Supply Chain Management

Tom Fangyun Tan

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EDUCATION: The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

**/*7 - current PhD candidate in Operations and Information Management, Expected May 2012

Dissertation advisor: Dr. Serguei Netessine

Wharton Doctoral Fellowship

09/0711/10 The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Master of Arts in Statistics

06/09 - 08/09INSEAD Fontainebleau, France

Wharton-INSEAD PhD Exchange Fellowship09/03 - 05/07 Columbia University New York, New York

Bachelor of Science in Operations Research with Economics and Applied Math minors, GPA

3.78/4

Fu Foundation Scholarship (awarded to two people annually), Tau Beta Pi (the Engineering

Honor Society)

06/05 - 07/05 Technische Universitat Munchen Munich, Germany

PRESENTATIONS: Is Tom Cruise threatened? An empirical study of the impact of product

variety on demand concentration.

INFORMS conference, Washington, D.C., 2008; INFORMS conference, San Diego, CA, 2009; ICIS

conference, Shanghai, China, 2011 (forthcoming).

When does the devil make work? A field study on the impact of workload on server s

performance.

INFORMS conference, Charlotte, NC, 2011 (forthcoming).

How long to squeeze that creative juice? An empirical study on movie production decisions

on financial

performance. POMS conference, Reno, NV, 2011; MSOM conference, Ann Arbor, MI, 2011;

Marketing

Science conference, Houston, TX, 2011.

TA EXPERIENCE: OPIM 101, Undergraduate Core of Operations Management

? Plan and conduct recitation sessions for undergraduate core classes every year,

coordinate a team of 20

TAs and handle logistics for 500 undergraduate students.

OPIM 621, Decision Models and Uncertainty (MBA Core course)

OPIM 631, Quality and Productivity (MBA and EMBA level)

OPIM 632, Supply Chain Management (MBA Core course)

OPIM/MKTG 655, Operations/Marketing Interface (MBA elective)

OPIM 650, Operational Performance (MBA elective)

PROJECTS: Performance-based Restaurant Server Scheduling

? Currently providing advice to a software company to optimize its product for scheduling

wait staff;

overseeing implementation of the optimization software in a restaurant chain.

Tom F. Tan Curriculum Vitae Page 1

EXPERIENCE:

Rodin College House, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

09/09 - presentGraduate Associate

? Plan and organize educational and recreational events twice a month.

? Mentor a floor of 33 undergraduate students every year on academic and personal issues.

? Lead the research committee to promote undergraduate research and invite one professor

every month to

talk with students about his/her research and research opportunities.

08/09 - 05/10Wharton Doctoral Council Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

PhD Student Representative

? Selected as one of the two student representatives who worked closely with the Vice

Dean of Wharton and

the PhD coordinators on planning and promoting the PhD program.

? Represented the Wharton doctoral students for two years to deliver a welcome speech to

all incoming

doctoral students during orientation.

06/07 - 08/07Banc of America Securities New York, New York

Equity Research Summer Analyst (Technology Group)

? Researched twelve IT Hardware companies, e.g., Apple, Dell and HP, worked with industry

team to draft

reports and successfully launch new coverage.

? Identified and evaluated an investment idea to buy Amphenol (APH) a mid-cap

manufacturer and

successfully pitched the recommendation to the sales and trading desks.

10/05 - 01/06German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) New York, New York

Director s Assistant

? Compared engineering academic programs between American and German universities and

evaluated

exchange program opportunities.

? Compiled research to help produce recommendation reports both in German and English;

report

presented to the Hessen Minister of Higher Education, Research and the Arts.

SKILLS & C, C++, FactSet, Matlab, MS Office, R, SQL, STATA, VBA

INTERESTS: Fluent in Mandarin and English, Proficient in German and French, Working

knowledge of Japanese

Airlines/aircraft, performing arts, maps, travel, museums, and volleyball (Wharton

Volleyball Club)

REFERENCES: Professor Gerard Cachon, Fred R. Sullivan Professor

The Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania

Tel: 215-***-****

Email: ******@*******.*****.***

Professor Lorin Hitt, Class of 1942 Professor

The Wharton School of University Pennsylvania

Tel: 215-***-****

Email: *****@*******.*****.***

Professor Serguei Netessine (advisor), The Timken Chaired Professor

INSEAD

Tel: +33 (0)1 60 72 92 25

Email: *******.*********@******.***

Professor Ward Whitt (undergraduate studies), Wai T. Chang Professor

Columbia University

Tel: 212-***-****

Email: ******@********.***

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