Roger A. Solano

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EDUCATION

NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (NJIT), Newark, NJ

Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering – August 2008 GPA: 3.833 Research area: supply chain management for business process outsourcing. Expertise: mathematical modeling, optimization, and statistical analysis.

Master of Science in Industrial Engineering. January 2001. GPA: 3.875.

 

UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA, Maracaibo, Venezuela BS in Industrial Engineering – March 1994.

 

EXPERIENCE

Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, Slippery Rock, PA

School of Business (2009-Present): Associate Professor

Courses: Business Operations Management, Total Quality Management, Organizational Behavior.

 

Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO (Formerly University of Missouri at Rolla)

Department of Business and Information Technology (2008-2009): Lecturer

Courses: Undergraduate: Supply Chain Management, Business Operations Management, Business Statistics. Graduate (MBA): Project Management.

Investigator Energy Research and Development Center. Faculty Member ERP Center.

 

New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ

Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (2001-2008):

-          Research Assistant (2004 – 2008): Developed models for service operations management.

-          Teaching Fellow: Lecturer of undergraduate: Engineering Economy, and Applications of Computer Graphics in Industrial Engineering (Fall 2003) (Fall 2005) (Includes teaching advance Microsoft Office Skills). Graduate: Engineering Cost Analysis (Distance Learning. Web Based) (Spring 2005)

-          Research Assistant (2001):  Developed simulation of a prototype Advanced Immunoassay System IMMULITE and evaluated different operating alternatives, for Diagnostic Products Corporation (DPC) now part of Siemens Medical Solutions.

Center for Pre-College Programs (2005-2008):

-          Assistant Director: (Specific Programs) Coordinated daily operations, academic, material and human resources. Designed academic program. Supervised personnel. 

-          Elementary Science Outreach: Retrained science teachers in Newark, NJ.

 

UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA, Maracaibo, Venezuela

School of Industrial Engineering. Assistant Professor  (1995 – 2007)

Courses: Engineering Economy and Introduction to Industrial Engineering. On academic leave since 1999.

 

HIDROLAGO, Maracaibo Venezuela. Public Water systems for western Venezuela.

-          Consultant (1996 – 1997): Developed strategic information systems plan 95-99. Developed strategic plan. Provided counsel and supervised capital budget and capital investment.

-          Capital Investment Planning Manager (1995 – 1996): Developed and supervised capital budget and capital investment. Represented the company in the state planning council meetings.

-          Planning Engineer (1994 – 1995):  Improved administrative processes up to 50% in time and cost. Developed and supervised investment budgeting process of the operational units.

 

UNIVERSIDAD RAFAEL BELLOSO CHACIN, Maracaibo, Venezuela

School of Science and School of Management. Adjunct Professor (Sept 1994 - Jul. 1995)

Statistics, Operations Research, Production and Processes Control.

 

CERVECERIA REGIONAL, Maracaibo, Venezuela

Bottling Department. Production Engineer (Jun 1993 - Apr. 1994)

Responsible for supervising operations, reaching production goals, supervise personnel, and reaching quality goals and standards.

 

PRESENTATIONS

-          "A Hierarchical Framework for the Design of Service Supply Chains" May, 2009 POMS Conference

-          "Service Supply Chains - Selecting Service Providers to manage demand shift with a flexible labor pool" May, 2009 POMS Conference

-          “Design of a Service Supply Chain for Business-Process Outsourcing” 7th Annual Conference of the Production and Operations Management Society. Boston, Massachusetts. April 2006 (with Das, S).

 

SOCIETIES

Informs. POMS. EurOMA. IIE Institute of Industrial Engineers. Alpha Pi Mu NJIT Chapter Honor Society for Industrial Engineering. Alpha Epsilon Lambda NJIT Honor Society for Graduate Students, President (2002-2003), Vice President (2001-2002). 

 

SOFTWARE

SAP. Mathematical modeling and statistic software such as CPLEX, LINGO, Microsoft Office Platform, and web publishing such as Dreamweaver.