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Colleagues,
I am very pleased to announce that Dr. Timothy Smunt has accepted the position of Dean of the Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business, effective August 15, 2009. Tim comes to us from Wake Forest University, where he is Professor of Management and Sisel Fellow in Operations in the Babcock Graduate School of Management. He was an American Council on Education Fellow for 2005-2006 at the University of Chicago and recently served as Associate Dean and Associate Dean for Faculty at the Babcock School. In addition, he was elected and served as both the Vice President and President of the University Senate at Wake Forest. Tim was previously a faculty member at Indiana University, Washington University in St. Louis, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Tim received his B.S. in Industrial Management from Purdue University, his MBA from the University of Missouri - St. Louis, and his DBA from Indiana University. Tim’s research interests are in the areas of operations strategy, operations process design, international supply chain design, service system and health care productivity, and energy technology strategies for businesses. He has published numerous articles in a variety of highly ranked journals including Production and Operations Management, Management Science, Operations Research, Journal of Operations Management, Decision Sciences, IIE Transactions, Harvard Business Review, Academy of Management Perspectives, International Journal of Production Research, International Journal of Forecasting and Interfaces. He continues to present his research at both U.S. and international conferences and is a long-standing member of POMS, INFORMS, DSI, APICS (CFPIM), and IIE (Senior Member). Tim has served on the editorial review boards of Decision Sciences and the Journal of Operations Management (JOM), was an area editor for Production and Operations Management, and served as a guest editor for a special issue of JOM on simulation research in operations. His prior industrial work experience was with McDonnell Douglas Corp. (now Boeing), and he has acted as an advisor, executive educator, and consultant for a number of major corporations including American Express, Duke Energy, Ecolab, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Continental General Tire, Henredon Furniture, CoinCo, MEMC (formerly Monsanto Electronics Materials Corporation) and Hillenbrand Industries. Tim has also recently served as the Director of Development and Corporate Relations at the Decision Sciences Institute (DSI). Tim has the experience, drive, and administrative acumen to lead UWM's Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business in implementing our research growth agenda. From the input I've received from within the University and from community stakeholders, I am confident that he will succeed in his role as Dean, working with faculty, staff, and students to meet the School’s strategic goals concerning innovative academic program delivery and development, increased extramural funding, and a high-quality student experience. Bringing a dean search to a successful conclusion is a highly collaborative task, and the Chancellor and I wish to thank the Chair of the Search Committee, Marc Ethridge, the members of the Committee, staff support, and all those who attended the candidate forums for their input during the search process. I also thank Kanti Prasad for his years of dedicated service as Dean of the School. Sincerely, Rita Cheng |
