1988, GPA 3.46.
B.Sc., Chemical Engineering, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, June 1964.
Business Management Certificate, UCLA, June 1976, GPA 3.75.
19 years as professor in management
Supply Chain Management: Operations Management: Management Science: Business Statistics
Strategy & Operations, Site selection, Quality Management, Environmental Issues, Design in Operations Management, Forecasting, Layout, Inventory Management, Operations Planning, Scheduling, Lean Production/Just-in-Time, Purchasing/Subcontracting, Supply Chain, Project Management, Reliability & Maintenance, Decision and risk, Statistical Quality control, Cost Control, Operational Audits, Statistics.
EM LYON, France
(July 1989 - now)
- Textbook: "Operations management: A supply chain approach" , Thomson Business Press, London, 2003 (900 pages). 2nd edition
- Textbook in progress: "Essentials of Business Statistics", ready 2005
- Developed and managed a Master's Program in Supply ChainManagement
- Involved in projects with many major companies.
- Voted one of the best professors in the MBA program 1994/95
California State University & University of California Irvine (Jan. 1986- June 1989)
19 years in industry
Strategic planning, finance, marketing, sales, operations, engineering and design
Santa Fe International/C.F. Braun & Co., California, USA (Jan. 1972- Jan. 1986)
- Senior Corporate Planner (Jan. 1981 - Jan. 1986)
Worked with Top Management and Board of Directors in development of strategic and operating plans in oil, gas, and engineering & construction industry (refining, chemical plants, food processing facilities, and nuclear plants). Covered market assessment, financial analysis, acquisitions, and risk analysis.
- Marketing Manager for Energy-Design Projects (Sep. 1978 - Jan. 1981)
Coal, solar, nuclear, geothermal, and alternative energy sources. Included client contacts, project pricing, and preparation of technical and commercial proposals
- Senior Sales Engineer (Jan. 1975 - Sep. 1978)
Team member responsible for selling $multi-million grass roots engineering & construction projects
- Senior Process Engineer (Jan. 1972 - Jan. 1975)
Process design/engineering of refineries, chemical plants, metallurgical installations, food processing facilities, coal gasification units, and nuclear plants. Process manager on many projects including a 5-year energy program for the US Government.
Pritchard-Rhodes, London, England
(Nov. 1970-Oct. 1971)
Engineering on oil & gas field separation projects in Yugoslavia and North Africa.
IPRAS (subsidiary of Caltex Petroleum Co.)
Izmit, Turkey (Oct. 1969-Nov. 1970)
Process operations engineer on an oil refinery covering start-ups and performance tests
Caltex Oil (subsidiary of Texaco-Chevron)
, London, UK (Jul. 1968 - Oct. 1969)
Process engineer on crude oil analysis, crude oil transportation, and refinery design