Narendar Sumukadas is an Associate Professor of Operations Management at the Barney School of Business, University of Hartford, USA.  He teaches undergraduate and MBA classes in operations management.  He has published scholarly and managerial journal articles as well as case studies, experiential exercises, and YouTube videos.  Prior to pursuing academics, he worked as a mechanical engineer in operations, maintenance, and project roles.  Narendar has a PhD from the Ivey School of Business, Western University, Canada, an MBA from the Asper School of Business, University of Manitoba, Canada, and a BTech from the National Institute of Technology, Warangal, India.