Jayashankar M. Swaminathan, PhD
Senior Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Kay and Van Weatherspoon Distinguished Professor of Operations, Technology and Innovation Management (OTIM)
Senior Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Kay and Van Weatherspoon Distinguished Professor of Operations, Technology and Innovation Management (OTIM)
Areas of Expertise
- e-business/e-commerce
- emerging markets
- innovation: creativity and learning
- operations: global
- operations: risk management
- product: differentiation
- supply chain management
Biography
Jayashankar M. Swaminathan is senior associate dean of academic affairs and the Kay and Van Weatherspoon Distinguished Professor of operations, technology and innovation management.
He teaches graduate and executive courses in global operations management, supply chain management, e-commerce, information technology and product variety management.
His research on global supply-chain management, mass customization and business to business e-commerce has appeared in scholarly journals including Management Science, Operations Research, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, Interfaces and California Management Review. His research has been recognized with international awards and research grants, including the CAREER award from the National Science Foundation and the George Nicholson Prize from INFORMS.
Dr. Swaminathan has taught and consulted with a number of firms including Agilent, IBM, Converge, Kaiser, Nova Chemicals and Samsung. He serves on the strategic advisory boards of startup firms in the B2B e-commerce and multimedia industry. Prior to joining UNC Kenan-Flagler, he was on the faculty of Walter A. Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.
He received his PhD and MS at Carnegie Mellon University and his bachelor of technology in computer science and engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology.
Recent Media Mentions
- NBC-17 interviewed Jay Swaminathan, senior associate dean of academic affairs and OTIM professor, in “Consumers Spend Less in Economic Crisis.”
(Oct. 7) - BusinessWeek quoted Jay Swaminathan, OTIM professor and senior associate dean of academic affairs, in “Why Wilbur Ross Likes India.”(Aug. 15)
- The Financial Times quoted Jay Swaminathan, operations, technology and innovation management professor, in “Green Supply Chains: Moving Beyond Logistics.” (Dec. 10)
2006
- The Financial Times featured Jay Swaminathan, professor and chair of operations, technology and innovation management (OTIM), and Brian Tomlin, OTIM professor, in “Managing risk helps make M&As click.” (Oct. 12)