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Education

­SYSTEMS RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
Ph.D. in Operations Research, 1980

INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS OF POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES,  Advanced programming in Algol 60 and Fortran in scientific applications, 1975‑1976

WARSAW POLYTECHNIC, M.S. in Applied Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering, 1974

WARSAW POLYTECHNIC, B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, 1971

TECHNICAL ACADEMY OF SHIPBUILDING, Graduated 1967

Last Five Years Intelectual Contribution

List of Publications:

Testing the Mean for Business Data: A Non-Traditional Approach (with J. Liang and W. Boynton),
A.T. Business Management Review Vol. 3 No 2 August 2007

Two Uniform Tests for Detecting Non-mutinormality (with J. Liang) , Chinese Journal of Applied Probability and Statistics Vol.21  No 3., August 2005

Conference Proceedings and Working Papers

Lean Operations and Allocation of Inventory Buffers in Discrete Manufacturing  (with K.Upadhyaya and J. Liang)  The 2005 IBER Business Conference,  October 2005, Las Vegas, Nevada

Production Flow Productivity and WIP inventory Buffers, Northeastern Decision Sciences Institute Meeting.  March 2002, Pittsburgh, Pa,  

Other Conference Presentation:

A Multidisciplinary Analysis of Employee Representation....., Discussion Pannel,  29 th EEA Conference  , February , 2003 New York

Using Probabilistic Modelling to Analyze Safety Buffers in Discree Manaufacturing, First Annual Connecticut ASA Conference, Stamford Ct, May 2003

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 
UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN, SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, Fall 1987 -Present

West Haven, Connecticut                                                        Tenured 1993

Associate Professor of Operations and Quantitative Analysis

Working as a full time faculty in Quantitative Analysis/Management Department. Prime responsibility covers teaching management and quantitative courses (management science, operations management, statistics, business research) at the undergraduate, MBA EMBA and doctorate levels. Major interest related to production/operations management with focus on scheduling, inventory control constraint management quality and applications of statistics to management. Advised and consulted in related areas of management.

Served as a member of Board of Examiners for Connecticut Quality Improvement Award, 1997.

 
CREATIVE OUTPUT­, INC.,Milford, Connecticut       1983 - 1987 

­Senior Systems Analyst/Consultant

Creative Output, was a leading manufacturing management consulting/software firm which developed and promoted OPT (Optimized Production Technology). This technique was later broadly publicized by the book  The Goal  as a DBR (drum-buffer-rope approach) or TOC (Theory of Constraints).  As Senior System Analyst, I was responsible for all aspects of feasibility studies and implementation projects. This embraced education and training at all levels including executives and floor personnel for clients like GE, GM, Lear Siegler and other.

Have been certified in both Business Analysis and Software Implementations of OPT System by Creative Output, Inc.

YALE SCHOOL OF ORGANIZATION & MANAGEMENT,­

New Haven, Connecticut                                 1982-1983

Research Associate

Working in the area of Operations Research. Participated in designing algorithm and developing software package ‑ NLPNET ‑ for nonlinear and linear optimization. NLPNET, which was designed for large scale transportation, distribution and allocation applications, demonstrated superior performance when compared to other available packages.

 
SYSTEM RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES,

Warsaw, Poland                                         1975-1982

Assistant Professor 1978-1981,           Lecturer 1975-1978     

Teaching Application of Statistics and Probability Theory in Business and Organizations. Area of research interest and activity related to systems of distribution, service and maintenance, statistical quality control, reliability, inventory, experiment design and accelerated tests. Applications of Monte Carlo approach, and computer based simulation models, for analyzing mass production. Consulted and advised primary for semiconductor, electrical, machining and steel-mill industry.

Courses Taught 

EXIE948 - Queuing Management (EMSEM)
IE704 - Operations Management Analysis (doctorate course).
MG702 - Research Design II (doctorate course).
EXID939 - Operations Management (EMBA)
QA614 -  Decisions in Operations Management
MG690 - Research Project (MBA).
MG685 - Research Methods in Business Administration (MBA).
QA605 - Advanced Statistics (MBA).
QA604 - Probability and Statistics (MBA).
QA600 - Quantitative Analysis (MBA).
QA333 - Advanced Statistics (BA).
QA250 - Quantitative Techniques II (BA).
QA216 - Probability and Statistics (BA).
QA128 - Quantitative Techniques In Management (BA).
QA118 - Business Mathematics (BA)