Holly Ott

Holly Ott is a professor of Production Management and IT Systems at the University of Rosenheim Applied Sciences and Management, a senior lecturer at the Technical University of Munich and an adjunct professor at Singapore Management University (Singapore), IE Business School (Madrid) and Syracuse University (New York). She holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Virginia and has worked for twelve years in quality and supply chain management in the USA, Europe and Asia for Siemens, Motorola, IBM and Infineon.

Her work has been in the areas of device simulation, electrical and reliability testing, and quality and supply chain management. She holds a International Association for Six Sigma Certification (IASSC) Certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (ICGB) and is a member of the American Society for Quality (asq.org). Holly is the program chair for the Singapore Semiconductor Industry Association's Supply Chain Forum and academic director of the TUM Case Centre.

Research Interests

• Digitalization in the wood industry, focussing on the production and supply chain in German SMEs
• High-tech supply chain management

Education

• Ph.D. University of Virginia (1993 — 1997)
• BS/MS University of Virginia (1988 — 1993)

Companies

• Professor Production and Supply Chain Management Rosenheim Technical University of Applied Sciences (2020)
• Adjunct Professor, IE/SMU MBA, Operations Management IE Business School (2016)
•  Six Sigma and Lean: Quantitative Tools for Quality and Productivity.     edX (2015)
• Senior Lecturer, Operations and Supply Chain Management, TUM School of Management Technische Universität München (2012)
• Adjunct Professor, Operations Management, Post Graduate Professional Programs SMU - Singapore Management University (2011)
• Professor Bavarian University of Applied Sciences and Technology (Hochschule der Bayerischen Wirtschaft) http: (2014 — 2020)
• Program Chair: SSIA Supply Chain Management Industry Forum Singapore Semiconductor Industry Association (SSIA) (2009 — 2016)
• Adjunct Professor, Operations Management, Lee Kong Chian School of Business Singapore Management University (2010 — 2012)
• Adjunct Professor, Logistics and Supply Chain Management, School of Business Singapore Institute of Management (2009 — 2012)

Publications

Case Studies / Articles / Book Chapters

• Six-Sigma Production Process Improvement at Kopfschitz Kerzen GmbH (04.2016)
• Process Quality Monitoring at Altis Semiconductor (09.2015)
• Using the DMAIC Process Improvement Flow at Hanwag GmbH (07.2015)
• SPC at Melon Helmets, Production Problem at Melon Helmets (07.2015)
• Aligning Operational Incentives in Project Management (07.2014)
• Developing Local Leadership in Asian Operations (03.2012)
• H.C. Ott, Germany’s Mittelstand Companies: Can Asia Share their Success? HQ Asia, published 10.02.2014
• H.C. Ott, Building Foundations for Talent Development, HQ Asia, pp. 46-48 (09.2013)
• H.C. Ott, Managing Logistics and Supply Chain Challenges: Singapore Insights and Perspective, Chapter: “High-Tech Supply Chains,” Singapore Logistics Association/UniSIM Book Project (2013)

Journal publications

• L. Wang, T.A. Fjeldly, B. Iniguez, H.C. Slade and M.S. Shur, “Self-Heating and Kink Effects in a-Si:H Thin Film Transistors,” IEEE Trans. Electron Devices, Vol. 47, No. 2, pp. 387 - 397 (Feb 2000).
• H.C. Slade and M.S. Shur, “Analysis of Bias Stress on Unpassivated Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon Thin Film Transistors,” IEEE Trans. Electron Devices, Vol. 45, No. 7, pp. 1548 - 1553 (Jul 1998).
• M.S. Shur, M.D. Jacunski, H.C. Slade, A.A. Owusu, and T. Ytterdal, "SPICE Models for Amorphous and Polysilicon Thin Film Transistors," invited paper, Elec. Chem. Soc. Proc., (October 1996). Subsequently published in the Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Vol. 44, No. 8, pp. 2833-2839 (Aug 1997)
• H.C. Slade, M.S. Shur, S.C. Deane, and M. Hack, "Below Threshold Conduction in a-Si:H TFTs With and Without a Silicon Nitride Passivating Layer," Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 69, No. 17, p. 2560 (Oct 1996)
• M. Shur, M. Jacunski, H.C. Slade, and M. Hack, "Analytical Models for Amorphous Silicon and Polysilicon TFTs for High Definition Display Technology," Journal of the Society for Information Display, Vol. 3, No. 4, p. 223 (1996).