CURRENT ACADEMIC POSITION

Associate Professor of Operations Management and Business Analytics, Aug 2024 –

School of Finance and Operations Management in the Collins College of Business at the University of Tulsa

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Assistant Professor of Operations Management and Business Analytics, Aug 2018 –

School of Finance and Operations Management in the Collins College of Business at the University of Tulsa

Courses: Foundation of Analytics (Graduate), Operations Management (MBA), Enterprise Data Systems (Graduate), Analytics Programming (Graduate), Data Mining and Predictive Analytics (Graduate), Seminar in R, and Operations Management (MBA)

Lecturer,                                                                                                      Aug 2017 – Aug 2018

Management Information Systems, Michael F. Price College of Business, University of Oklahoma

Courses Taught: Analytics Programming R (Graduate), Analytics Programming Python (Graduate), Business Data Analysis (Undergraduate), Health Analytics (Graduate), Data Science and Analytics (Graduate)

Healthcare Data Analytics Research Fellow,                                              Aug 2016 – Aug 2017

Center for Health Systems Innovation- Oklahoma State University

·       Developed prescriptive and predictive analytical methods to solve various complex problems in the area of clinical decision support

·       Analytics models related to readmissions, scheduling, and organ transplantation

Consultant (Contract-based),                                                                         Jan 2014 – Aug 2016

Department of Energy Industrial Assessment Center

•        Organized energy audits to identify opportunities to improve productivity, reduce waste, and save energy

•        Lead a team of engineering students

•        Experience in editing, writing, reviewing, and submitting reports to the Department of Energy

Project Manager (Project-based),                                                                 Aug 2010 – Aug 2011

Efficiency Engineering                                 

•        Utilized operations research tools to optimize tubing transportation system in an extensive medical complex

•        Conducted scenario-based, cost-benefit simulation analyses for decision-makers

Project Assistant (Project-based),                                                                 May 2009- Aug 2010

Sharp Cooperation 

•        Problem-solving in a database management system

•        Designed a user-friendly database interface

EDUCATION

Wichita State University, Wichita, KS                                                           May 2017

Doctor of Philosophy in Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering                              

Dissertation Title: Data Analytics Frameworks and Probabilistic Graphical Models in Healthcare            

Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ                                                Jan 2014

Master of Science in Industrial & Systems Engineering                                        

Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA                                                                             May 2011

Master of Engineering in Information & Systems Engineering                              

Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey                                                           May 2007

Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering