Michael FryMichael J. Fry is professor of operations, business analytics and information systems and senior director of Centers and Institutes in the Carl H. Lindner College of Business at the University of Cincinnati. Born in Killeen, Texas, he earned a BS fro Texas A&M University and MSE and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Michigan. He has been at the University of Cincinnati since 2002, where he was previously department head, director of the Center for Business Analytics and has been named a Lindner Research Fellow. He has also been a visiting professor at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University and the Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia. Professor Fry has published research papers in journals such as Operations Research, M&SOM, Transportation Science, Naval Research Logistics, IISE Transactions, Critical Care Medicine and INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics. His research has been funded by the National Science Foundation and other funding agencies. His research interests are in applying quantitative management methods to the areas of supply chain analytics, sports analytics and public-policy operations. He has worked with many different organizations for his research, including Dell, Inc., Starbucks Coffee Company, Great American Insurance Group, the Cincinnati Fire Department, the State of Ohio Election Commission, the Cincinnati Bengals and the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden. He was named a finalist for the Daniel H. Wagner Prize for Excellence in Operations Research Practice, and he has been recognized for both his research and teaching excellence at the University of Cincinnati. In 2024, Professor Fry was named an Academic Data Leader by Chief Data Officer (CDO) Magazine. Read More Read Less