Guest Speakers
Upcoming
Dr. Lauren Davis
Associate Professor, North Carolina A&T State University
Title: Characterizing supply uncertainty in donation-driven supply chains
Date: February 21, 2019
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Location: Torian Auditorium, Jordan Building
Past speakers
Mr. Brian Heath
VP of Predictive Analytics at Unify Project, Cleveland, Ohio Area
Title: From Analysis to Action: Ways to become a Successful Analyst
Date: February 18th, 2019
Time: 1:00 PM to 1:55 PM
Location: Torian Auditorium, Jordan Building
Speaker Series for Fall 2018 (October 11,2018)
Dr. Sal Agnihothri
Professor, School of Management, Binghamton University
Title: Analytics to improve healthcare operations
Date: October 11, 2018
Time: 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Location: Torian Auditorium, Jordan Bldg
Dr. Turgay Ayer
George Family Foundation Early Career an associate professor
Title: Analytics in prioritizing access to Hepatitis C treatment in U.S. prisons
Date: April 23, 2018
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Location: Torian Auditorium (COBA) - Jordan Bldg
Dr. John R. Mclntyre
Founder and director of the Georgia Tech Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER)
Title: The rise of China and its Impact on Global Supply Chain: The case of the U.S. eastern seaboard and the port of Savannah
Date: April 20, 2018
Time: 11:00 PM - 11:45 AM
Location: Torian Auditorium (COBA) - Jordan Bldg
Mr. Frank Hasbani
President and Co-Founder of Anova Analytics
Title: Data Science on Steroid
Date: April 5, 2018
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Location: Torian Auditorium (COBA) - Jordan Bldg
Dr. Tom Sanchez
Chair and Professor of urban studies and Planning, Virginia Tech
Title: Smart Cities, Transport and Social Equity
Date: March 30, 2018
Time: 11:00 AM - 11:55 AM
Location: Student Union Ballroom
Anh Nguyen (Luke)
Data Dissemination Specialist, U.S. Census Bureau
Title: Census Updates
Date: March 30, 2018
Time: 9:00 AM - 9:55 AM
Location: Student Union Ballroom C
Dr. Rhonda A. Syler
Associate Director of Enterprise Systems and Clinical Assistant Professor in Information Systems
Title: Big Data & Large Datasets
Date: March 22, 2018
Time: 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM
Location: Torian Auditorium ( COBA) - Jordan Bldg
Dr. John R McIntyre
Founder and Director of Georgia Tech Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER)
Title: The Rise of China and its Impact on Global Supply Chain
Date: TBD
Time: TBD
Location: Torian Auditorium (COBA)- Jordan Bldg
Mr. William Curran
Retired Company of Leverage Company
Title: Why Lean Six Sigma Initiatives fail?
Date: February 16, 2018
Time: 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM
Location: Torian Auditorium (COBA) - Jordan Bldg
Mr. Patrick D. Norris
Senior Traffic Engineering Technician, Jacobs Engineering Group
Title: The Inner Workings of Technology in Traffic
Date: February 8, 2018
Time: 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Location: Torian Auditorium (COBA) - Jordan Bldg
Ms. Sue Upchurch
District Trade Compliance Manager
Title: Basics of Importing into the United States
Time: 3:00 PM
Mr. John Szoke
Lean Deployment Executive, LeanCor
Title: Lean Supply Chain Principles
Time: 4:00 PM
Date: November 9, 2017
Time: 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Location: Torian Auditorium, Jordan building.
Ms. Kerrie Davis
Transportation Planner.
Planning, Development
Title: The Future of Transportation Planning - A view of current transportation trends and what that means for future job opportunities.
Date: October 17, 2017
Time: 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Location: Torian Auditorium, Jordan building.
Dr.Matias Valenzuela
Director at Office of Equity and Social Justice, King County, WA
Title: Planning for Equity and Social Justice
Date: March 31, 2017
Time: 11:00 AM to 11:55 AM
Location:Student Union
Ms. Lara Hall
Director at Savannah Area Geographic Information System (SAGIS)
Title: TBA
Date: March 29, 2017
Time: 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Location: Hubert A Room 111
Mr. David Pickworth
Transportation Planner and Engineer, VHB, Atlanta
Title: Solving Transportation and Safety Issues on the College Campus
Date: March 23, 2017
Time: 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Location: Hubert A Room 111
Dr. Sunil Chopra
IBM Professor of Operations Management and Information Systems, Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University
Title: A supply chain view of the omni channel retailing
Date: February 24, 2017
Time: 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Location: Torian Auditorium, Howard Jordan building
Dr. Kofi Obeng
Professor of Transportation, North Carolina A&T State University
Title: Understanding overall output Efficiency in Public Transit: The Roles of regulations, Subsidies and perceived budget
Date: September 15, 2016
Time: 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Location: Hubert A Room 111
Mr. Thomas L Thomson
Executive Director of Chatham County
Title: Freight Transportation and Land use
Date: October 19, 2016
Time: 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Location: Torian Auditorium
Dr. Maranda Mcbride
Director of Transportation Institute and Associate Professor of Management at North Carolina, A&T State University
Title: The Impact of Individual Differences on Teenager Texting while driving behavior
Date: October 24, 2016
Time: 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Location: Torian Auditorium
Mr. Grady Smith
Transportation Systems Director
Title: Public Transportation
Date: November 4, 2016
Time: 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Location: Torian Auditorium
Mr. Olli Himbert
Capital Projects Manager and Facilities Engineer at Georgia Ports Authority
Title: TBA
Date: January 22, 2016
Time: 10:30 AM to 11:15 AM
Location: Torian Auditorium
Mr. Spencer Davis
Senior Project Manager, Savannah District – US Army Corps of Engineers
Title: TBA
Date: January 28, 2016
Time: 11:00 AM to 11:45 AM
Location: Torian Auditorium
Dr. Frank Ciarallo
Associate Professor in the college of Engineering and Computer Science at Wright State University
Title: Perspectives from a Devoted Supply Chain and Operations Problem Solver
Date: February 12, 2016
Time: 11:00 AM to 11:45 AM
Location: Torian Auditorium
Dr. Srinivasa Thoppul
Technical Special at Gulfstream Aerospace
Title: Business Aviation: Past, Present and Future
Date: February 12, 2016
Time: 11:45 AM to 12:00 PM
Location: Torian Auditorium
Mr. Nick Helmholdt
Director of Planning, Chatham Area Transit Authority
Title: Bike Sharing in Savannah
Date: April 7, 2016
Time: 11:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Location: Torian Auditorium
Mr. Spencer Davis
Senior Project Manager, Savannah District – US Army Corps of Engineers
Title: TBA
Date: April 7, 2016
Time: 12:00 PM to 12:30 PM
Location: Torian Auditorium
Dr. Kevin Krizek
Professor and Director, Program in Environmental Design, University of Colorado Boulder
Title: The end of traffic; the future of transport; the role of cycling
Date: April 1st, 2016
Time: 11:00 AM to 11:55 AM
Location: Ballroom, Student Union