Glen Schmidt
  • David Eccles Professor of Business and Department Chair, Department of Operations and Information Systems
  • Professor, Ois Operations & Info Systems
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Honors & Awards

  • Outstanding Teaching Brief. Decision Sciences Institute, 2015
  • Leadership in Ethics Education Award. David Eccles School of Business, 2014
  • Excellence in Teaching Award. National Society of Leadership and Success, 2013
  • First Runner-up for Skinner Best Paper Award. Production and Operations Management Society, 2012
  • Faculty President. David Eccles School of Business, 2012
  • Best Paper Award Finalist, M&SOM Journal. Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, 2010
  • Best Paper Award Finalist, Journal of Product Innovation Management. PDMA, 2010
  • Brady Superior Teaching Award. David Eccles School of Business, 2010
  • Doctoral Faculty Teaching Excellence Award. David Eccles School, 2009
  • President, College of Product Innovation and Technology Management. POM, 2010
  • Service award (Editor of POMS Chronicle). Production and Operations Management Society, 2008
  • INFORM-ED Best Case Finalist (Encroachment case). Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, 2004
  • INFORM-ED Best Case Finalist (Benihana-A New Look at an Old Classic). Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, 2004
  • Nominee for MBA Distinguished Teaching Award. McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University, 2003
  • Nicholson Award Finalist. Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, 1999
  • Jaedicke Fellowship (highest level of scholarly performance). Stanford Business School, 1995

Professional Service

  • Entity: Production and Operations Management Society President, College of Product Innovation and Technology Management. 2010 - 2012
  • Entity: DESB Emma Eccles Jones Advisory Board Board Member. 2007 - 2009
  • Role: Chair. Entity: David Eccles School of Business Product and Service Innovation Conference, Co-organizer, 2008 Utah Product and Service Innovation Conference, Jointly sponsored by the Management and Marketing Departments at the David Eccles School of Business and attended by roughly 40 of the pre-eminent and emerging scholars in product and service innovation. 2007 - 2008
  • INFORMS. Role: Chair. Session Organizer, Organizing a session on “Product Modularity” for the upcoming INFORMS meeting, Seattle, WA, Nov. 2007. 2007 - 2007
  • Role: Treasurer. Entity: Production and Operations Management Society College of Product Innovation and Technology Management, Treasurer-elect, College of Product Innovation and Technology Management, Production and Operations Management Society, 2007-8. 2007 - 2009
  • Role: Chair. Entity: Production and Operations Management Society Wickham Skinner Teaching Innovation Award Committee, Chair, Wickham Skinner Award Committee on Teaching Innovation, Production and Operations Management Society, 2007-8. 2007 - 2008

Internal Service

  • Organizer, Utah Winter Operations Conference. 2011 - present. service.
  • David Eccles School of Business, Emma Eccles Jones Advisory Board - Faculty representative, Emma Eccles Jones Advisory Board, David Eccles School of Business (DESB). Member, 2007 - 2008. service.
  • David Eccles School of Business, Product and Service Innovation Conference - Co-organizer, 2007 Utah Product and Service Innovation Conference, Jointly sponsored by the Management and Marketing Departments at the David Eccles School of Business and attended by roughly 40 of the pre-eminent and emerging scholars in product and service innovation. Chair, 2006 - 2007. service.
  • National Advisory Board, Business and Medicine Committee - Member, Business and Medicine Committee, National Advisory Board, David Eccles School of Business. 2006-present. Member, 2006 - present. service.
  • Co-organizer, Product and Service Innovation Conference. 2006 - present. service.
  • David Eccles School of Business, MBA Committee. Member, 2005 - present. service.