Brian Denton

Biographical Profile

Associate Professor, Industrial & Systems Engineering, North Carolina State University

Education

B.Sc. Chemistry and Physics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 1994; M.Sc. Physics, York University, 1996; Ph.D. Management Science, McMaster University, 2001

Professional Experience

North Carolina State University (Associate Professor, 2010-present; Assistant Professor, 2007-2010); Mayo Clinic (Senior Associate Consultant, 2005-2007); IBM (Advisory Engineer, 2001-2003, Senior Engineer, 2004-2005)

INFORMS/ORSA/TIMS Activities

INFORMS member since 1999. Served as a member of the Subdivisions Council (2009-2011), as Secretary (2006), Vice President (2007), and Chair (2008) of the Health Applications Section (HAS), and on the Council of the College of Practice of Management Science (2005-2008); Chair of the Franz Edelman Award Committee (2006-2007), member of the Judging Committee (2005), and Finalist Selection Committee (2002-2005); helped organize INFORMS conferences as Program Chair for the 2011 Meeting in Charlotte, Practice Cluster Chair for the 2005 Meeting in San Francisco, and HAS Cluster Chair for the 2007 Meeting in Washington, DC; served on the Practice Conference Advisory Board (2004-2006); frequent speaker in the Doctoral Colloquium (2003- 2008, 2010)

Publications

Author of more than 30 journal articles, book chapters, and conference proceedings that have appeared in Operations Research, INFORMS Journal on Computing, Interfaces, Production and Operations Management, IIE Transactions, and others; coinventor of 20 patents with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Professional Honors and Awards

INFORMS Service Section Best Paper Award (2011); NSF Career Award (2008); INFORMS Wagner Prize for Excellence in O.R. Practice (2005); IIE Outstanding Publication Award (2005); Canadian Operational Research Society Best Paper (2000)

Other Professional Activities

Department Editor, IIE Transactions on Healthcare Engineering (2010-present); Contributing Editor, Interfaces (2005-present); Special Issue Associate Editor, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (2011); Special Issue Associate Editor, Production and Operations Management (2009); Editorial Board, Medical Decision Making (2009-present)

Position Statement

My experience as an industry practitioner and a professor would give me a balanced range of experience that is representative of the diverse mixture of INFORMS members. I will work to ensure the efficient functioning of the executive board. I will also work to build on existing efforts and create new initiatives in four specific areas. First, I believe the subdivisions are an important foundation upon which INFORMS membership is built. I will support the efforts of the existing subdivisions, and the creation of new subdivisions that address member needs and encourage new membership. Second, I will develop new ways to help match INFORMS volunteers with internal (within INFORMS) and external (charitable organizations) opportunities. Third, I will develop new initiatives to reward INFORMS members for their service commitments through expanded member recognition opportunities. Finally, I will help develop INFORMS outreach and educational efforts that leverage socially relevant O.R. applications to attract new undergraduate student members, and encourage high school students to consider science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines.

I am honored to be nominated for Secretary of INFORMS. If elected, I look forward to serving.