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Lorena Mathien

PhD Student
Operations Management and Strategy Department

Education

PhD, Management, University at Buffalo, expected December 2012
MBA, Management, University at Buffalo
BS, Syracuse University, Marketing Management

Vita [PDF]

Research

• Virtual Inventory Structures in e-Commerce
• Supply Chain Management
• Logistics and Logistics Technologies
• Econometric Methods in Operations Management 
• Project Management and Team Behavior
• Outsourcing - Strategic Alignment and Theory

Teaching

• Logistics Technology
• Management Information Systems for Education
• Operations Management
• Managerial Analysis and Decision Making

Awards, Grants and Honors

• Member, Beta Gamma Sigma National Business Honor Society
• Received Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) NYC 2010 Rhoda Isaacs Scholarship 
• Received diversity scholarship for WNY Hispanic female with academic excellence (1991)

Publications

Mathien, L.D. and G.L. Sanders, “Project Management for New Product and Services Development,” New Product and Services Development: Differentiation through Technology and Learning (invited chapter)

Working Papers

Mathien, L.D. and N.C. Suresh, “Analysis of traditional versus virtual fulfillment supply chain structures in an e-business environment.”

Fortsch, S. and L.D. Mathien, “Is AR(1) an acceptable assumption for retail industry’s sales and inventory pattern?”

Mathien, L.D., “The management of innovation: Integration of portfolio management, project management, and product management.”

Mathien, L.D. and J.O. Carbonara, “Integration of professional project management skills in science, technology, engineering, and mathematic (STEM) curricula.”
 

Professional Affiliations

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certified
• APICS (American Society of Production and Inventory Control Society) certified – CPIM
• Vice President and Membership Chair, Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), Buffalo Chapter
• Member, Project Management Institute (PMI)
• Member, Decision Sciences Institute (DSI)
• Attendee, Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Doctoral Symposium, 2011
   

Industry Experience

Lorena has several years experience in Business Process Reengineering and Project Management Consulting, Project and Portfolio Management in New Product Development (Rich Products Corp.)  She also has experience in ERP software development, training, and implementation (J.D. Edwards and Co. and System Software Associates) and hands-on logistics experience in inventory planning, capacity planning, aggregate planning, warehousing, and transportation.  Most recently she has developed a Professional Science Master's Program in Applied and Computational Mathematics at Buffalo State College.