Profile

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Education

• McCombs School of Business, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
• Ph.D. (Department of Information, Risk, and Operations Management), December 2015.
• M.S. in Information, Risk, and Operations Management, December 2012.
• Kobe University, Japan
• M.A. in Business Administration, March 2009.
• Bachelor of Business Administration, March 2007.

Academic Appointment

• Ritsumeikan University, Japan
• Associate Professor, Faculty of Business Administration, April 2016 - present.
• Wakayama University, Japan
• Visiting Fellow, Center for Tourism Research, April 2020 - present.
• National University of Singapore, Singapore
• Academic Visitor, Department of Analytics & Operations, NUS Business School and The Logistics Institute - Asia Pacific, April 2019 - March 2020.
• Kobe University, Japan
• Research Fellow, Graduate School of Business Administration, January - March 2016, April 2017 - March 2019.

Research Interests

• operations management, service management, supply chain management

Professional Service

• Board Member (Editorial Committee, Research Committee), Japanese Operations Management and Strategy Association, June 2020 - June 2023.

Professional Memberships

• Japanese Operations Management and Strategy Association (JOMSA)
• Society for Serviceology
• Production and Operations Management Society (POMS)
• Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
• European Operations Management Association (EurOMA)
• Council for Australasian Tourism and Hospitality Education (CAUTHE)