Joseph Thomas
Emeritus, Anne and Elmer Lindseth Dean Emeritus, Interim Dean, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business at Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University
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- Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University
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Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University
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Joe Thomas is interim dean of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, as well as the Anne and Elmer Lindseth Dean Emeritus and professor of operations management at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management. He served Johnson as its dean for five years, returning to the faculty in 2012. Prior to his role as dean, Thomas served in several leadership roles, including associate dean for academic affairs, responsible for all faculty-related matters at Johnson; director of the doctoral program; and director of executive education.
Professor Thomas is an award-winning teacher, having twice won the Stephen Russell Distinguished Teaching Award. This award is voted upon by members of the five-year reunion class, given to a faculty member whose teaching and example have continued to influence graduates five years into their post-MBA careers.
Professor Thomas''s teaching and research focus on topics in operations management and supply-chain management. He has consulted with and led management-education programs for several Fortune-100 companies, including Osram (and Osram-Sylvania), Accenture, and Sanofi (Rhone-Poulenc Rorer).
With degrees in chemical engineering (BS, Carnegie Mellon) and operations research (PhD, Yale), and a long history of academic scholarship and publishing, Thomas is one the nation''s foremost experts in operations management and manufacturing. He was elected as a fellow of the Production and Operations Management Society in 2009. His work has been widely published on a variety of topics, including redesign of global manufacturing and supply networks, manufacturing strategy, inventory systems, human resources management, and worker motivation. He has also studied models for managing complex production-distribution systems and their effective implementation.
Professor Thomas has written four books and more than 50 articles in journals such as Management Science, Operations Research, Manufacturing and Services Operations Management, and Journal of Manufacturing and Operations Management. He was a departmental editor of Management Science for six years and has served on many editorial boards and committees for professional organizations.
Academic Degrees
- Ph D Yale University, 1968
- BS Carnegie-Mellon University, 1964
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