GLEN SCHMIDT
Professor
Operations & Information Systems
- ProfessorOperations & Information Systems
- Adjunct Assistant ProfessorMedical Education Division
BIO
Glen Schmidt, is the Emma Eccles Jones Professor in Operations and Information Systems. Research interests include topics such as new product development, supply chain management, and lean-six sigma operations. He has won recognition for both teaching and research excellence at the Eccles School as well as at professional societies including the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), and the Production & Operations Management Society (POMS). Industry experience and/or research has, for example, been connected to healthcare, high-tech, heavy-duty equipment, automotive, energy, and government.
INSTITUTIONAL APPOINTMENTS
- ProfessorOperations & Information Systems8 Oct 2015 - present
- Adjunct Assistant ProfessorMedical Education Division30 Sep 2024 - present
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Department ChairUniversity of Utah, Operations & Information Systems, Salt Lake City, USAJul 2017 - Jun 2023
- Associate ProfessorUniversity of Utah, Management1 Jul 2008 - 7 Dec 2008
- Department Chair (Interim)University of Utah, Ois Operations & Information Systems1 Jan 2013 - 1 Dec 2013
- Associate ProfessorUniversity of Utah, Operations & Information Systems8 Dec 2008 - 7 Oct 2015
- Associate ProfessorUniversity of Utah, Management16 Aug 2005 - 30 Jun 2008
DEGREES
- BA, Mathematics, Natural SciencesBethel College1976
- MS, EngineeringKansas State University1977
- PhD, Operations, Information and TechnologyStanford University1998