IESE Business School

Jaume Ribera Professor of Production, Technology and Operations Management Doctor of Industrial Engineering, Polytechnic University of Catalunya Doctor of Philosophy (Industrial and Systems Engineering), University of Florida Master of Sciences (Operations Research), University of Florida Professor of Industrial Engineering, Polytechnic University of Catalunya (currently on leave of absence) E-mail: ribera@iese.edu Link: Jaume Ribera personal webpage

He was Deputy Dean of Faculty at IESE Business School from 1993-2001. He is the President of the European Operations Management Association and was secretary of the U.S. Operations Management Association (1992-97). He serves on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Operations and Production Management and on the Editorial Board of the Harvard Business Review China. His current research interests lie in the areas of operations improvement management, health systems management and project management. He has published teaching materials (case studies, technical reports and electronic workbooks), academic research (Transportation Science, International Journal of Operations and Production Management, etc.), and casebooks and textbooks on these topics.

He has been active in consultancy in supply chain management, project management and has extensive experience working with private and public companies in different sectors (textile, pharmaceutical, automotive, electrical components, etc.) He has also participated as consultant and project manager in health sector management projects in the EU, Central and Eastern Europe, and South America with private, public, European Union and World Bank financing. He is the President of the Board of Caixa Terrassa, a savings institution in Spain.

Areas of interest

* Design and improvement of operating systems
* Management of service operations and health systems operations
* China
* Project management