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The Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business is guided by forward-thinking leaders in business and academia with a shared vision of innovation, inclusive excellence, and progress.
Dean
Maryam Alavi
Dean
As an expert in digital innovations and strategic IT applications, Dr. Alavi has authored numerous published papers and served on the editorial boards of several prestigious business and technology journals. She is a recognized educator and advisor with extensive experience in leadership development and organizational capability building for a digital age.
Dr. Alavi is a sought-after speaker at national and international forums and conferences and has taught in executive programs at some of the world’s most prestigious business schools. She has advised and taught executives on topics of IT and digital strategies and transformations in organizations including Bank of America, The Coca-Cola Company, KIA Motors, Lockheed Martin, Marriott, Sodexo, Southern Company, and the World Bank.
In recognition of her professional achievements, Dr. Alavi received the prestigious Association of Information Systems Fellows Award; an award given by peers in recognition of the recipient as a role model and inspiration to colleagues and students within the discipline. She was also awarded the distinguished Marvin Bower Faculty Fellowship at Harvard Business School and has received a Citation of Excellence Award from Emerald Publishing for her highly-cited paper based on novelty, interdisciplinary interest, and relevancy in today’s world. Dr. Alavi was selected as the Woman of the Year for mid-size organizations by the Women in Technology of Georgia. This award celebrates women in their visionary efforts to transform the world of business and technology, and recognizes Dr. Alavi’s accomplishments as mentor, role model, and facilitator of women and men pursuing careers in STEM fields. She has been the recipient of the prestigious Georgia Tech Diversity Champion Faculty Award in recognition of her many contributions toward creating a diverse and inclusive community at Scheller College and Georgia Tech.
Dr. Alavi served on the advisory board of the Center for Knowledge-based Enterprise at Queen’s University in Ontario, Canada, and was twice appointed by the Governor of the State of Georgia to the Georgia Technology Authority Board. She is a member of the Atlanta Rotary, and serves on the Board of Trustees of Marcus Autism Center in Atlanta and the International Advisory Board of the Politecnico di Milano School of Management in Italy.
Dr. Alavi holds a B.A. in mathematics and computer science from State University of New York at Buffalo, and both an M.S. in computer and information sciences and a Ph.D. in management information systems from The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.
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Dr. Alavi is a sought-after speaker at national and international forums and conferences and has taught in executive programs at some of the world’s most prestigious business schools. She has advised and taught executives on topics of IT and digital strategies and transformations in organizations including Bank of America, The Coca-Cola Company, KIA Motors, Lockheed Martin, Marriott, Sodexo, Southern Company, and the World Bank.
In recognition of her professional achievements, Dr. Alavi received the prestigious Association of Information Systems Fellows Award; an award given by peers in recognition of the recipient as a role model and inspiration to colleagues and students within the discipline. She was also awarded the distinguished Marvin Bower Faculty Fellowship at Harvard Business School and has received a Citation of Excellence Award from Emerald Publishing for her highly-cited paper based on novelty, interdisciplinary interest, and relevancy in today’s world. Dr. Alavi was selected as the Woman of the Year for mid-size organizations by the Women in Technology of Georgia. This award celebrates women in their visionary efforts to transform the world of business and technology, and recognizes Dr. Alavi’s accomplishments as mentor, role model, and facilitator of women and men pursuing careers in STEM fields. She has been the recipient of the prestigious Georgia Tech Diversity Champion Faculty Award in recognition of her many contributions toward creating a diverse and inclusive community at Scheller College and Georgia Tech.
Dr. Alavi served on the advisory board of the Center for Knowledge-based Enterprise at Queen’s University in Ontario, Canada, and was twice appointed by the Governor of the State of Georgia to the Georgia Technology Authority Board. She is a member of the Atlanta Rotary, and serves on the Board of Trustees of Marcus Autism Center in Atlanta and the International Advisory Board of the Politecnico di Milano School of Management in Italy.
Dr. Alavi holds a B.A. in mathematics and computer science from State University of New York at Buffalo, and both an M.S. in computer and information sciences and a Ph.D. in management information systems from The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.
College Administrative Officer
Senior Associate Deans
Soumen Ghosh
Senior Associate Dean of Faculty and Research
Soumen Ghosh is a Professor of operations and supply chain management in the Scheller College of Business at Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). He is also the Faculty Director for non-degree and custom executive education programs for corporate customers. He formerly served as the Director of the Center for Quality and Change Leadership at Georgia Tech for eight years. His primary areas of expertise are in supply chain excellence capability development, supply chain executive leadership development, operations and supply chain strategy for competitive advantage, global supply chain and operations/ manufacturing capability development, and strategic supply chain infrastructure development.
He is also the Academic Director of supply chain excellence executive education programs for corporate customers. In addition, he provides consulting and training services to organizations in several countries in the areas of operations/manufacturing and supply chain strategy and capability development. He frequently conducts professional workshops on operations and supply chain excellence in many countries, and is also a frequent speaker at conferences and company events. Some of the clients he has provided consulting, training, and executive management education services for include Coca-Cola, Clorox, Kimberly-Clark, NCR, IBM, General Motors, Brunswick, Georgia Power, Marcus Evans, McKinsey, Apple South, American President Lines, Elm Plating, etc. He, along with a colleague, recently collaborated with McKinsey & Co. on a global study to identify key global supply chain best practice trends. Professor Ghosh’s work experience is in the manufacturing/operations and supply chain area in the auto industry.
On the academic front, Professor Ghosh serves on the Editorial Boards of several leading academic journals in the operations and supply chain management field, and his research has been published in several scholarly journals – he has published over 100 papers and conference proceedings in the overall operations and supply chain domain. Some of his recent research studies have focused on how to institute flexibility and agility in the supply chain, and the alignment/interface between a firm’s competitive business strategy and its operations and supply chain strategy. He has been the recipient of several Best Paper awards in academic conferences, and his research has been supported by grants from several organizations, both private corporations as well as government institutions like the National Science Foundation. He was recently appointed as a Fellow of the Decision Sciences Institute.
He received his Ph.D. in Operations Management, and M.S. in Industrial & Systems Engineering from The Ohio State University. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the Birla Institute of Technology (India).
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He is also the Academic Director of supply chain excellence executive education programs for corporate customers. In addition, he provides consulting and training services to organizations in several countries in the areas of operations/manufacturing and supply chain strategy and capability development. He frequently conducts professional workshops on operations and supply chain excellence in many countries, and is also a frequent speaker at conferences and company events. Some of the clients he has provided consulting, training, and executive management education services for include Coca-Cola, Clorox, Kimberly-Clark, NCR, IBM, General Motors, Brunswick, Georgia Power, Marcus Evans, McKinsey, Apple South, American President Lines, Elm Plating, etc. He, along with a colleague, recently collaborated with McKinsey & Co. on a global study to identify key global supply chain best practice trends. Professor Ghosh’s work experience is in the manufacturing/operations and supply chain area in the auto industry.
On the academic front, Professor Ghosh serves on the Editorial Boards of several leading academic journals in the operations and supply chain management field, and his research has been published in several scholarly journals – he has published over 100 papers and conference proceedings in the overall operations and supply chain domain. Some of his recent research studies have focused on how to institute flexibility and agility in the supply chain, and the alignment/interface between a firm’s competitive business strategy and its operations and supply chain strategy. He has been the recipient of several Best Paper awards in academic conferences, and his research has been supported by grants from several organizations, both private corporations as well as government institutions like the National Science Foundation. He was recently appointed as a Fellow of the Decision Sciences Institute.
He received his Ph.D. in Operations Management, and M.S. in Industrial & Systems Engineering from The Ohio State University. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the Birla Institute of Technology (India).
Jonathan Clarke
Senior Associate Dean of Programs
Jonathan Clarke is an Associate Professor of Finance in the College of Business. He received his PhD from the Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh. His undergraduate degrees are in Mathematics and Economics from Indiana University in Bloomington.
Dr. Clarke's work has been published in the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Management Science, the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, the Journal of Business, the Journal of Banking and Finance, Annals of Finance, Journal of Empirical Finance, and the Journal of Corporate Finance. His paper titled "Long-Run Performance And Insider Trading In Completed And Canceled Seasoned Equity Offerings" won the 2001 William F. Sharpe award for best published paper in the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.
From 2012 to 2018, Dr. Clarke served as the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs and guided Scheller to a #11 ranking in Poets and Quants and a #21 ranking in U.S. News and World Report. During Dr. Clarke’s tenure as Associate Dean, the mean starting salary for Scheller College graduates increased by 21%, the number of applicants nearly doubled, and the acceptance rate dropped from 44% to 26%.
Dr. Clarke is an award-winning teacher. He was named to the Poets and Quants 2018 list of Top 50 Undergraduate Business Professors. He was also voted the 2009 and 2013 MBA Core Professor of the Year, was a 2009 Hesburgh Award teaching fellow, and received the 2010 James F. Frazier, Jr. Award for Teaching Excellence. He has taught in custom programs for NCR, Clorox, Georgia Pacific, Lockheed Martin, and the National Football League. Dr. Clarke is on the board of the Eastern Finance Association, on the editorial board of The Financial Review, and edits the Handbook of Modern Finance.
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Dr. Clarke's work has been published in the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Management Science, the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, the Journal of Business, the Journal of Banking and Finance, Annals of Finance, Journal of Empirical Finance, and the Journal of Corporate Finance. His paper titled "Long-Run Performance And Insider Trading In Completed And Canceled Seasoned Equity Offerings" won the 2001 William F. Sharpe award for best published paper in the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.
From 2012 to 2018, Dr. Clarke served as the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs and guided Scheller to a #11 ranking in Poets and Quants and a #21 ranking in U.S. News and World Report. During Dr. Clarke’s tenure as Associate Dean, the mean starting salary for Scheller College graduates increased by 21%, the number of applicants nearly doubled, and the acceptance rate dropped from 44% to 26%.
Dr. Clarke is an award-winning teacher. He was named to the Poets and Quants 2018 list of Top 50 Undergraduate Business Professors. He was also voted the 2009 and 2013 MBA Core Professor of the Year, was a 2009 Hesburgh Award teaching fellow, and received the 2010 James F. Frazier, Jr. Award for Teaching Excellence. He has taught in custom programs for NCR, Clorox, Georgia Pacific, Lockheed Martin, and the National Football League. Dr. Clarke is on the board of the Eastern Finance Association, on the editorial board of The Financial Review, and edits the Handbook of Modern Finance.
Programs
Craig Womack
Associate Dean, Undergraduate Programs
Craig joined the Scheller College of Business in March 2012 and serves as the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs. In this role, he oversees operations for undergraduate career development, academic advising, freshman recruiting, program and marketing development for over 1300 students.
In 1999, Craig joined Georgia Tech as the Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admission. In 2001, he moved to the Office of the Registrar and most recently served as the Associate Registrar since 2007. Prior to joining Georgia Tech, Craig was an academic advisor in the College of Commerce at DePaul University and also worked in Students Affairs at Loyola University Chicago for several years.
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In 1999, Craig joined Georgia Tech as the Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admission. In 2001, he moved to the Office of the Registrar and most recently served as the Associate Registrar since 2007. Prior to joining Georgia Tech, Craig was an academic advisor in the College of Commerce at DePaul University and also worked in Students Affairs at Loyola University Chicago for several years.
David Deiters
Executive Director, Jones MBA Career Center
Dave Deiters joined Scheller in June 2018 as the leader of the Jones MBA Career Center. Dave brings over 35 years of senior leadership experience from the management consulting and technology industries, including firms such as North Highland and Accenture. He has a proven track record of building sustainable business relationships with executives at world-class firms across a variety of sectors, and has deep expertise in coaching/mentoring MBA professionals.
Dave was a Scheller College of Business graduate (Co-Operative, BSIM). Like the rest of the Jones MBA Career Center team, he serves as a student advisor and mentor, and represents Scheller to the business community - recruiting companies and developing and maintaining corporate relationships. He is actively involved as a member the MBA Admissions Committee.
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Dave was a Scheller College of Business graduate (Co-Operative, BSIM). Like the rest of the Jones MBA Career Center team, he serves as a student advisor and mentor, and represents Scheller to the business community - recruiting companies and developing and maintaining corporate relationships. He is actively involved as a member the MBA Admissions Committee.