Faculty & Staff

Nabil Tamimi
Professor & Chair
Operations and Analytics
nabil.tamimi@scranton.edu
Brennan Hall 437 | (570) 941-4288
B.S., The Pennsylvania State University
M.B.A., The University of Scranton
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
Wesam Al Ramadeen
Lecturer
Operations and Analytics
wesam.alramadeen@scranton.edu
Brennan Hall 326 | (570) 941-7632

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.

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.

Ahmed Gomaa
Associate Professor
Operations and Analytics
ahmed.gomaa@scranton.edu
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.

Yibai Li
Associate Professor
Information Systems
yibai.li@scranton.edu
Brennan Hall 322 | (570) 941-7407
B.S., Jilin University
M.S., Oklahoma State University
Ph.D., Washington State University

David Mahalak
Faculty Specialist
Operations and Analytics
david.mahalak@scranton.edu
Brennan Hall 309B | 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.

Satya N. Prattipati
Associate Professor
Information Systems
satyanarayana.prattipati@scranton.edu
Brennan Hall 347 | (570) 941-6159
B.S., Andhra University
M.B.A., Indian Institute of Management
Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo
Learn more about Dr. Prattipati
Teaching: ERP Systems, MIS, and Entrepreneurship. Research: Healthcare Information Systems and Organizational impacts of Information Technologies.
Director of ERP programs at the Kania School of Management. Faculty coordinator of SAP University Alliance.

Ziqian (Alice) Song
Assistant Professor
Operations and Analytics
Ziqian.Song@Scranton.edu
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
Ozgur Isil
Associate Professor
Operations Management
ozgur.isil@scranton.edu
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.
