BSc and MSc, University of Alabama; 1970, PhD, Operations Research, Johns Hopkins University. More than 30 years of experience as an educator, researcher, consultant, and technology business executive. 1978, joined the Industrial and Systems Engineering faculty, Georgia Institute of Technology; currently, UPS and Regents Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering and Executive Director, Supply Chain & Logistics Institute. Founder and former President, CAPS Logistics. Member, US National Academy of Engineering. Fellow, Institute of Industrial Engineers. Widely published. Recipient, award for Outstanding Research for work in logistics, IIE (1991).