Yao Zhao is a Professor in Supply Chain Management at Rutgers Business School, and the co-director of Supply Chain Analytics Lab at Rutgers University. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences from Northwestern University. His research interests lie in supply chain management and analytics. Yao published in leading operations research and management journals such as Operations Research, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management (M&SOM), Production and Operations Management. Yao has consulted with many companies and government agencies, such as General Motors, Estee Lauder, Verizon, MTA – NY Transit, Special Olympics, Johnson and Johnson, Fannie Mae, Defense Logistics Agency and US Navy, Korean Air-Cargo, Robert Wood Johnson hospitals, and Water and Power Development Authority of Pakistan. Yao launched a few popular courses on Coursera towards Supply Chain Analytics.
