Professor Muckstadt was an active duty officer in the U.S. Air Force for 12 years, primarily working in the logistics field with responsibility for aircraft maintenance, engine maintenance, and spare parts planning.

Among the organizations he has or is currently consulting for are Accenture, Aspen Technology, Avon, Bell Atlantic, Chicago Pneumatic, Eaton-Aeroquip, General Electric, General Foods, General Motors, IBM, Logistics Management Institute, Rand Corporation, SAS Air Lines, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, Xelus and Xerox.

Dr. Muckstadt holds a B.A. in Mathematics from the University of Rochester and an M.A. in Mathematics and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Michigan.

jack@orie.cornell.edu
(607) 255-9213
www.orie.cornell.edu

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John A. Muckstadt, Ph.D.

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Dave Murray, Ph.D.

David Murray is an Assistant Professor at the College of William and Mary School of Business in Williamsburg, Virginia. He teaches Information Technology at the MBA and undergraduate levels. His research, teaching and consulting interests are focused on the role that information technology plays in manufacturing and logistics systems design and analysis. Special emphasis is on examining the ways that information technology can be used to improve value among firms in the extended supply chain.

Dr. Murray is an industry veteran with over 20 years of experience in the information systems and logistics fields. He has held senior positions within large organizations in systems programming, operations and systems development, marketing, and strategic planning. Dr. Murray has extensive experience in modeling, logistics system design and operation.

Professor Murray's consulting clients include Aspen Technology, Avon, Brazilian Railways, CANAC Consulting, Canadian National Railways, Eaton-Aeroquip, Indian Railways, the Kawloon Canton Railway, and The Commonwealth of Virginia. Dr. Murray holds a BSc. in Mathematics and an MBA from Concordia University in Montreal, and a Ph.D. in Computer Information Systems from the University of Michigan.

david.murray@business.wm.edu
(757) 221-1749
www.business.wm.edu

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Jim Rappold, Ph.D.

Jim Rappold is an Assistant Professor in the School
of Business and in the College of Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He teaches graduate courses in supply chain management, operations research, and manufacturing logistics. His research interests are in the development of mathematical decision models for the design, planning, and control of lean manufacturing and distribution systems.

Dr. Rappold has over 10 years of experience in the manufacturing, distribution, and information systems areas. He has served as a supply chain consultant for AMP Incorporated, Aspen Technology, Briggs & Stratton, Corning Glass Works, IBM Corporation, Novagen, Rockwell Automation, Sango Ceramics in Semarang, Indonesia, The Sony Corporation and Xelus Corporation.

Professor Rappold holds a B.S. in Industrial Management and Mathematics from Carnegie Mellon University and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering from Cornell University.

jrappold@bus.wisc.edu
(608) 262-0316
www.bus.wisc.edu

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Sophia Wang

An outstanding student and mathematician, Sophia has received numerous scholarships and academic awards, including Fellowships from Cornell, First Prize in the Tsinghua University Scholarship Competition and the Zhongwang Scholarship. Sophia was twice named the Outstanding Student of Tsinghua University, China's leading engineering school.

Sophia's areas of expertise include supply chain management; analyzing, modeling and optimizing complex systems under uncertainty; and production and inventory control.

Sophia joined Cayuga Partners in February, 2006. Among other projects, she developed simulation models for Sunoco Inc. that revealed significant opportunities for improvements in refinery production, distribution and shipping operations; her recommendations have realized millions of dollars in savings for Sunoco to date. Sophia also co-developed a series of mathematical optimization models to analyze Nissan's Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process. Her studies identified tens of millions of dollars in potential benefits to the company from an integrated pricing optimization strategy.

Most recently, Sophia collaborated with the Weill Medical College of Cornell University and the University of California at Davis on several projects, and developed mathematical and simulation models with quantitative analysis capabilities to help policy makers and medical practitioners improve the utilization of medical resources and the quality of patient care. She has developed facility simulation models in support of the TSA's Certified Cargo Screening Program (CCSP), and is currently supporting deployment of an innovative Geometric Process Control (GPC) based solution for Alarm Rationalization across ConocoPhillips' global refinery network.

At Cornell, Sophia served as a Teaching and Research Assistant to Dr. Muckstadt. Her research projects included models and algorithms for petroleum products distribution and pricing, fill rate analysis for service parts supply chains, and analyzing demand and inventory policies for General Motors.

Sophia's doctoral dissertation is entitled "Models and Algorithms for Pipeline Distribution Planning in Downstream Petroleum Supply Chains".

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Walt Beadling, Managing Partner

Walt Beadling is a supply chain industry veteran with nearly 30 years of executive experience. His expertise is in manufacturing and supply chain systems, including justification, design and implementation. Following 20 years in sales, industry marketing and consulting at IBM, Mr. Beadling joined Chesapeake Decision Sciences. Chesapeake was a pioneer in Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) systems. Following the acquisition of Chesapeake by Aspen Technology, Mr. Beadling established AspenTech’s strategic partner program, forging alliances with IBM, PwC and Accenture.

Mr. Beadling’s expertise has helped him build an impressive client roster, including Altria (Philip Morris), Bayer, BP, Bridgestone Firestone, DuPont, Exxon/Mobil, IBM Microelectronics, the Royal Dutch Shell Group and Sasol.

walt@cayugapartners.com
Ph: 908-281-6168

For more information, please call us at 908-281-6168 fax 908-874-5353, or email us at info@cayugapartners.com.

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