Committee/Judges

Organizing Committee 

Joseph Byrum 
Senior R&D and Strategic Marketing Executive 
Syngenta 
  Adam Clark, CAP 
Operations Research Analyst 
U.S. Department of Defense
  Walt DeGrange 
Principal Operations Research Analyst 
CANA Advisors

Arnie Greenland, CAP 
Professor of Practice 
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business
  Tasha R. Inniss
Associate Professor, Mathematics, Spelman University
NSF Program Director, Education and Human Resources
  Jason R. W. Merrick 
Professor, Statistical Sciences and Operations Research 
Department of Supply Chain Management & Analytics
Virginia Commonwealth University
 

Lisa Prassack 
President 
Prassack Advisors

  Aurelie Thiele 
Associate Professor 
Southern Methodist University
 

Chris Tutino 
Senior Communications Manager 
Syngenta

 

James Williams, CAP 
Principal Consultant 
FICO

 Ex-Officio  
  Jill Hardin Wilson 
INFORMS VP of Education 
Clinical Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering & Management Sciences 
Northwestern University, McCormick School of Engineering
 

 
Susan Martonosi 
INFORMS VP of Membership & Professional Recognition 
Associate Professor, Mathematics
Harvey Mudd College
 
 Competition Judges    
   

Saurabh Bansal
Assistant Professor of Supply Chain Management 
Department of Supply Chain and Information Systems
Penn State University, Smeal College of Business

 
 
 

Sean Barnes
Assistant Professor of Operations Management
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business

 
   

Shervin Beygi
Data Scientist
Boeing 

 
 

J. Paul Brooks
Associate Professor
Dept. of Statistical Sciences & Operations Research
Dept. of Supply Chain Management & Analytics
Virginia Commonwealth University

 
   

Travis Desell
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Computer Science
University of North Dakota

 
   

Alexander Engau
Assistant Professor, Operations Research & Optimization
Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
University of Colorado Denver

 
   

Jack Kloeber
Principal
Kromite LLC

 
   

Nicolas Martin
Research Scientist & Biometrician
Syngenta

 
   

Hua Ni
Service Area Manager, Associate Partner
IBM

 
   

Subrat Sahu
Analytics Team Leader
Caterpillar Inc.

 
   

Rina Schneur
Consultant

 
   

Wei Sun
Research Staff Member
IBM T. J. Watson Research Center