Sridhar Tayur

Ford Distinguished Research Chair and University Professor of Operations Management

Tepper School of Business

  • Ford Distinguished Research Chair and University Professor of Operations Management
    Tepper School of Business
  • 412-268-3584
  • Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business, 5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, United States

BIO

Sridhar Tayur is the Ford Distinguished Research Chair and University Professor of Operations Management at Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business. He received his Ph.D. in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering from Cornell University and his undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) at Madras (where he is a Distinguished Alumnus Award winner). He is an INFORMS Fellow, a Distinguished Fellow of MSOM Society and has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). He has been a visiting professor at Cornell, MIT and Stanford.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • University Professor, Ford Distinguished Research Chair
    Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business, Pittsburgh, United States1 Jul 1998 - present
  • Professor of Cardiology (by courtesy)
    West Penn/ Allegheny Health System, United States2009 - 2011
  • Courtesy (visiting) appointment
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States2012 - 2015
  • Visiting Professor
    Stanford University, Stanford, United States2017 - 2017
  • Associate Professor
    Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business, Pittsburgh, United States1 Jul 1994 - 30 Jun 1998
  • Assistant Professor
    Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business, Pittsburgh, United States1 Aug 1991 - 30 Jun 1994
  • Visiting Scientist
    Cornell University, Department of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering, Ithaca, United States1 Sep 1990 - 30 Jun 1991

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Founder
    SmartOps Corporation, Pittsburgh, United States2000 - 2012
  • Founder and CEO
    OrganJet Corporation2011 - present
  • Logistics Engineer
    IBM Worldwide, Somers, United States1 Jun 1991 - 31 Aug 1991
  • Member of Technical Staff
    IBM, T.J. Watson Laboratories, Yorktown Heights, United States1 May 1990 - 31 Aug 1990
  • Member of Technical Staff
    AT&T, Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, United States1 May 1988 - 31 Aug 1988

DEGREES

  • Ph D
    Cornell University, Ithaca, United States1990
  • MS Operations Research and Industrial Engineering
    Cornell University, Ithaca, United States1989
  • B Tech. Mechanical Engineering
    Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India1986

CAMPUS

  • Pittsburgh

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

  • 3 Good Health and Well Being
  • 6 Clean Water and Sanitation
  • 9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
  • 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
  • 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth

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