BRIAN W. JACOBS

Eli Broad College of Business, Michigan State University

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CURRENT STATUS

Assistant Professor of Supply Chain Management, Michigan State University, since August

2009

RESEARCH INTERESTS TEACHING INTERESTS

Operations Strategy Operations Management

Financial/Market Value of Operations Strategies Supply Chain Management

Sustainability Sustainable Operations

Supply Chain Management Quality Management

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EARNED DEGREES

Ph.D., Operations Management (2009)

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia

Dissertation Title: Essays on Operations Strategies

Advisors: Vinod Singhal and Ravi Subramanian

M.S., Mechanical Engineering (1987)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Thesis Title: Applications of the Taguchi Method to Product Innovation

B.S., Marine Engineering Systems (1982)

U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, New York

TEACHING

Courses Taught

Fall 2011: Eli Broad Graduate School of Management, Michigan State University

Course: PIM875, Supply Chain Management II, 3 sections 169 students

Fall 2011: Eli Broad College of Business, Michigan State University

Course: SCM372, Manufacturing Planning and Control, 1 section 48 students

Spring 2011: Eli Broad Graduate School of Management, Michigan State University

Course: PIM875, Supply Chain Management II, 3 sections 145 students

Fall 2010: Eli Broad College of Business, Michigan State University

Course: SCM372, Manufacturing Planning and Control, 1 section 49 students

Fall 2009: Eli Broad College of Business, Michigan State University

Course: SCM372, Manufacturing Planning and Control, 3 sections 139 students

Summer 2008: College of Management, Georgia Institute of Technology

Course: MGT3501, Operations Management, 1 section 50 students

Summer 2007: College of Management, Georgia Institute of Technology

Course: MGT3501, Operations Management, 1 section 51 students

Spring 2007: College of Management, Georgia Institute of Technology

Course: MGT3501, Operations Management, 1 section 40 students

Curriculum Development

Course: MGT3501, Operations Management, Georgia Institute of Technology developed and

incorporated materials related to environmental management into this established core

undergraduate class. Topics include environmental management history, ISO 14000

standards,

and DfE.

Pedagogical Material Development

Environmental Management at Jabil Circuit, with Beril Toktay and Mikey Mulford. Developed

in

collaboration with Jabil Circuit, this case study discusses the role of environmental

management

in the firm as either a compliance strategy or a potential competitive advantage.

Concurrent Product Development the Saturn Vue VTi, with Stylianos Kavadias, Ioannis

Bellos, Wenli

Xiao. This case study illustrates the complexities of global concurrent development for

an

innovative product, and how project management and organizational structure impact that

effort.

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WORK EXPERIENCE

GP Deltapoint, General Physics Corporation, Elkridge, Maryland

January 2005July 2005: Principal Consultant Taught, coached, and implemented Lean

Manufacturing and Total Productive Maintenance in a steel rolling mill

Saturn Corporation, General Motors, Spring Hill, Tennessee

October 2003December 2004: Manufacturing Executive, Stamping and Body Fabrication

Led

900 people and managed $120M annual budget in all aspects of daily operations

July 1998September 2003: Chief Manufacturing Engineer, Body Led 500 skilled

tradesmen

and engineers in project work and daily maintenance activities

November 1996 June 1998: Project Manager Completed $190M, 400K square foot facility

expansion for retooling without disruption to concurrent production

March 1988October 1996: Maintenance Superintendent, Industrial Engineering

Superintendent,

Manufacturing General Supervisor, Supplier Quality Engineer

Central Foundry Division, General Motors, Saginaw, Michigan

January 1987February 1988: Senior Quality EngineerNodular Iron Foundry, General Motors, Saginaw, Michigan

July 1982August 1985: Maintenance Supervisor, Plant Engineer, Powerhouse Engineer

AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

CETL/BP Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, Georgia Tech (

2008

).

Professional Engineer, State of Michigan (1987-present

).

Professional Development Assignment to General Motors Europe (

1997

).

General Motors Fellowship to MIT (

1985-1987

).

Commissioned Officer, United States Naval Reserve (1982-1991).

PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS

Firm-Level Emissions: Impacts on Productivity and Profit.

Invited Session, POMS Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL (April 2012).

Invited Session, INFORMS Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC (October 2011).

Invited Session, POMS Annual Meeting, Reno, NV (May 2011).

Shareholder Value Effects of Voluntary Emissions Reductions.

Invited Session, POMS Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL (April 2012).

Invited Session, POMS Annual Meeting, Reno, NV (May 2011).

INFORMS Annual Meeting,

Austin, TX (November 2010).

The Effect of Product Development Restructuring on Shareholder Value.

Invited Session, POMS Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC (May 2010).

DSI Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (November 2009).

Invited Session, INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA (October 2009).

An Empirical Investigation of Environmental Announcements and the Market Value of the

Firm.

Invited Session, INFORMS Annual Meeting,

Washington, DC (

October 2008

).

MSOM Annual Meeting,

College Park, MD (June 2008

).

POMS Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA (May 2008).

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Sharing Responsibility for Product Recovery Across the Supply Chain.

Invited Session, INFORMS Annual Meeting, Washington, DC (October 2008).

Invited Session, POMS Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX (May 2007).

Invited Session, INFORMS Annual Meeting,

Pittsburgh, PA (November 2006).

SERVICE

Conference,

Decision Sciences Conference

Session Chair Operations and Financial Market Performance, POMS Annual Meeting, Reno,

NV, May 2011.

Strategy, Model, and Product Development Restructuring, DSI Annual Meeting, New

Orleans, LA, November 2009.

Invited Session Chair Sustainable Operations and Shareholder Value, POMS Annual

Meeting,

Chicago, IL, April 2012.

Empirical Research in Operations, POMS Annual Meeting, Reno, NV, May 2011.

Green and Financial Market Performance, POMS Annual Meeting, Reno, NV, May 2011.

Empirical Research in Environmental Operations, INFORMS Annual Meeting, Washington,

DC, October 2008.

Energy Transition Committee Michigan State University, Eli Broad College of Business

faculty

representative, 2011-2012 academic year.

PhD Program Committee Georgia Tech College of Management, sole student representative,

2008-

2009 academic year.

PhD Program Improvement Task Force Georgia Tech College of Management, sole student

representative, 2007-2008 academic year.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

INFORMS

MSOM

POMS

DSI

Michigan Lean Consortium

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