Fisher College of Business

Member Companies

COE Board Members

ABB Inc. - Member Since 1996
Ken Morris, Group VP Operational Excellence & Supply Management
Mari Jo Cary, Director - Process Improvement Systems

Abbott Nutrition - Member Since 1992
Tim Eades, Divisional Vice President - Operations Program Management

BI Roxane Inc. - Member Since 2000
Mark Edmonds - Executive Director, Processing Engineering

Cardinal Health - Member Since 2006
Bill Owad, Senior Vice President Operational Excellence

Coca-Cola North America - Member Since 2005
Terry McGann, Director of Process Improvement, Coca-Cola North America

Crane Group - Member Since 1998
Chris Burger, Director Business Development - Crane Group

Diamond Innovations, Inc. - Member Since 2004
Chad Wills, Director of Engineering and Quality

Emerson Climate Technologies - Member Since 1992
Cathy Bevan, Vice President Human Resources
J. R. Roemke, Director Quality

Exel - Member Since 2006
Ted Nikolai, President, Automotive and Chemical/Industrial Americas

Foxtail Foods- Member Since 2008
Don Ephgrave, Vice President and General Manager

Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company- Member Since 2006
Patrick Hurley, Vice President Supply Chain

Gordon Food Service - Member Since 2007
Tom Vollmer, General Manager

Greif Inc. - Member Since 2000
Gaylord Benner, Director Operational Excellence

Hexion Specialty Chemicals - Member Since 2007
J. Michael McCandless, VP North America PFP Manufacturing

Kaiser Aluminum Member Since 2007
David Conrow, Vice President Kaiser Production System

Lancaster Colony Corporation - Member Since 1998
Thomas Deschler, Vice President Continuous Improvement - T. Marzetti Company

Mettler Toledo, Inc. - Member Since 1997
Todd Manifold, General Manager, Industrial Business Unit

New Product Innovations - Member Since 2006
Neil MacIvor, Chief Operating Officer

Ohio Willow Wood - Member Since 2006
Benjamin Elliott - General Manager
Ryan Arbogast - Senior Business Analyst

OSU Medical Center - Member Since 2007
Jay Kasey, Chief Operating Officer

Owens Corning - Member Since 2008
David L. Johns, Senior Vice President /CIO & Chief Supply Chain Officer

Rolls-Royce Energy Systems, Inc. - Member Since 2003
Ralph A. Kirkpatrick, Vice President - Energy Operations

The Scotts Company - Member Since 1993
Tom Kuharcik, Senior Director, North American Operations

Sonoco-Phoenix - Member Since 2000
Ed Harhager, Area Manufacturing Manager

Timken Company - Member Since 1997
Richard Kyle, Vice President Manufacturing

Tinnerman - Member Since 2007
Daniel J. Dolan, Chief Operating Officer

Tosoh SMD, Inc. - Member Since 1996
Marty Blazic, President

ACADEMIC MEMBERS

Peter Ward, Co-Director and Management Sciences Department Chair

John Dix, Co-Director and Distinguished Fellow of the Center

Peg Pennington, Director of Continuous Improvement

Robin Rasor Thompson - Administrative Director

Andrea Prud'homme - Associate Director

Nancy Lahmers- Women's Leadership Initiatives

Keely Croxton, Associate Professor, Marketing and Logistics

Julia Higle, Professor and Chair, Industrial, Systems and Welding Engineering

Giorgio Rizzoni, Professor and Ford Motor Company Chair, Center for Automotive Research

Dave Schilling, Professor of Management Sciences/Board Member -- Information Technology Center/Intern Project Coordinator

David S. Hoyte, Distinguished Fellow of the Center

Tom Wallace, Distinguished Fellow of the Center

James Miller, Executive Director, Development & External Affairs

Larry Ritzman, Distinguished Fellow of the Center

Research Fellows:
Gopesh Anand, Assistant Professor with Department of Business Administration at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Rebecca Duray, Associate Professor of Operations and Technology Management, Department Chair at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

Kathryn Marley with Duquesne University

Rachna Shah, Assistant Professor with Operations and Management Sciences at Carlson School of Management - University of Minnesota

COE Advisor
Al Yonel - contact Al at the following e-mail address: aryonel@sbcglobal.net

Emeritus Member Companies:


 
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