Panel Sessions
Women in Industry and Academia Panel
4:00 – 5:45 pm (Sunday, March 7, 2021) – Room 2
Panel Chair
Dr. Tay Huay Ling
Senior Lecturer
School of Business
Singapore University of Social Sciences
Huay Ling is a Senior lecturer in the School of Business at the Singapore University of Social Sciences. She holds a Ph.D. degree in Business and Economics (Operations Management) from the University of Melbourne, Australia. Before the PhD, she received a MSc in Industrial Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, a MSc in Logistics and Supply Chain Management from National University of Singapore and a BEng (Hon) in Chemical Engineering from the National University of Singapore. She teaches courses on operations management and lean six sigma for supply chains, as well as executive training courses. Her research interests include lean six sigma process improvements, services operations, healthcare operations as well as humanitarian logistics. Prior to becoming an academic, she has worked in areas relating supply network analysis, healthcare operations and business process improvements. Besides her academic commitments, she serves as a pro-bono consultant to charity and non-profit organizations, mainly focused on operations improvements through process streamlining and workflow redesigns. She had served as an external program reviewer for the Diploma in International Business at SIM Global Education from 2018-2019 and an institution expert in the World Skill Singapore Competition 2020, freight-forwarding skills segment.
She has published and presented a number of papers on operations management and process improvements in logistics, healthcare, community care and higher education settings using lean six sigma and performance management in humanitarian logistics and supply chains. Huay Ling has won the best paper with strong managerial implications award in the EDSI Venice 2018 conference and best doctoral student paper award in the DSI Baltimore 2013 conference. She has also spoken and served as a panelist for the Healthcare Forum 2018 on “Healthcare Improvement and Innovation in Southeast Asia” jointly organized by the Monash Business Schools, Monash University in Malaysia and Australia.
In her pursuit for teaching and facilitating active learning, Huay Ling has developed a keen interest in doing research in the scholarship of teaching and learning. She has written and presented several conference papers on teaching and learning in higher education. She was invited to facilitate a workshop on the use of interactive game approach for teaching Lean Six Sigma in the 2019 International Conference on Education, Psychology, and Social Sciences at the Tokyo University of Science. She is also a visiting fellow for teaching and applied research development at Chongqing City Management College, Chongqing, China.
Panel Speaker I
Dr. Cheng Ling Tan
Associate Professor
Graduate School of Business
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Penang, Malaysia
Dr. Cheng Ling Tan is an Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Business at Universiti Sains Malaysia. She is also a Deputy Dean in Research, Innovation and Industry-Community Engagement. Dr Tan is appointed as an International Advisor of Daffodil International University, and Adjunct Associate Professor at Multimedia University Malaysia. She is also sitting on the board of The Human Research Ethics Committee of USM (JEPeM). She lectures on Operations and Service management core subject at the MBA level, and Applied Business Research: Quantitative and Qualitative Method as the fundamental course at PhD level. She supervises MBA, DBA, and PhD students in the field of her expertise. Her current research interests are accelerated innovation, knowledge management, lean management, operations and service management, and supply chain management. She has been the Principal Investigator for various grants at the university, national and industry levels. She serves several international journals as the reviewer. Besides, she has been invited as the external examiner for PhD and DBA theses at both national and international level. Dr Tan has published more than 100 articles in academic journals. Before joining academia in 2009, Dr Tan spent many years in industries, holding various executive and managerial positions.
Panel Speaker II
Dr. June Tay
Head of Digital Media Programme
School of Science and Technology
Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS)
Singapore
Dr. June Tay is the Head of Digital Media Programme at School of Science and Technology in Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS). Prior to joining SUSS, June had worked for government agency and taught ICT and Electronics courses for several universities. After her PhD, June joined British Telecommunications (BT) in the UK as a research scientist.
During her career with BT, she had contributed to the Internet Standardisation in Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), produced several publications and 6 granted patents in the fields of computer networks and security. Dr. June Tay designed the SUSS’ Digital Media Programme to meet the needs for content creation across various industries. She participates keenly in technical research and industry discussions. She is keen to bridge the gaps in enterprises’ approaches with sound solutions.
Panel Speaker III
Ms. Sim Bee Hia
CEO
Food from the Heart
Singapore
Sim Bee Hia has strong experience in non-profit and government organisations. Prior to joining Food from the Heart, she has spent 13 years with Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan as its Secretary-General. Her career spans positions including the inaugural General Manager of the Singapore Chinese Orchestra and Assistant Director HQ at the People’s Association. An ardent believer in leading through collaboration, Ms Sim brings along her aptitude to convene diverse groups of people from the public and private sectors to support a worthy cause.
After work hours, Ms Sim continues to give her time in community service. For her dedication, she was conferred the Public Service Star (BBM) in 2019 and the Public Service Medal (PBM) in 2010 by the President of Singapore. She also gives back to her alma mater and is currently a member of the joint school management committee for Chung Cheng High School (Main), Chung Cheng High School (Yishun), andNanyang Junior College.
These diverse community interactions keep her engaged with the changes in the social sector while driving Food from the Heart’s strategic directions into the future, inspiring everyone to deliver the greatest impact for the community in need of hope and nourishment.
Panel Speaker IV
FANG Eu-Lin
PwC Singapore
Partner, Sustainability & Climate Change Leader
Eu-Lin leads the Sustainability & Climate Change practice where she helps clients strategise, implement, report and obtain assurance across a range of climate change and sustainability issues. This includes but not limited to in the areas of carbon measurement, decarbonisation and net zero pathways, climate risk assessments, Sustainability Development Goals prioritisation and green and sustainable finance. She has worked in London and Singapore and served clients across financial services, government, real estate, marine, oil and gas, consumer, resources and telecommunications. Her experiences are across advisory, audit, governance and risk management.
Eu-Lin is a Singapore and Australian Chartered Accountant, is an alumnus of Harvard Business School and holds a degree in Accounting and Finance from the University of New South Wales, Sydney. She is concurrently completing her Masters in Public Administration at the Harvard Kennedy School focused on Climate and Sustainability subjects.
Eu-Lin serves on not-for-profit boards where she is a board member and Audit & Risk Committee Chairman of a healthcare related board and an international school. She is also the board member of an Institute of Higher Learning and the Deputy Chairman of its business school. She also serves with the People’s Association.
Last Mile Logistics Panel
2:00 – 3:45 pm (Monday, March 8) – Room 2
Panel Chair
Dr. Mark Goh
Director of Industry Research
The Logistics Institute – Singapore
Professor, Department of Decision Sciences, School of Business
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore
A former Colombo Plan Scholar, Prof. Goh holds a Ph.D. from the University of Adelaide. In the National University of Singapore, he holds the appointments of Director (Industry Research) at the Logistics Institute-Asia Pacific, a joint venture with Georgia Tech, USA, Principal Researcher at the Centre for Transportation Research, and was a Program Director of the Penn-State NUS Logistics Management Program. He also used to be Director of Supply Chain Solutions for Asia/Middle East with APL Logistics, crafting logistics engineering solutions for major MNCs (Dell, Nike, Lenovo, VW, BMW, Roche, BBraun) in this part of the world. He was on the board of Rigelsoft, a reverse logistics company. He is also a Professor of Management at the University of South Australia.
Prof. Goh was a Board Member of the Chartered Institute of Transport (Singapore), past Chairman of the Academic Board of Examiners for the Singapore Institute of Purchasing and Materials Management, member of the Advisory Committee of the Transportation Resource Centre (NUS) and a past Vice President of the Operations Research Society of Singapore, Associate Senior Fellow of the Institute of South east Asian Studies. His other professional affiliations include membership of INFORMS, and the Academy of International Business. His biography appears in Who’s Who in Asia and the Pacific Nations, Who’s Who in the World, and Outstanding People of the 20th Century. He was a member of the Global Advisory Council (GAC) on Logistics and Supply Chain with the World Economic Forum.
He has been involved in executive training for various key organisations in Singapore, for example, PSA Corp., MIS, SIPMM, PSB, J&J, Siemens Nixdorf, CIT, CAAS, Fuji-Xerox AP, Applied Biosystems, Danzas, DHL, Samsung, SembCorp Logistics, Exel, CEI, Bax Global, IBM, PWC Logistics, Sime Darby, Rockwell Automation, Bank of China, PT SMART, and Mindef. Prof. Goh has also acted as a consultant to organisations both in Singapore and overseas, e.g. Lucent Technologies, Pentex Schweitzer, Trans-Link Express, Perkins Parts, Singapore Post, NCB, Unilever East Asia Pacific, MSAS, TDB, Hewlett-Packard Far East, Siemens Nixdorf, APO, Confectionery Transformation, Danzas-AEI, Bossard Asia Pacific, BBraun AP, Pasminco, Mindef, Cleanaway (China), IE Singapore, ADB, Knight Frank, Rhodia, World Bank, APEC Secretariat, and Fuji Xerox Singapore. He has led projects for companies such as Dell, Asia Pac Breweries, Roche, PSA, IBM, DFS, ERIA, CAAS, Vale, Save the Children, and EDB.
He has held appointments as a visiting Professor in Business Logistics Strategy at Chulalongkorn University, Commonwealth Fellow to the UK, Citibank International Fellow to the US, visiting research fellow at UMIST, visiting scholar at Beijing University, visiting professor at Melbourne University, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, King Mongkut University of Technology Thonburi, and professor at the University of South Australia. He is currently on the editorial boards of the Journal of Supply Chain Management, Q3 Quarterly, Journal for Inventory Research, Paradigm, Value Chain Management, International Journal of Procurement Management, and Advances in Management Research, Euro Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, International Journal of Logistics Management, and has served as an associate editor for the Asia Pacific Journal of Operational Research.
His current research interest is on buyer-seller relationships, performance measurement, and supply chain strategy. With over 300 technical papers in internationally refereed journals and conferences, some of his recent articles on supply chain management have appeared in the Journal of Purchasing and Materials Management, Industrial Marketing Management, European Journal of Purchasing and Supply Chain Management, IIE Transactions, Naval Research Logistics, Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, Production and Operations Management, EJOR, Supply Chain Management Journal, Industrial Organisations, Journal of Global Optimization, Journal of Asian Business, SIAM Journal of Optimization, Transportation Research Parts A & E, MIS Quarterly Executive, JOTA, International Journal of Production Research, and Logistics Information Management.
Panel Speaker I
Nyoman Pujawan, Ph.D, CSCP
Professor of Supply Chain Engineering
Department of Industrial Engineering
Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology
Kampus ITS Sukolilo Surabaya 60111
INDONESIA
Nyoman Pujawan is Professor of Supply Chain Engineering at the Department of Industrial Engineering, Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology (ITS), Surabaya, Indonesia. He is currently the President of the Indonesian Supply Chain and Logistics Institute (ISLI). He received a Bachelor degree in Industrial Engineering from ITS, Indonesia, Master of Engineering in Industrial Engineering from Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) Bangkok, Thailand, and PhD in Management Science from Lancaster University, UK. He also holds Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) from APICS (USA). He was a Lecturer in Operations Management in Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester, UK in 2003 – 2004. His papers have appeared in many international journals including the European Journal of Operational Research, International Journal of Production Economics, International Journal of Production Research, Production Planning and Control, International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, Business Process Management Journal, among others. He is a Board Executive Member of the Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering and Management Systems Society (APIEMS) and the International Federation of Logistics and SCM Systems (IFLS). Professor Pujawan worked in industry before moving to the academia. While his academic background is very strong, he is equally well experienced in handling industry problems. He is an active consultant for various supply chain and logistics related industry problems (has involved in over 40 consulting projects). He is a frequent invited speaker for both academic as well as industry forum, nationally as well as internationally.
Panel Speaker II
Ferry Jie, PhD
Associate Professor of Supply Chain and Logistics Management
Edith Cowan University (ECU)
Joondalup, WA 6027
Australia
Ferry Jie is the Associate Professor in Supply Chain and Logistics Management, in the School of Business and Law. Ferry has graduated his doctorate study from The University of Sydney in 2008. His PhD thesis is Supply Chain Analysis in the Australian Beef Industry. Previously, he was a Senior Lecturer and taking a program coordinator role in Logistics and Supply Chain Management (LSCM) at RMIT University. He was managing and coordinating the undergraduate program in LSCM at RMIT from 2015 to 2016.
Associate Professor Ferry Jie has maintained a high quality of research throughout his academic career including international scholarly leadership in the areas of supply chain management and logistics, including being invited to be keynote speaker and to give public lectures at symposiums and international conferences in Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, China, UK and Australia. From 2015 to now, published more than 60 refereed journal articles—including 28 articles in Q1 and 12 articles in Q2, and 18 refereed conference papers. Furthermore, Dr. Jie has received research grants/awards adding up to over $1.6 million between 2010 and 2020.
Areas of Expertise
- Supply chain and logistics management including Sustainability Supply Chain Management
- Operations/production management;
- Quantitative management/management science;
- Quality management; Lean Six Sigma;
- Strategic management; and
- Project management
Panel Speaker III
Dr. Suhaiza Zailani
Professor
Department of Operations Management and Information System
Faculty of Business and Accountancy
University Malaya
Kuala Lumpur 50203, Malaysia
Panel Speaker IV
Dr. Jitesh J. Thakkar
Professor and Program Director (BBA+BSc)
National Rail and Transportation Institute (NRTI)
India’s first university focused on transportation-related education
Estd. by Min of Railways, Govt of India Funded
National Academy of Indian Railways (NAIR) Campus
Lalbaug, Vadodara – 390 004, India
Global Engineering Education Panel
9:00 – 10:30 pm (Tuesday, March 9) – Room 1
Panel Chair
Professor Donald M. Reimer
Director of Membership and Chapter Development – IEOM Society
President, The Small Business Strategy Group, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Adjunct Faculty – A. Leon Linton Department of Mechanical Engineering
Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan, USA
Donald M. Reimer is an adjunct faculty at the A. Leon Linton Department of Mechanical Engineering in College of Engineering at Lawrence Tech in Southfield, Michigan. He coordinates the Certificate of Entrepreneurial Engineering Skills. Mr. Reimer holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Management from Lawrence Technological University and a Master of Arts degree in Political Science from University of Detroit/Mercy. He is a Certified Management Consultant with over 35 years of experience in working with closely-held businesses. He has taught courses in entrepreneurship, strategic management, corporate entrepreneurship and innovation for engineers. Mr. Reimer is a member of the Lawrence Tech Kern Campus Committee, Coordinator of the Lawrence Tech Innovation Encounter. He is faculty Advisor of the Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization. Mr. Reimer serves as a Kern Fellow of The Kern Family Foundation, Co-Direct of the Coleman Fellows Program, member of the National Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization Faculty Advisory Council and is a member of the American Society of Engineering Education. He has operated his own consulting company – The Small Business Strategy Group for 23 years. He published numerous articles on small business, entrepreneurship and strategic thinking. He has received several awards and recognition by local, state and federal agencies for his work in entrepreneurship and minority business development. Mr. Reimer served as member of the Minority Economic Development Committee of New Detroit. Mr. Reimer is member of the Small Business Advisory Council of the Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Reimer is a member of Advisory Board of the Milwaukee Junction Small Business Assistance Center. He is also a member of the Applied Innovation Alliance. Mr. Reimer serves as a KEEN Fellow for The Kern Family Foundation and is a member of United States Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Panel Speaker I
Dr. Manuel Woschank
Senior Lecturer, Senior Researcher and Chair of Industrial Logistics
Montanuniversitaet Leoben, Austria
Adjunct Associate Professor at the Faculty of Business, Management and Economics at the University of Latvia
Manuel Woschank received a diploma degree in industrial management and a master’s degree in international supply management from the University of Applied Sciences, FH JOANNEUM, Graz, Austria, and a Ph.D. degree in management sciences with summa cum laude from the University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia. He is currently a Senior Researcher, Senior Lecturer, and the Deputy Head of the Chair of Industrial Logistics at the Montanuniversitaet Leoben and an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Faculty of Business, Management and Economics at the University of Latvia. He was a visiting scholar at the Technical University of Kosice (Slovakia), and at the Chiang Mai University (Thailand). His research interests include the areas of logistics system engineering, production planning and control systems, logistics 4.0 concepts and technologies, behavioral decision making, and industrial logistics engineering education.
Panel Speaker II
Dr. Nidhi M B, Fellow IIIE
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department
Mar Baselios College of Engineering & Technology, (MBCET)-Autonomous
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
National Executive Council Member ISTE, New Delhi
Prof. Nidhi M B is currently working as Associate Professor in Dept. Mechanical Engineering Dept. of Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology, Trivandrum, Kerala. She is also in the capacity of National Executive Council Member of ISTE (Indian Society for Technical education) (2015-2024) and joint Secretary to IIIE (Indian Institution of Industrial Engineers, Kerala chapter) (2011-2012, 2014-2015, 2015-2016, 2019-2021). She has being serving as State Management Committee Member ISTE Kerala section from 2012-2015. Apart from the above responsibilities she has consistently initiated the release of Kerala Section Newsletter for the last 8 years, in the capacity as Newsletter Editor. She received the best faculty advisor award for 2020 on the occasion of 31st ISTE Annual Faculty Convention of Kerala section from Hon.Governor of Kerala on 23 Jan 2021. She has won the National award instituted by IIIE during 58th National convention is IIIE on 22nd OCT 2016, for her substantial contributions in Industrial Engineering and awarded Fellow ship 2019. She has been instrumental in bridging the Industry Academia Gaps, and she is coordinating more 5 inter-disciplinary projects with industry apart from current teaching responsibilities on the interest of the Institution and completed few funded projects. Dr Nidhi MB has been a special invitee to GEDC (Global Engineering Deans Council Summit), Singapore, IEOM to women in Engineering during March 2016, Malaysia. She has been instrumental in initiating ISTE Faculty and Student Chapters in MBCET, lead the chapter under her chairmanship to present stature. Currently she is serving as the Faculty advisor of ISTE-MBCET students Chapter and won the Best student chapter award for the institution from ISTE Kerala section in 2020. Under her leadership the ISTE Chapter has organised many events for the benefit of students and Faculty. The Chapter has won 10 awards within the short span of 8 years. She has delivered many Keynotes addresses and Invited Lectures at State, National and International forums. She has to her credit 40 papers in National, International Journals and Conferences of which 8 papers are in education research. She is also reviewer of journals and conferences in areas relating to Sustainability in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Engineering & Technology trends in Mechanical Engineering, etc. Her areas of interest include Pedagogy and Training, Outcome Based Education, Changing roles of Industrial Engineering, Design and Engineering, Green Supply Chain Management, Industry 4.0, smart manufacturing systems, Nature inspired algorithms, etc.
She graduated from the SCT College of Engineering in BTech Mechanical Production in the year 2001. She worked in Industry Leela Lace International Ltd, as Industrial Engineer for 3 years. There by developing a passion for Industrial Engineering, she pursued her Master’s Degree in Industrial Engineering from CET, Kerala, (2006-2008). Since then she started her career in Engineering Education as lecturer, Sr Lecturer and as Asst. Prof with Saintgits College and Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology. She has also won many Best Paper Awards in various forums of International conferences and National Conventions. She is also serving as mentor to other ISTE chapters in Kerala. She earned her doctoral degree from the National Institute of Technology Calicut on Sustainability assessment of supply chain network under carbon trading scheme.
Panel Speaker III
Dr. Erwin Rauch
Assistant Professor in Manufacturing Technology and Systems
Head of the Smart Mini Factory laboratory for Industry 4.0 application
Free University of Bolzano
Italy
The role of learning factory labs for teaching Industry 4.0
Erwin Rauch is an Assistant Professor in Manufacturing Technology and Systems at Free University of Bolzano, Italy. He received his BSc in Logistics and Production Engineering from the Free University in Bolzano (Italy). He also holds an MSc in Mechanical Engineering from the Technical University Munich (TUM) and a Master in Business Administration from the TUM Business School. Since 2007, he worked in a Management Consultancy as a Consultant for Lean management. Later he obtained his PhD in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Stuttgart in Germany. Since 2014, he is Assistant Professor at the Free University of Bolzano and in 2017 Visiting Researcher at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Worcester, MA (USA). Further, he is Head of the Smart Mini Factory laboratory for Industry 4.0 application at the Free University of Bolzano. His research interests include industry 4.0, axiomatic design, agile and reconfigurable manufacturing systems as well as optimization in SMEs.
Panel Speaker IV
Industry 4.0 Panel
5:00 – 6:45 pm (Wednesday, March 10) – Room 1
“Quality 4.0 Practices, Challenges, and Opportunities in Industrial Enterprises”.
Panel Chair
Ts. Dr. Mehran Doulat
Associate Professor
MBA Review Committee/Coordinator
Xiamen University Malaysia (XMUM)
Director of Centre for Operational Excellence Research (COER)
Editorial Advisory Board for the International Journal of Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IJIEOM)
Dr. Mehran Doulat is an Associate Professor of Operations and Quality Management and MBA program Review Committee/Coordinator. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering; double Master’s Degrees in Engineering Management (MEM) and Quality Management (MQM) and a PhD from University of Wollongong, Australia. Dr. Doulat has completed 2 years Post-Doctoral Fellowship in the area of Innovation and Performance Excellence. Dr Doulat spent more than 15 years in industries, holding various executive and managerial roles in QA/QC, performance measurement, business excellence and benchmarking. He is a certified EFQM Excellence Assessor and a “TRADE” Certification Best Practice Benchmarking from Global Benchmarking Network (GBN). He served as a Senior Assessor for the Dubai Quality Award (DQA) program since 2007. He has also been actively involved in a number of academic–industrial projects and research in United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, India, and UAE. Dr. Doulat has been working as a visiting professor and Associate Researcher at University of Wollongong, Australia, National University of Singapore, Meiji University, Japan, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Massey University, New Zealand and Xiamen University, China.
Panel Speaker I
Dr. Nigel Grigg
Professor of Quality Systems
Head of Department of Operations and Engineering Innovation (OEI)
School of Engineering and Advanced Technology
Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Associate Editors of Journal of Total Quality Management & Business Excellence, Taylor & Francis Publishing
Dr. Nigel is the Professor of Quality Systems, and leads and the Department of Operations and Engineering Innovation (OEI) within the School of Engineering and Advanced Technology at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand. Dr. Nigel undertakes teaching, research and consultancy across the disciplines of industrial design and innovation, operations management, supply chain management, quality systems, and information technology applications to operations. Dr. Nigel’s particular specialism is quality systems, including business process improvement, statistical quality control, six sigma, lean, Business Excellence, service quality, research methods and structural equation modelling. He applies mathematical and statistical methods within operations management, particularly to the management and control of product, service quality and supply chain systems. His recent research projects include developing a performance measurement framework for national health care, applying lean thinking within a horticulture setting, and examining the role of national culture as a mediating influence on ‘standardised’ management and improvement frameworks such as ISO 9001, Six Sigma, and lean. Dr Nigel served as Associate Editor of Journal of Total Quality Management & Business Excellence, Taylor & Francis Publishing since 2014.
Panel Speaker II
Dr. Matthew Pepper
Senior Lecturer
School of Management, Operations and Marketing
University of Wollongong (UOW), New South Wales, Australia.
Editorial Advisory Boards for the International Journal of Lean Six Sigma, the Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management. and International Journal of Information and Operations Management Education
Dr Matt pepper is currently a Senior Lecturer within the School of Business, Faculty of Business and Law, at the University of Wollongong Australia. Matt sits on the editorial advisory boards of a number of academic journals, including the Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, International Journal of Lean Six Sigma and the International Journal of Information and Operations Management Education. Within the faculty of Business and Law, his teaching responsibilities include supply chain management and strategy at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
Matt’s core research interests lie in the application of systems thinking to supply chain disruption, performance management and continuous improvement in the public sector. Most recently, his work has focused on engaging with public sector organizations to develop appropriate performance measurement and management strategies.
Matt has currently supervises a number of industry based candidates in these areas of interest and has been an external examiner for a number of PhD theses.
Panel Speaker III
Dr. Azmawani Abd Rahman
Professor
School of Business and Economics
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
President of Research and Education at the Malaysia Franchise Association (MFA)
Former Director of Corporate Strategy and Communication Office UPM
Former Deputy Director of Research Management Centre UPM
Dr. Azmawani Abd Rahman is a Professor at the School of Business and Economics Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). She holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the University of South Alabama (United States) and a Ph.D. in Operations and Technology Management from Aston University, United Kingdom. Previously, she served as Director of Corporate Strategy and Communication Office UPM, where she was responsible for various university main functions such as public and media relation, university rankings and ratings, and university strategic directions and key performances. Prior to that, she was a Deputy Director at UPM Research Management Centre, Head of Department and Deputy Dean at the Faculty of Economics and Management, UPM. Azmawani actively collaborates with the industry through her involvement as an advisor, assessor, consultant, and trainer. She is currently a president for the Research and Education committee at the Malaysia Franchise Association (MFA). She has made more than 50 appearances in the mainstream media (newspaper, television, radio) through her writing and comments. She published in more than 150 articles in Scopus and ISI cited journals and books. Azmawani was appointed as an official case writer for Malaysia Productivity Corporation Business Excellence Award and Chief Minister Industry Excellence Award.
Panel Speaker IV
Dr. Mat Naim Abdullah
Associate Professor
Faculty of Built Environment and Surveying
Deputy Director, UTM Centre for Quality and Risk Management
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)
Dr Naim’s holds a BSc. in Quantity Surveying from University of Glasgow Caledonian, United Kingdom. He has a Master of Engineering in Construction and PhD in Facilities Management, both from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. His specialisation is in the area of Project Management, Facilities Management and Quality Management System. He is also a certified trainer for Safety Course and a Certified Quality Auditor. Prior to joining Universiti Teknologi Malaysia he was with the construction industry for 20 years working in various fields and positions such as quantity surveyor for consulting firm and contract manager for local and international construction companies. He had also served as a Manager at the Construction Industry Development Board Malaysia. He also had his own business in safety and quality in construction between 2001 to 2005. In 2006 he joined Universiti Teknologi Malaysia and currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Real Estate, Faculty of Built Environment and Surveying. He is also seconded as a Deputy Director at the UTM Centre for Quality and Risk Management.
Diversity and Inclusion Panel sponsored by Ford Motor Company
9:00 – 10:30 pm (Wednesday, March 10) – Room 1
Panel Chair:
Professor Cecilia Nembou
President and Vice-Chancellor (Retired)
Divine Word University
Papua New Guinea
Until the end December 2020, Dr Cecilia Nembou was for five years, the President of the Divine University in Papua New Guinea. She was a Professor of Higher Education Leadership and Management. She is a mathematician by training and holds a PhD in Operations Research from the University of New South Wales (1992) in Sydney, Australia. She has held various academic and senior management positions at the University of Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea Banking Corporation, University of Wollongong in Dubai and at the Divine Word University over a period spanning 45 years.
Dr Nembou has served on various committees and Councils of Universities as well as on Boards of State-Owned Enterprises and Boards of commercial and non-government organizations. As President of the Divine Word University she was a member of the Divine Word University Council and CEO of the University’s Six-campus corporate system.
She was a past Head of Mathematics Department, Executive Dean of the School of Natural and Physical Sciences, Pro Vice Chancellor, and Acting Vice Chancellor at the University of Papua New Guinea; and past Academic Registrar and Senior Lecturer in Mathematics at the University of Wollongong in Dubai.
She is now retired and resides in Madang in Papua New Guinea.
Panel Speaker I
Dr. NG Szu Hu
Associate Professor and Acting Head
Department of Industrial Systems Engineering and Management
National University of Singapore
Singapore
Szu-Hui Ng received the PhD degree from the Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University Michigan. She is currently an associate professor and acting head in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the National University of Singapore. Her research interests include quality engineering, design of experiments, and simulation. She has published a number of papers in these areas.
Panel Speaker II
Dr. Hannelie Nel
Senior Lecturer, Postgraduate School of Engineering Management
Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment
University of Johannesburg
South Africa
Dr Hannelie Nel is an Academic in the Postgraduate School of Engineering Management at the University of Johannesburg. She holds a Doctorate in Engineering Management, a Master of Science Degree in Industrial Engineering and a Bachelor’s Degree in chemical Engineering. She has twenty years’ experience in both industry and academia and her work entails business and education strategy development; the design, implementation and costing of business and quality management systems; training and education; business research systems; process improvement; and gender advancement in engineering.
Panel Speaker III
Dr. Ho Hwi Chie, M.Sc.
Dean, Binus Aso School of Engineering (BASE)
Bina Nusantara University (Binus)
Binus Aso School of Engineering
BASE Campus, Jl. Alam Sutera Boulevard No. 1
Tangerang, Banten 15325, Indonesia
Hwi Chie Ho is Dean of Binus School of Engineering and Professor in Industrial Engineering at Bina Nusantara University, and has been teaching and publishing researches associated with ergonomics, quality, and industrial psychology. She is a member of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE), Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES), and American Psychology Association (APA). She has also served as the faculty advisor of the newly established IISE BINUS University Student Chapter # 716 that has earned Gold Award in three consecutive years since the establishment.
Panel Speaker IV
Jihong Yan, Ph.D.
Professor in Industrial Engineering
Deputy Dean of School of Mechatronics Engineering
Head of intelligent Manufacturing Scientific Research Team
Harbin Institute of Technology
Harbin, China
Jihong Yan is a Professor (since 2005) in Industrial Engineering at Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), she is also the deputy dean of School of Mechatronics Engineering and head of intelligent manufacturing scientific research team at HIT. She received her PhD from Harbin Institute of Technology. Then she joined Tsinghua University, the University of Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania State University as a postdoctoral researcher. Dr. Yan is the director of National High-end Equipment Manufacturing Virtual and Simulation Experiment Teaching Center, head of Research Oriented Teaching Innovation Team for High-end Equipment Manufacturing of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China, vice chairman of Production System Special Committee of Chinese Mechanical Engineering Society, and chairman of Industrial Engineering Professional Committee of the Mechanical Engineering Society of Heilongjiang Province. Her main area of research is industrial big data, sustainable manufacturing, intelligent logistics and advanced maintenance of machinery. As a PI, Dr. Yan has worked on and accomplished 15 projects in intelligent manufacturing and sustainability related areas, funded by the NSF of China(NSFC), NSF-NSFC joint-project funding, National key R&D plan project funding, National High-tech project funding, National “863” project funding, EU EPSRC project funding, High-tech funding from industries, and so on. She has authored and co-authored over 100 research papers and published 3 books, two papers were ranked ESI high cited articles. Currently there are 17 professors and engineers with her research team, the team dedicates to theoretical research and system implementation in the fields of intelligent operation optimization theory and methods of manufacturing systems, manufacturing IoT technologies and devices, and equipment health monitoring, etc.
Panel Speaker V
Hajj Flemings
CEO/Founder
Rebrand Cities
Birmingham, Michigan, United States
Hajj Flemings was one of eight entrepreneurs selected for CNN’s Black in America 4: The New Promised Land: Silicon Valley documentary with Soledad O’Brien.
During the documentary, he began to understand the real meaning of the term ‘meritocracy.’ He recognized that lack of access in the technology space created a permanent underclass in communities of color. That experience changed the course of his life.
Hajj is the founder of Brand Camp® University, an educational platform preparing people for the future of work. In 2017 he launched Rebrand Cities, a global civic design initiative with the audacious goal of getting 10,000 businesses online and eradicating the digital divide.
He has worked with clients including Cadillac, Walt Disney, AT&T, WordPress.com, Pitney Bowes, Pfizer, the Detroit Lions, and the U.S. Department of Defense.
He has had the privilege of being an invited speaker at Harvard University, Iowa State University, University of Michigan—Ross School of Business, Davidson College, among others; as well as being featured in the Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, Mashable, and CNN Tech Money on the subjects of startups, digital technology, and branding.
Hajj Flemings earned a Bachelor of Science degree In Mechanical Engineering from Michigan Technological University and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Lawrence Technological University.
In his free time, Hajj enjoys training for his next half marathon, as well as spending time with his wife and daughter in the Detroit metro area.
Panel Speaker VI
Professor Donald M. Reimer
Director of Membership and Chapter Development – IEOM Society
President, The Small Business Strategy Group, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Adjunct Faculty – A. Leon Linton Department of Mechanical Engineering
Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan, USA
Donald M. Reimer is an adjunct faculty at the A. Leon Linton Department of Mechanical Engineering in College of Engineering at Lawrence Tech in Southfield, Michigan. He coordinates the Certificate of Entrepreneurial Engineering Skills. Mr. Reimer holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Management from Lawrence Technological University and a Master of Arts degree in Political Science from University of Detroit/Mercy. He is a Certified Management Consultant with over 35 years of experience in working with closely-held businesses. He has taught courses in entrepreneurship, strategic management, corporate entrepreneurship and innovation for engineers. Mr. Reimer is a member of the Lawrence Tech Kern Campus Committee, Coordinator of the Lawrence Tech Innovation Encounter. He is faculty Advisor of the Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization. Mr. Reimer serves as a Kern Fellow of The Kern Family Foundation, Co-Direct of the Coleman Fellows Program, member of the National Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization Faculty Advisory Council and is a member of the American Society of Engineering Education. He has operated his own consulting company – The Small Business Strategy Group for 23 years. He published numerous articles on small business, entrepreneurship and strategic thinking. He has received several awards and recognition by local, state and federal agencies for his work in entrepreneurship and minority business development. Mr. Reimer served as member of the Minority Economic Development Committee of New Detroit. Mr. Reimer is member of the Small Business Advisory Council of the Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Reimer is a member of Advisory Board of the Milwaukee Junction Small Business Assistance Center. He is also a member of the Applied Innovation Alliance. Mr. Reimer serves as a KEEN Fellow for The Kern Family Foundation and is a member of United States Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship.