Operations and Analytics
The OPAN Area develops thought leadership to solve emerging, impactful, and applied issues in business analytics, risk and decision analysis, and global operations. Students learn to master these areas, as well as how to use information systems and technologies to support these activities.
At the McDonough School of Business, the Operations and Analytics (OPAN) Area combines four related science-based disciplines:
- Production and Operations Management
- Operations Research/Management Science
- Statistics/Decision Analysis
- Information Technology/Systems Management
The area’s expertise and future growth opportunities are broadly classified into global operations, risk management, and business analytics. These opportunities represent both proven research interests for OPAN faculty and programmatic potential for research and teaching at all levels of business pedagogy.
The mission of the OPAN Area is to contribute to fundamental research disseminated in outlets that have the highest impact. To provide superior and transformational education at the Undergraduate, Graduate, and Executive levels: in global operations, risk management, business analytics, decision processes, and the use of information systems and technologies that support these activities. To excel in our curricular and professional development objectives in a manner consistent with our traditions and values system.
Tenure-Line Faculty
Henry J. Blommer Family Endowed Chair in Sustainable Business, Professor of Operations and Information Management, Academic Director, Business of Sustainability Initiative
Professor
Professor
Professor of Operations and Analytics and Vice Dean of Faculty
Baratta Chair in Global Business and Executive Director, Latin American Leadership Program
Emeritus Faculty
Professor of Operations and Analytics
Associate Professor
Associate Professor
Professor and Area Chair of Operations and Analytics
Assistant Professor
Professor of Operations and Analytics and Academic Director for the Executive Masters in Leadership in Qatar, EML-Q
Professor of Operations and Information Management (OPIM)
Assistant Professor
Professor Emeritus
Associate Professor
Professor and Academic Director of the Global Business Experience
Associate Professor
Associate Professor
Associate Professor and Associate Director at the Business of Sustainability Initiative
Teaching Faculty
Hallie Cho
Visiting Assistant Professor
Visiting Associate Professor of the Practice
Assistant Teaching Professor in Business Analytics
Teaching Professor and Co-Academic Director, Reach Program
Assistant Teaching Professor in Operations and Analytics
Associate Teaching Professor
Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus
Associate Professor of the Practice and Academic Director for the Master of Science in Business Analytics Program
Adjunct and Affiliated Faculty
Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Adjunct Professor
Post Doctoral Fellow
Senior Director, Budget & Data Analytics
Adjunct Professor
Adjunct Faculty
Adjunct Professor
Adjunct Faculty
Associate Dean and Chief Operating Officer
Adjunct Faculty
Adjunct Faculty
Senior Research Associate
News from Operations and Analytics
More Operations and Analytics Faculty News
In the News
She Went Viral Running a Burger King Solo. Then She Got Fired.
Juggling caregiving is more challenging for restaurant workers because they rarely have a say over when they work, according to Qiuping Yu, an associate professor of operations management and business analytics at Georgetown University.
September 5, 2025
Research and Insights
Meet the New McDonough Faculty: Tommy Jones
Tommy Jones, visiting associate professor of the practice of operations and analytics, shares what he hopes to accomplish at Georgetown through his engagement with students, classroom teachings, and beyond.
August 21, 2025
In the News
Vishal Agrawal, Georgetown University – Designing Better Clothing Take-Back Programs
A lot of our clothes we buy end up in landfills. Vishal Agrawal, Professor and Henry J. Blommer Family Endowed Chair in sustainable business, looks to reduce this.
August 12, 2025