Operations and Analytics
Explore Our FacultyThe 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.
Faculty
Meet our Operations and Analytics faculty.
Henry J. Blommer Family Endowed Chair in Sustainable Business, Professor of Operations and Information Management, Academic Director, Business of Sustainability Initiative
Professor
Adjunct Professor
Chief Information Officer (CIO)
Provost’s Distinguished Associate Professor
Professor and Operations and Information Management Area Chair
Adjunct Professor
Baratta Chair in Global Business and Executive Director, Latin American Leadership Program
Heisley Family Chair of Global Manufacturing
Professor of Operations and Analytics
Director of Planning and Budget
Adjunct Professor
Associate Professor
Associate Professor
Professor
Assistant Professor
Adjunct Faculty
Senior Associate Dean, Special Projects, Professor of Operations, Academic Director for the Executive MBA (EMBA) Program, and Academic Director for the Executive Masters in Leadership in Qatar, EML-Q
Professor of Operations and Information Management (OPIM)
Assistant Professor
Assistant Teaching Professor in Business Analytics
Associate Professor
Teaching Professor and Co-Academic Director, Reach Program
Assistant Teaching Professor in Operations and Analytics
Adjunct
Emeritus Faculty
Chief Financial and Administrative Officer
Visiting Assistant Professor
Adjunct Faculty
Adjunct Professor
Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus
Associate Professor
Professor and Academic Director of the MBA Global Business Experience
Associate Professor
Associate Professor
Associate Professor
Associate Professor of the Practice and Academic Director for the Master of Science in Business Analytics Program
Academic Director, Master of Science in Business Analytics
News from Operations and Analytics
More Operations and Analytics Faculty News
News Story
McDonough Celebrates 20th Anniversary of Operations and Analytics Major
Georgetown McDonough students, alumni, and community members came together earlier this month to recognize the two decades of growth and innovation in the Undergraduate Program’s Operations and…
May 15, 2023

News Story
Manufacturing matters. It is key to the prosperity of companies on a nationwide scale. In 2021, the world generated $16.35 trillion in manufacturing, representing 17% of the world’s gross domestic…
April 26, 2023

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Meet the New McDonough Faculty: Qiuping Yu
We are pleased to welcome new faculty members to the Georgetown McDonough community this fall. In our Meet the New McDonough Faculty Series, learn more about the interests, specialties,…
August 30, 2022