A Word from the Chair
As we move into Industry 4.0, the phrase “Data is the new oil” has significant meaning, and everyone in both industry and academia are embracing data analytics in all aspects of life. There is a greater need for all of us to go from Data to Insight to Value. INFORMS Business Analytics is one of the premier conferences, and provides a great forum for 1,000+ leading analytics and industry professionals to share ideas, network, and learn about the possibilities that can be generated by analytics.
Austin, capital of Texas, is the fastest growing large city in the United States and the live music capital of the world! It will be the host city for our 2019 INFORMS Business Analytics Conference. JW Marriott, situated in the heart of the city, will be the conference venue, and we are sure the conference attendees will enjoy the hospitality of the Marriott and the warmth of the city of Austin.
We invite you to join us and be part of this leading conference in April 2019 in Austin, TX!
– Mani Janakiram, PhD
General Chair

Mani Janakiram, PhD
Senior Director, Supply Chain
Intelligence & Analytics, GSM
Intel Corporation
Mani Janakiram is with Intel for 19 years and has managed several strategic projects in factory operations, capacity planning, process control, analytics, strategy, supplier management, IOT, factory science and supply chain. His 25 years of experience includes Automotive and Aerospace industries. Prior to Intel, he worked at Honeywell and Motorola in operations, strategy, systems, analytics, manufacturing, research, planning, etc. He is located in Gilbert, AZ.
Mani has two patents and has published 75+ papers on supply chain, statistical modeling, capacity modeling, data mining, Lean Six Sigma, factory operations research and process control. Mani is an adjunct professor at Arizona State University, school of Supply Chain/Business and is also a visiting lecturer at MIT’s Center for Transportation & Logistics. He is an accomplished speaker and also serves on several committees including, AZ Tech Council, ASU Network Value Chain, MIT CTL, Informs, APICS, CSMCP, etc. Mani holds a PhD in Industrial & Systems Engineering from Arizona State University and an MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management. He is a recognized Six Sigma Master Black Belt and also an APICS certified supply chain professional (CSCP). Recently he was recognized by Drexel University and CIO.com as one of the Top 50 Analytics Executives.
Organizing Committee
Zahir Balaporia, CAP
Optimization Solutions Partner
FICO
Tudor Bodea
Advisor
Analytics, Strategy, Execution
Aaron Burciaga, CAP
CTO
Analytics2Go
Dayana Cope
Senior Manager, Experience Insights & Analytics
Walt Disney World Parks & Resorts
Dragan Djurdjanovic
Associate Professor, Cockrell School of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Texas at Austin
Ray Ernenwein
Director of e-Commerce Supply Chain
Walmart, Inc.
Arnie Greenland, CAP
Business Analytics Faculty Member
Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland
Juergen Klenk
Principal
Deloitte Consulting LLP
Jack Kloeber
CEO
MicroMGx
James Lemieux
Staff Researcher
General Motors
Bob Liebe, CAP
President
Innovative Decisions
Angela Long
DC Chapter
American Marketing Association
Freeman Marvin, CAP
Executive Principal Analyst
Innovative Decisions, Inc.
Robert Migliara
Operations Research Analyst
The Kroger Company
Brian Morgan
Captain, U.S. Navy
Naval Postgraduate School
William P. Nanry, PhD
Consultant for Research & Decision Sciences
Dell EMC
Al Navqvi
American Institute of Artificial Intelligence (AIAI)
Paul Nicholas, PhD
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
Pelin Pekgün, PhD
Associate Professor
Moore School Of Business, University Of South Carolina
Harrison Schramm, CAP
Non-Resident Senior Fellow
Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
Les Servi
Group Leader, Decision Analytics
The MITRE Corporation
Gary Summers
President
Pipeline Physics LLC
Alexis Takvorian
VP Network Strategy & Solutions
Pitney Bowes
Renee Thiesing
Vice President of Strategic Alliances
Simio LLC
Andrew Vesper
Manager, Data Science Practice
Deloitte Consulting
Lalit Wadhwa
Avnet, Inc.
Glenn Wegryn
Executive Director
Center for Business Analytics, University of Cincinnati
Erick Wikum
Analytics Consultant
Wikalytics, LLC
Selects Committee
CHAIR: Scott Nestler, CAP
Associate Teaching Professor, Department of IT, Analytics, and Operations
Mendoza College of Business, University of Notre Dame
Fatma Gzara
University of Waterloo
Ed Pohl
Professor, Department Head
Industrial Engineering Department
University of Arkansas
Sudip Bhattacharjee
Associate Professor, School of Business
University of Connecticut
Mary Helander
IBM Research
Nada Sanders
Northeastern University
Jim Williams, CAP
Principal Consultant, Xpress Optimization Team
FICO
Poster Committee
Matthew Lanham, CAP
Clinical Assistant Professor, Quantitative Methods Area
Purdue University
Vahab Vahdatzad
Harvard Medical School
Alan Taber, CAP
Systems Engineer Senior Staff
Lockheed Martin