NITIN BAKSHI

Dr Nitin Bakshi is David Eccles Professor (Endowed) in the Operations and Information Systems department. He specializes in operations and supply-chain management. Within this field, he has made important contributions to supply-chain resilience and risk management, with an emphasis on "low-probability high-consequence" events. Topics he has studied include how to design and manage resilient supply chain networks; operational and communication policies in the face of terrorism risk; structuring incentives for after-sales service of new aircraft engines that incur rare but costly failures; and how to manage reporting of accident precursors to enhance safety in dangerous operations. His work has been published in top academic journals such as Management Science, Operations Research, and Manufacturing & Service Operations Management. He holds a Ph.D. in Operations Management from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Before joining the University of Utah he served on the faculty at the London Business School.