Degrees

• Ph.D., 2004, Pennsylvania State University
• M.S., 2003, Pennsylvania State University
• B. Tech., 1996, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

Specialties

• Operations and Supply Chain Management
• Revenue Management
• Discrete Optimization

Research Interests

• Design and Configuration of Infrastructure and Service Networks
• Planning, Coordination, and Execution in IT-enabled Supply Chains
• Pricing and Revenue Management
• Mathematical Programming and Discrete Optimization

Selected Publications

"Optimizing delivery fees for a network of distributors," Manufacturing and Service Operations Management (with Balakrishnan and Pangburn).

"Connectivity upgrading models for survivable network design," Operations Research (with Balakrishnan and Mirchandani).

"Optimal configuration of a service delivery network: An application to a financial services provider," Production and Operations Management (with G. Meester, A. Mehrotra, and M. Seifert), Forthcoming.

"Joint dynamic pricing of multiple perishable products under consumer choice," (with Y. Akcay and S. H. Xu), Resubmitted.

"Leveraging enterprise-wide purchase volumes: Optimal Supplier Assignment in Multi-division Firms," (with A. Balakrishnan), Revising for resubmission.

"Delivery fee design for logistics partnerships", Preparing for submission.

Teaching & Professional Experience

Visiting Researcher, University of Texas at Austin, 2002-03.

Instructor, The Pennsylvania State University, 1997-2002.

Software Engineer, Tata Consultancy Services (Madras, India), 1996-97.

Colaborative research projects with several Fortune 500 companies including Armstrong World Industries, Capital One, and Corning.