Bio

Thomas F. Gattiker

Tom Gattiker PhD CFPIM  is Assistant Professor of Operations Management at Boise State University where he teaches operations management and supply chain management.  His research interests include the use of information and internet technology in operations and supply chain management, environmental purchasing, and negotiations.  His research appears in  The Journal of Operations Management, The International Journal of Production Research, MIS Quarterly, Information and Management, Production and Inventory Management Journal, Quality Management Journal, Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education and other journals and books.   He is co-editor of the upcoming special issue on innovative data sources in the Journal of Operations Management.   He was the 1999 APICS Education and Research Foundation George and Marion Plossl Fellow.  Before obtaining his Ph.D. from the University of Georgia, he held a variety of positions in operations and inventory management, most recently at Rockwell Automation/Reliance Electric.  He is certified in production and inventory management by the American Production and Inventory Control Society and he is a past president of that organization's Athens, Georgia chapter.  He enjoys activities involving mountains, gravity and his family--ideally all at the same time.