David Simchi-Levi is an American academic working as a Professor of Engineering Systems at

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. He is also the founder or co-founder of several companies. Simchi-Levi's research focuses on supply chain management, revenue management, and business analytics.

Education

David Simchi-Levi obtained his B.Sc. in Aeronautical Engineering at Technion Israel Institute of Technology in 1978 and earned M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Operations Research from Faculty of Management at

Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv University (TAU) ( he, אוּנִיבֶרְסִיטַת תֵּל אָבִיב, ''Universitat Tel Aviv'') is a public research university in Tel Aviv, Israel. With over 30,000 students, it is the largest university in the country. Locate ...

in 1984 and 1987 respectively.

Career

He has been a lecturer in

(1984–1985) and

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

(1986–1987). He became an assistant professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research in

(1987–1991). He then joined

Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world. Charte ...

in 1993 as an associate professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, and was promoted to full professor in 1997. Now he is a professor in

. He was a co-director of Leaders for Global Operations (2003–2016), a dual degree program at MIT, and a co-director of ''Systems Design and Management'' (2003–2010).

Publications

David Simchi-Levi's publications have been cited 22516 times in total, with 65

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and 156

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. He co-authored the book ''Designing & Managing the Supply Chain''. Simchi-Levi is the current Editor-in-Chief of

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and was the Editor-in-Chief for

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from 2006 to 2012.

Entrepreneurship

Simchi-Levi was the founder of LogicTools which provided software and professional services for supply chain optimization. In 2014, he co-founded Opalytics, a cloud analytics platform company focusing on operations and supply chain intelligence.

Recognition

He was elected to the 2006 class of

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s of the

Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) is an international society for practitioners in the fields of operations research (O.R.), management science, and analytics. It was established in 1995 with the merger of ...

. In 2020, he was awarded the prestigious INFORMS Impact Prize for playing a leading role in developing and disseminating a new highly impactful paradigm for the identification and mitigation of risks in global supply chains. In 2023, he has been elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering for contributions using optimization and stochastic modeling to enhance supply chain management and operations.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Simchi-Levi, David MIT School of Engineering faculty Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Academic journal editors American operations researchers Technion – Israel Institute of Technology alumni Tel Aviv University alumni Academic staff of Tel Aviv University Northwestern University faculty Columbia University faculty Fellows of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences