Fabienne Miller
Associate Professor
Email: fabienne@wpi.edu
Office: Washburn Shops 302
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x6128
As one of my students once said, the only people who do not use accounting are people who are no longer alive. Yet, few people understand accounting well enough to use it to make informed decisions. Teaching gives me the opportunity to help students develop the skills they will need in their career and learn the language of business. ... View Profile
Finance
Matthew Cote
Adjunct Instructor/Lecturer
Email: mcote@wpi.edu
Office: Washburn Shops 215
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x5218
Hansong Pu
Adjunct Teaching Professor
Email: hpu@wpi.edu
Office: Washburn Shops 215
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x5218
Dr. Hansong Pu has decades of managerial and entrepreneurial experiences with international corporations and small businesses. He spent his past eight years teaching at Hangzhou Dianzi University in China and WPI. Meanwhile, he worked with colleagues at both universities to start collaboration programs that serve the students and faculties on both sides, including the WPI China IQP Center. ... View Profile
Robert Sarnie
Professor of Practice
Email: rsarnie@wpi.edu
Office: Gateway 2 at 50 Prescott Street, 1317
Rob joins WPI from Fidelity Investments, where he spent 23 years in the finance industry, holding multiple executive leadership positions including VP of Strategy and Planning, VP Human Resource Systems, and VP Finance, Procurement, and Accounting Systems. Rob also previously held positions in both the public and private sectors for companies in the manufacturing and nonprofit industries. ... View Profile
Law
Robert P. Lombardi
Adjunct Teaching Professor
Email: rlombardi@wpi.edu
Office: Washburn Shops 215
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x5218
I have been practicing law for 37 years with a concentration in corporate, business and healthcare law. I have been at Mirick, O’Connell, DeMallie Lougee, LLP since 1980. I am currently Of Counsel in the Corporate and Business Department. ... View Profile
James P. McKenna
Adjunct Teaching Professor
Email: mckenna@wpi.edu
Office: Washburn Labs 215
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x5218
Entrepreneurship
I am a researcher on organization behavior, people analytics and entrepreneurship related topics, with particular focus on applying advanced econometrics and big data based research designs. I have particular expertise in the digital economy, including Internet video, sports analytics, and electronic gaming I also teach classes on general business strategy, technology management and entrepreneurship.
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Francis Hoy
Beswick Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Email: fhoy@wpi.edu
Office: Gateway 2 at 50 Prescott Street, 1319
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x4998
For many reasons, I am surprised to find myself at WPI. Previously, I lived in my hometown and was employed at my alma mater, never intending to leave. But WPI presented an opportunity that was too exciting to miss. This is an institution that stresses innovation and entrepreneurship, and those have been the focus of my career. The environment here is vigorous and challenging. Students expect to work hard and to be exposed to new ideas. The emphasis on project-based learning is a marvelous fit with the entrepreneurial mindset. ... View Profile
Shari Ls Worthington
Visiting Professor of Entrepreneurship
Email: sharilee@wpi.edu
Office: Gateway 2, 50 Prescott St., #1317
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x5218
My approach to teaching is heavily influenced by my career as an entrepreneur. Entrepreneurship is an active, experiment-and-learn-as-you-go process. The same applies to learning, where students participate in meaningful activities and have an opportunity to think about what they are doing. Active engagement also gives students opportunities to experience success and failure. Societies tend to frown on failure, which discourages people from taking chances. But much can be learned from failure – our own and that of others. ... View Profile
Marketing
James H Drew
Adjunct Teaching Professor
Email: jhdrew@wpi.edu
Office: Washburn Shops 215
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x5218
Edward Martins Gonsalves
Instructor
Email: egonsal@wpi.edu
Office: Gateway 2 at 50 Prescott Street, 1314
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x5218
Professor Gonsalves is currently a full time instructor in the Foisie Business School. He is a graduate of Worcester Polytechnic Institute with a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering and a Master’s Degree in Management Science. Professor Gonsalves’ career has spanned thirty five years in the technology field, having held positions in design, applications, sales, marketing, business development and management. He is the holder of 9 patents and has presented at a variety of industry conferences in the area of RFID. ... View Profile
Adrienne Hall-Phillips
Associate Professor
Email: ahphillips@wpi.edu
Office: Washburn Shops, 209
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x4934
Being an educator is more than just distributing facts and figures; it's demonstrating the importance of this knowledge in a way that can be relevant for every learner. It's not truly knowledge until the student can grasp and apply it. I consider myself to be an advocate for knowledge - encouraging learning and providing the tools needed to be successful and independent thinkers. I take any opportunity possible to introduce new technologies and social networking behaviors that I feel are relevant into my daily classroom activities. ... View Profile
Dr. Reshadi joined the faculty of the Foisie Business School at WPI in July 2020. She received her Ph.D. in Business Administration with an emphasis on marketing from West Virginia University. Dr. Reshadi’s research interests include consumer well-being, financial and health-related decision making. Her research has been published in the Journal of Consumer Association and the International Journal of Marketing and Business Communication. Dr. ... View Profile
Purvi Shah
Associate Professor-Business
Email: pshah@wpi.edu
Office: Gateway II at 50 Prescott Street, Room 1315
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x4809
Purvi has 'done' marketing and now she 'teaches' marketing at the WPI Foisie Business School. She has a diverse industry experience in the marketing/brand management function of mid-size to large corporations across consumer goods, retail, and real estate verticals. In academics, she aspires to play her role as a researcher (knowledge creation) and teacher (knowledge dissemination). Her research questions, in the context of discovery, attempt to explain and understand interesting and challenging marketing phenomena that have not received much research attention. ... View Profile
Organizational Behavior
Michael B. Elmes
Professor
Email: mbelmes@wpi.edu
Office: Washburn Shops 203
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x5182
Since arriving at WPI in 1990, I have framed my role in the classroom as helping technically-minded students to become more cognizant and mindful of the complex human and behavioral dimensions of life in organizations. I have done this in a variety of ways from experiential exercises to digital storytelling to classroom-as-organization designs. ... View Profile
Brent E. French
Exec Dir, Finance & Operations
Email: befrench@wpi.edu
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x5792
William A. Krein
Adjunct Instructor/Lecturer
Email: wakrein@wpi.edu
Office: Washburn Shops 215
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x5218
As an adjunct faculty member at WPI for 15 years and a WPI graduate, I am proud to share the experience of a successful multi-disciplined career with current WPI students. The foundation and preparation for my engineering, financial, general management, and consulting career and the confidence and resourcefulness to succeed as an entrepreneur resulted largely from my education at WPI. It is a great privilege to contribute to the continuing achievement and reputation for excellence at WPI. ... View Profile
Jed’s organizational behavior experience is shaped through 15+ years as a human resource leader. His experience includes work as a Change Agent, Director/Manager, and Internal and External Consultant. His consulting services focus on performance management, total rewards, HR analytics, and workplace learning, and his research and teaching experience includes the areas of organizational performance improvement, competency identification, and rewards management. ... View Profile
Elizabeth Long Lingo
Assistant Professor
Email: ellingo@wpi.edu
Office: Washburn Shops 213
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x6344
How do leaders work across disciplines, organizations, cultures, and networks to co-create and implement novel solutions, sustainable human-centered change, and entrepreneurial ventures? Over the past twenty years, this question has motivated Elizabeth’s research, innovative project-based teaching, and efforts to advance organizational transformation and policy change to forge more equitable and creatively vibrant organizations, cities, and fields of enterprise.
As an ethnographer of work and organizations, Elizabeth is especially interested in the situated and ... View Profile
Management Information Systems
Full Time Faculty
Soussan Djamasbi
Professor-Business
Email: djamasbi@wpi.edu
Office: Washburn Shops 216A
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x5266
I teach both graduate and undergraduate courses, as well as advise PhD projects, IQPs and MQPs. I enjoy teaching because it's a dynamic and innovative process that challenges me to continually evaluate and adjust my teaching strategies to prepare my students for today’s global and competitive business environment. Teaching is also one the most rewarding experiences in my career because it allows me to witness my students' growth and accomplishments. Similarly, research is a dynamic and innovative process, and I truly enjoy it. ... View Profile
Dr. Kordzadeh joined the faculty of the Foisie Business School at WPI in July 2017. He received his Ph.D. in Business Administration with an emphasis on Information Technology from the University of Texas at San Antonio. His research interests include health informatics, social media, information privacy, and business intelligence and analytics. ... View Profile
James Emory Ryan
Associate Teaching Professor-Business
Email: jryan@wpi.edu
Office: Washburn Shops 102
Diane M. Strong
Professor
Email: dstrong@wpi.edu
Office: Washburn Shops 219
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x5573
WPI provides an environment that values both teaching and research, which is ideal for me. I enjoy teaching at WPI because students are interested in learning and willing to work hard. My teaching focuses on how business, healthcare, and nonprofit organizations can best use computing technologies, such as database systems, electronic health records systems, and mobile apps. Students in my classes learn to design computing applications that meet the needs of organizations. ... View Profile
Bengisu Tulu
Associate Professor
Email: bengisu@wpi.edu
Office: Washburn Shops 201
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x5184
I enjoy teaching because it allows me to interact with students who have the potential to make the world a better place using technology. I continually innovate in my courses to ensure students enjoy the learning experience, learn the key concepts and skills related to information systems through real world examples, have an opportunity to learn from each other, learn to present themselves as professionals, and most importantly learn to use or develop technology to make a difference. ... View Profile
Prior to arriving at WPI in 2010, I held tenure-track positions with the University of Wisconsin system. I have visited at Cal Poly-SLO, University of Toledo, and Arizona State University. My teaching centers on software development, large business systems, and innovative uses of IT. My overarching research addresses organizational aspects of human-computer interaction with special emphasis on e-health, computer-mediated communication, and technology support for software development teams. I have published more than 90 articles in peer-reviewed journals, books, and conference proceedings. ... View Profile
Part Time Faculty
Kenneth J Wermann
Adjunct Instructor Lecturer
Email: kwermann@wpi.edu
Office: Washburn Shops 215
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x5218
Operations and Industrial Engineering
Full Time Faculty
I enjoy teaching at WPI because students bring a lot of energy and enthusiasm to their learning, and I am often inspired by their optimism. My teaching also reflects topics that motivate me: detailed process design in our Industrial Engineering program, improving healthcare delivery as part of the Health Systems Innovation certificate, and exploring the implications of operational excellence in our MBA program. ... View Profile
Renata Konrad
Associate Professor-Business
Email: rkonrad@wpi.edu
Office: Washburn Shops 205
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x5192
The application of Industrial Engineering and mathematical knowledge has always been a rewarding challenge for me. Over the past several years, I have focused my research in the healthcare industry, which is particularly exciting given the current debates on healthcare reform. Current projects include evaluating anti-human trafficking efforts, computationally characterizing episodes of care from health insurance claim records and examining the impact of physician incentives on patient outcomes. ... View Profile
Sara Saberi
Assistant Professor
Email: ssaberi@wpi.edu
Office: Washburn Shops 217
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x6859
Since my first day of teaching, I believed that I loved being in the classroom. I enjoy my role as an instructor because it enables me to see directly the outcome of my effort. I like the fact that as someone in higher education, I have the opportunity to make a positive influence on a young person's life. I make every effort to not only deliver the material of the course, but to develop a mentoring relationship with each student to help them grow as individuals and strive for success. ... View Profile
Joseph Sarkis
Professor
Email: jsarkis@wpi.edu
Office: Gateway 2 at 50 Prescott Street, 1318
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x4831
Joseph Sarkis joined WPI as a faculty member in July 2013. He previously served as a faculty member at Clark University and the University of Texas at Arlington. His teaching and research interests are in the fields of operations, supply chain management, and sustainability. He is the author or co-author of over 400 publications. His research is widely cited and earned the designation of highly cited researcher in 2016, 2017, and 2018 from Thomson-Reuters/Clarivate Analytics (Web-of-Science). ... View Profile
Walter Thomas Towner
Associate Teaching Professor
Email: fabman@wpi.edu
Office: Washburn Shops 222
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x6013
I am interested in manufacturing and industrial engineering. My main interests lie at the intersection of manufacturing processes and the financial aspect of the business that relates to these processes. I see my mission as enabling students to become leaders in a business environment and helping them extract value from the processes that drive the organization. We do this by using tools like axiomatic design and Lean Six Sigma methods. ... View Profile
Andrew C Trapp
Associate Professor
Email: atrapp@wpi.edu
Office: Washburn Shops 207
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x4935
I am Associate Professor of Operations and Industrial Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), with courtesy professorships in Mathematical Sciences and Data Science. I hold a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh. My objective is to use science and technology to assist real human need by improving systems that serve vulnerable peoples, such as refugees and asylum seekers, survivors of human trafficking, and foster care. ... View Profile
Joe Zhu is Professor of Operations Analytics in the Foisie Business School, Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He is an internationally recognized expert in methods of performance evaluation and benchmarking using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), and his research interests are in the areas of operations and business analytics, productivity modeling, and performance evaluation and benchmarking. He has published and co-edited several books focusing on performance evaluation and benchmarking using DEA and developed the DEAFrontier software. ... View Profile
Part Time Faculty
Paul Delvy
Adjunct Instructor
Email: padelvy@wpi.edu
Office: Washburn Shops 215
Phone: +1 (508) 8315000 x5218
I enjoy teaching an interrelated series of topics that combine current industrial methodologies with the basics from academic study that form the foundations for commercial practice. The WPI classes give me an opportunity to share, mentor and steward students through simulated and practical problems, guiding them to plausible and realistic solutions. My research interests include; product, process and system design, with the integration of; innovation, development, selling and customer support. ... View Profile
What I do: I teach approximately 10 different courses across the schools of business, electrical engineering and computer science. I also do a certain amount of research and publish the occasional paper. Why I like to teach: I have roughly 38 years of industry and military experience in a variety of business sectors including the Department of Defense, medical device R&D, computer and networking R&D, telecommunications, and consulting. ... View Profile