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Full Name
Pradeep Pendem
First Name
Pradeep K.
Last Name
Pendem
Affiliation
Faculty
Title
Assistant Professor of Operations and Business Analytics
Phone
541-346-3348
Office
Lillis 432
Departments
Lundquist College of Business
Operations and Business Analytics
Programs, Research and Outreach
Oregon MBA
Undergraduate Programs
Profile Section
Education
  • PhD, Operations Management, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, 2018
  • MS, Management, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, 2017
  • MTech, Quality, Reliability, and Operations Research, Indian Statistical Institute, India, 2008
  • BE, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Andhra University, India, 2006
Honors and Awards
  • Manufacturing & Service Operations Management Responsible Research Award, INFORMS, 2022
  • Goulet Outstanding Junior Faculty Research Award, 2021
  • Elwood S. Buffa Doctoral Dissertation Award, Decision Sciences Institute, 2019
  • Finalist, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management Data-Driven Research Challenge, INFORMS, 2018
  • Harvey Wagner Scholar Award, Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2017
Biography

Pradeep K. Pendem is an assistant professor in the Department of Operations and Business Analytics at the Lundquist College of Business. His research focuses on large-scale, data-driven operational analytics in manufacturing and service systems. He incorporates methodologies from statistics, econometrics, stochastic modeling, and optimization fields for his research. Pendem's research has been published in premier operations management journals, such as Management Science and Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, and has been featured and cited in the U.S. Economic Report of the President and U.S. Congress bill.

Pendem received his PhD in operations management from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He holds professional memberships in the Decision Sciences Institute, Production and Operations Management Society, and Institute for Operations Research and Management Science. Before his academic career, he worked as a forecasting analyst for Fidelity Investments.

Expertise

Research Topics:

  • Operational performance impact on financial outcomes
  • People operations

Industry Focus:

  • Retail
  • Healthcare
  • Energy product delivery
  • Customer contact services
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