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Academic Background
M.B.A., Drake University
Ph.D., University of Nebraska

Major Works

• "Evaluating Vendor-Managed Inventory (VMI) in Non-Traditional Environments using simulation," with S. Swenseth, International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 116, pp. 275-287, 2008.
• "Reverse Auctions and Supplier Consortia," Best Practices for Online Procurement Auctions, Idea Group, Inc., 2007.
• "A Model of Internal Benchmarking: When and How?," with D. Parente, Benchmarking: An International Journal, Vol. 14 (2), 161-171, 2007.
• "The Cost of Securing the Supply Chain from Terrorism," in Battleground: Business, M. Walden and P. Thoms (Eds.), Greenwood Publising Group, 2007.
• "Teaching Your Passion: using toy trains and history lessons," International Journal of Information and Operations Management Education, 1 (4), 395-406, 2006.
• "A Survey of Online E-Banking Retail Initiatives," with K. Siau, Communications of the ACM, Vol. 47 (10), 99-102, 2004.
• "Transitioninig Operations to Accommodate Growing Pains in Evolving Companies," with Scott Swenseth, Management Decision, Vol. 6, 578-586, 2004. 
• "Community Banking in the E-Business Era," with K. Siau, Journal of International Technology and Information Management, Vol. 11 (1), 135-149, spring 2002.
• "Extending Product Profiling Through Simulation," with S.R. Swenseth and J.R. Olson, International Journal of Operations and Production Management,  Vol. 22 (9), 956-971, November 2002.

Current Community Relationships

• Member (Regional), Annual Meeting of the Midwest Decision Sciences Institute, Conference Planning Committee, 2008
•  Global Business Innovation and Development (GBID),International Scientific Committee (ISC) of 2008 (International),2008
• Midwest Region of the Decision Sciences Institute, Vice President for Member Services (Regional). 2007.