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MISSION

Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) is an international professional organization representing the interests of POM professionals from around the world.

The purposes of the Society are:

to extend and integrate knowledge that contributes to the improved understanding and practice of production and operations management (POM);
to disseminate information on POM to managers, scientists, educators, students, public and private organizations, national and local governments, and the general public; and
to promote the improvement of POM and its teaching in public and private manufacturing and service organizations throughout the world.

BOARD MEMBERS

leading the organization to success

Gerard (Jerry) Burke

President

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Subodha Kumar

President-Elect

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Nagesh Murthy

Past President

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Zuojun (Max) Shen

Past President

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Chelliah Sriskandarajah

Past President

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Bharat Kaku

Vice President, Finance

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Amy Pan

Vice President, Meetings

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Bala Shetty

Vice President, Memberhsip

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Gyula Vastag

Vice President, Education

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Hossein Rikhtehgar Berenji

Vice President, Colleges

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Michael Pinedo

Vice President, Publications

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Rakesh Mallipeddi

Vice President, Communcations

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Scott Webster

Vice President, Industry

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Diana Ramirez-Rios

Regional Vice President, Americas

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Karuna Jain

Regional Vice President, Australasia

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Gemma Berenguer

Regional Vice President, Europe

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Emre Demirezen

Regional Vice President, Africa & Middle East

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Jon Stauffer

Secretary

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Constantin Blome

Board Member

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Pelin Pekgun

Board Member

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Sandun Perera

Board Member

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Dino Petrarolo

Board Member

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Muge Yayla-Kullu

Board Member

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Kalyan Singhal

Founder & Editor-In-Chief

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Sushil Gupta

Executive Director

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Martin Starr

Director of Strategic Planning

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Nagesh Murthy

Associate Executive Director for Global Initiatives and Outreach

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Subodha Kumar

Associate Executive Director of POMS Information Technology Services and and Web Editor

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Rakesh Mallipeddi

Social Media Coordinator

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Seema Singhania

Program Coordinator

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Susmita Sarawgi

Website Coordinator

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Ram Tewari

Coordinator Conference Activities

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QUALITY AND REPUTATION

Production and Operations Management Journal appears in:

The Business Week’s list of the top 20 journals
The University of Texas at Dallas’ list of the top 24 journals
The Financial Times’ list of the top 50 journals
The A* level (highest level) in the Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC)

UPCOMING CONFERENCES

providing a platform for sharing research and building international linkages

https://pomshk2025.cuhk.edu.hk/

15th POMS-HK International Conference

Hong Kong

01/03/2025 - 01/05/2025

https://pomsmeetings.org/conf-2025/

35th Annual POMS Conference

Hyatt Regency, Atlanta, GA, USA

05/08/2025 - 05/12/2025

COLLEGES

academic communities synergizing to build a

great society

The POMS Board authorizes the creation of the POMS colleges in the subject areas of importance to the POM discipline in order to facilitate member activities. Any twenty (20) or more members in good standing may apply for the creation of a College in a particular functional discipline.

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