Curriculum Vitae for Ferguson, Mark E

Biographical Profile Interest Background Professional Preparation Memberships & Professional Activities Positions & Appointments Recognition Awards, Honors, & Fellowships

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Ferguson, Mark E

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Mark Ferguson is a Distinguished Business Foundation Fellow and professor of Management Science in the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina. He received his Ph.D. in Business Administration, with a concentration in Operations Management from Duke University in 2001. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech and an M.S. in Industrial Engineering from Georgia Tech.  

Biographical Profile

College
Darla Moore School of Business
Department
Moore Sch - Div. of Research
Tenure Status
Tenured

Interest Background

Do you include students in your research?
None
Interest Keywords
supply chain design for sustainable operations, pricing and revenue management, operations/marketing interface
Institutional Focus Areas
Business and Entrepeneurship
Personal Focus Areas
Business, supply chain management

Professional Preparation(Education & Training)

Dates Institution Location Degree Field of Study
09/2001 Duke University Durham, N.C. PhD Business Administration
08/1994 Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA M.S. Industrial and Systems Engineering
12/1991 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA B.S. Mechanical Engineering

Memberships & Professional Activities

Dates Type Description Institution/Entity
2002 - 2004 Professional Activity Vice President and Media Coordinator INFORMS Junior Faculty Group (JFIG)
2002 - 2004 Professional Activity Faculty Development Committee Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
2003 Professional Activity Professional Environment Committee Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
2004 - 2006 Professional Activity MBA Committee Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
12/2005 - Present Professional Activity Editorial Review Board Decision Sciences
05/2006 - Present Professional Activity Associate Editor, Supply Chains IIE Transactions
2006 - 2007 Professional Activity Recruiting Committee for Mechanical Engineering GT Savanah Campus
2006 - 2007 Professional Activity Flex-MBA Committee Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
2006 - 2007 Professional Activity Faculty Liaison Committee Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
12/2007 - 12/2008 Professional Activity Guest Associate Editor, Special issue on Operations Management in Business to Business Markets: Practice and Research Production and Operations Management
2007 - 2008 Professional Activity Provost’s Taskforce on Undergraduate Education Broadening Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
2007 - 2008 Professional Activity Recruiting Committee for Chaired Position in Finance Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
2007 - 2008 Professional Activity Chair, Technology and Management Program Curriculum Committee Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
2007 - 2010 Professional Activity Officer, Vice President of Special Events POMS Supply Chain College
2007 - 2016 Professional Activity Review Committee, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2016 MSOM Best Student Paper Award
2007 Professional Activity Review Committee DSI Best Dissertation Award
2007 - 2010 Professional Activity Review Committee INFORMS Prize
2007 Professional Activity Chair POMS College of Sustainable Operations Best Paper Award
2007 Professional Activity Review Committee POMS Wickham Skinner Best Paper Award
2007 - 2008 Professional Activity Board Member INFORMS Revenue Management and Pricing Section
2007 - 2008 Professional Activity MBA Committee Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
04/2008 - 2014 Professional Activity Editorial Review Board Production and Operations Management
2008 - 2009 Professional Activity Review Committee MSOM Conference
06/2009 - 06/2010 Professional Activity Guest Associate Editor, Special issue on Humanitarian Applications: Doing Good with Good OR Interfaces
07/2009 - 06/2010 Professional Activity Guest Associate Editor, Special issue on Teaching Service and Retail Operations Management INFORMS Transactions on Education
12/2009 - 09/2012 Professional Activity Special Issue Co-Editor, New Product Development, Innovation and Sustainability Production and Operations Management
2009 Professional Activity Faculty Review Committee for Distance Learning Proposals Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
2009 Professional Activity Review Committee JFIG Best Paper Award
2009 Professional Activity Recruiting Committee for Professor of Practice Position in Real Estate Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
2009 Professional Activity Provost’s Taskforce on Undergraduate Minors Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
2010 - 2011 Professional Activity Officer, Vice President of Meetings MSOM
2010 - 2012 Professional Activity Officer, Chair-Elect and Chair INFORMS Revenue Management and Pricing Section
2010 - 2012 Professional Activity Officer, President Elect and President POMS Supply Chain College
08/2011 - 2017 Professional Activity Associate Editor Decision Sciences Journal
2011 - 2017 Professional Activity PhD Director for the Management Science Dept University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
2011 - 2012 Professional Activity Dean’s Advisory Committee University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
2011 - 2012 Professional Activity Chair of Tenure Track Faculty Search Committee University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
2011 - 2012 Professional Activity Chair of the Management Science Dept. Faculty Search Committee University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
12/2012 - Present Professional Activity Associate Editor Manufacturing and Service Operations Management
12/2012 - 09/2013 Professional Activity Special Issue Editor, INFORMS Revenue Management and Pricing Section Annual Issue Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management
2012 - 2014 Professional Activity Officer, President Elect and President MSOM
2012 - 2013 Professional Activity Officer, Board Member INFORMS Revenue Management and Pricing Section
2012 Professional Activity Review Committee AGIFORS Best Paper Award
2012 - 2017 Professional Activity DMSB Doctoral Programs Committee University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
2012 - 2014 Professional Activity Director of the Sustainable Enterprise and Development Initiative University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
2012 - 2014 Professional Activity Member of the President’s Sustainability Council University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
2012 - 2014 Professional Activity Tenure Track and Clinical Faculty Search Committees University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
2013 - 2017 Professional Activity Chair of Business Analytics Committee University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
2013 - 2014 Professional Activity Chair of Clinical Faculty Search Committee University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
2013 - 2017 Professional Activity DMSB Undergraduate Programs Committee University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
09/2014 - Present Professional Activity Senior Editor Production and Operations Management
2014 - 2016 Professional Activity Board Member INFORMS Sections and Subdivisions Council
2014 - 2016 Professional Activity Review Committee MSOM Fellows Award
2015 - 2018 Professional Activity University Committee on Tenure and Promotions University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
2015 - 2016 Professional Activity University Search Committee for Executive Director of the Office of Inst Research University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
2016 - 2019 Professional Activity Officer, Vice President of Member Activities POMS
2016 - 2017 Professional Activity University Committee on Information Technology University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
2016 - 2017 Professional Activity Chair POMS Paul Kleindorfer Award in Sustainability
05/2017 - Present Professional Activity Co-Editor in Chief Decision Sciences Journal

Positions & Appointments

Dates Description Institution/Entity
01/1989 - 12/1989 Engineer Co-op Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, VA
06/1990 - 04/1992 Manufacturing Engineer Litton Poly-Scientific, Blacksburg, VA
05/1992 - 07/1996 Associate Engineer IBM Charlotte Electronic Card Assembly Plant, Charlotte, NC
02/2001 - 05/2001 MBA Instructor Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Durham, NC
09/2001 - 08/2007 Assistant professor College of Management, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
06/2006 - 12/2008 Gregory J. Owens term professor College of Management, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
08/2007 - 08/2011 Associate Professor College of Management, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
10/2007 - 08/2011 Faculty Director of the Technology and Management Program Colleges of Engineering and Management, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
02/2008 - 08/2011 Steven A. Denning Professor of Technology and Management College of Management, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
11/2008 - 08/2011 John and Wendi Wells term professor College of Management, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
08/2011 - Present Wilbur S. Smith Distinguished Fellow and Professor of Management Science Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
02/2017 - Present Department Chair of the Management Science Department Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
07/2017 - 12/2017 Visiting Scholar Department of Information Systems and Operations Management at The University of Auckland Business School, Auckland, NZ

Recognition Awards, Honors, & Fellowships

Dates Type Description Foundation/Entity
1993 Award IBM Future Manufacturing Leaders Fellowship IBM
1994 Award IBM Future Manufacturing Leaders Fellowship IBM
2005 Award Wickham Skinner best unpublished paper award POMS conference
2006 Award CETL “Thank a Teacher” award for MBA core operations management class CETL
2008 Award Wickham Skinner best unpublished paper award POMS conference
2009 Award Winner of “best technical” presentation 49th Annual Meeting of the Airline Group of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies, Atlanta, GA
2010 Award College of Management Hesburgh Award Teaching Fellow Georgia Tech College
2012 Award Best Operations Management Paper Award Management Science from the Manufacturing and Services Operations Management Society of INFORMS Journal
2013 Award Best Operations Management Paper Award Management Science from the Manufacturing and Services Operations Management Society of INFORMS Journal
2014 Award Best Operations Management Paper Award Management Science from the Manufacturing and Services Operations Management Society of INFORMS Journal
2015 Award Jo van Nunen Pioneer in Closed-Loop Supply Chain Research Award
2015 Award M&SOM Meritorious Service Award for Associate Editor Work
2016 Award Outstanding Senior Editor Productions and Operations Management Journal
1999 Honor Third place nationally in 1999 J.F. Fogarty Student Paper Competition APICS
2001 Honor Third Runner-up in the 2001 FedEx Publish and Prosper essay contest for Doctoral Candidates FedEx
2006 Honor Runner up for Wickham Skinner best unpublished paper award POMS conference
2007 Honor Nominated by the Georgia Tech College of Management for the University Level Interdisciplinary Activities Award Georgia Tech College
2008 Honor Nominated by the Georgia Tech College of Management for the University Level Interdisciplinary Activities Award Georgia Tech College
2009 Honor Nominated by the Georgia Tech College of Management for the University Level Interdisciplinary Activities Award Georgia Tech College
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