Faculty & Staff
![Headshot of Nabil Tamimi](/academics/ksom/images/staff/90-Tamimi.jpg)
Nabil Tamimi
Professor & Chair
Operations and Analytics
Brennan Hall 437 | (570) 941-4288
B.S., The Pennsylvania State University
M.B.A., The 91大神
Ph.D., Temple University
My research interests include quality management and e-commerce. My teaching interests are in the areas of management science and operations management.
Faculty
![Headshot of Wesam Al Ramadeen](/academics/ksom/oim/images/faculty-and-staff-photos/alramadeen.jpg)
Wesam Al Ramadeen
Assistant Professor
Operations and Analytics
Brennan Hall 326 | (570) 941-7632
M.B.A., German Jordanian University
B.S., Mutah University
Ph.D. Binghamton University
My research area of interest is in the intersection of Business Analysis, Data Mining, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications in business, with a focus on utilizing Python programming. Specifically, I am interested in using data-driven approaches to improve decision making in various business domains, such as finance, marketing, and operations.
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Kingsley Gnanendran
Professor
Operations and Analytics
skingsley.gnanendran@scranton.edu
Brennan Hall 304 | (570) 941-4190
B.Sc., University of Sri Lanka
M.Eng., Asian Institute of Technology
Ph.D., University of Tennessee
Supply Chain Management, Applied Operations Research.
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Ahmed Gomaa
Professor
Operations and Analytics
Brennan Hall 439 | (570 ) 941-7760
B.S. University of Alexandria
M.S. University of Alexandria
MBA Rutgers University
Ph.D. Rutgers University
Research interests include heath information systems, financial information systems, and data mining.
Ozgur Isil
Associate Professor
Operations Management
Brennan Hall 331
B.S., University of Texas at Austin
M.B.A., Ph.D.,University of Wisconsin-Madison
Research interests include green supply chain management and competitive sustainable business strategy.
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Yibai Li
Associate Professor
Operations and Analytics
Brennan Hall 322 | (570) 941-7407
B.S., Jilin University
M.S., Oklahoma State University
Ph.D., Washington State University
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David Mahalak
Assistant Professor
Operations and Analytics
Brennan Hall 415 | 570-941-5448
B.A. Wilkes University
M.S. Northeastern University
D. Eng. The George Washington University
Research interests include decision analysis, supply chain management, lean six sigma, process improvement, statistics, and data analysis/management.
Ehsan Mahyari
Assistant Professor
Operations & Analytics
Brennan Hall 405 | 570-941-4144
B.S., Sharif University of Technology, Isfahan
M.S., Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic)
Ph.D., The University of Alabama
![Headshot of Vincent Rocco](/academics/ksom/oim/images/faculty-and-staff-photos/rocco-100x100.jpg)
Vincent Rocco
Faculty Specialist
Operations and Analytics
Brennan Hall 324 | 570-941-4398
B.S., Saint Joseph's University
M.B.A., Wilkes University
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Rose Sebastianelli
Professor & Alperin Endowed Chair in Business Administration
Operations and Analytics
rose.sebastianelli@scranton.edu
Brennan Hall 423 | (570) 941-4287
B.S., Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University
Current research interests include the link between quality management and ethics, corporate social responsibility and firm financial performance, and trust in e-commerce. Teaching interests are in statistics, quality management, and business forecasting.
![Headshot of Ziqian (Alice) Song](/academics/ksom/oim/images/faculty-and-staff-photos/alice_song.jpg)
Ziqian (Alice) Song
Assistant Professor
Operations and Analytics
Brennan Hall 302 | 570-941-7631
B.S., Zhengzhou University
M.A., Renmin University of China
Ph.D., M.S., Virginia Tech
Research interests include Social Media Analytics, Cybersecurity, Corporate Crisis Management, Algorithm Design and Evaluation, Econometrics, Big Data Analytics
Staff
Pam Turbessi
Administrative Assistant
Operations & Analytics
Brennan Hall 438 | 570-941-4209