Supply Chain Management
Resume:
Tom Fangyun Tan
**** ****** **** ** *** Philadelphia, PA 19104 aboq9w@r.postjobfree.com (215)
EDUCATION: The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
**/*7 - current PhD candidate in Operations and Information Management, Expected May 2012
Dissertation advisor: Dr. Serguei Netessine
Wharton Doctoral Fellowship
09/0711/10 The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Master of Arts in Statistics
06/09 - 08/09INSEAD Fontainebleau, France
Wharton-INSEAD PhD Exchange Fellowship09/03 - 05/07 Columbia University New York, New York
Bachelor of Science in Operations Research with Economics and Applied Math minors, GPA
3.78/4
Fu Foundation Scholarship (awarded to two people annually), Tau Beta Pi (the Engineering
Honor Society)
06/05 - 07/05 Technische Universitat Munchen Munich, Germany
PRESENTATIONS: Is Tom Cruise threatened? An empirical study of the impact of product
variety on demand concentration.
INFORMS conference, Washington, D.C., 2008; INFORMS conference, San Diego, CA, 2009; ICIS
conference, Shanghai, China, 2011 (forthcoming).
When does the devil make work? A field study on the impact of workload on server s
performance.
INFORMS conference, Charlotte, NC, 2011 (forthcoming).
How long to squeeze that creative juice? An empirical study on movie production decisions
on financial
performance. POMS conference, Reno, NV, 2011; MSOM conference, Ann Arbor, MI, 2011;
Marketing
Science conference, Houston, TX, 2011.
TA EXPERIENCE: OPIM 101, Undergraduate Core of Operations Management
? Plan and conduct recitation sessions for undergraduate core classes every year,
coordinate a team of 20
TAs and handle logistics for 500 undergraduate students.
OPIM 621, Decision Models and Uncertainty (MBA Core course)
OPIM 631, Quality and Productivity (MBA and EMBA level)
OPIM 632, Supply Chain Management (MBA Core course)
OPIM/MKTG 655, Operations/Marketing Interface (MBA elective)
OPIM 650, Operational Performance (MBA elective)
PROJECTS: Performance-based Restaurant Server Scheduling
? Currently providing advice to a software company to optimize its product for scheduling
wait staff;
overseeing implementation of the optimization software in a restaurant chain.
Tom F. Tan Curriculum Vitae Page 1
EXPERIENCE:
Rodin College House, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
09/09 - presentGraduate Associate
? Plan and organize educational and recreational events twice a month.
? Mentor a floor of 33 undergraduate students every year on academic and personal issues.
? Lead the research committee to promote undergraduate research and invite one professor
every month to
talk with students about his/her research and research opportunities.
08/09 - 05/10Wharton Doctoral Council Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
PhD Student Representative
? Selected as one of the two student representatives who worked closely with the Vice
Dean of Wharton and
the PhD coordinators on planning and promoting the PhD program.
? Represented the Wharton doctoral students for two years to deliver a welcome speech to
all incoming
doctoral students during orientation.
06/07 - 08/07Banc of America Securities New York, New York
Equity Research Summer Analyst (Technology Group)
? Researched twelve IT Hardware companies, e.g., Apple, Dell and HP, worked with industry
team to draft
reports and successfully launch new coverage.
? Identified and evaluated an investment idea to buy Amphenol (APH) a mid-cap
manufacturer and
successfully pitched the recommendation to the sales and trading desks.
10/05 - 01/06German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) New York, New York
Director s Assistant
? Compared engineering academic programs between American and German universities and
evaluated
exchange program opportunities.
? Compiled research to help produce recommendation reports both in German and English;
report
presented to the Hessen Minister of Higher Education, Research and the Arts.
SKILLS & C, C++, FactSet, Matlab, MS Office, R, SQL, STATA, VBA
INTERESTS: Fluent in Mandarin and English, Proficient in German and French, Working
knowledge of Japanese
Airlines/aircraft, performing arts, maps, travel, museums, and volleyball (Wharton
Volleyball Club)
REFERENCES: Professor Gerard Cachon, Fred R. Sullivan Professor
The Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania
Tel: 215-***-****
Email: aboq9w@r.postjobfree.com
Professor Lorin Hitt, Class of 1942 Professor
The Wharton School of University Pennsylvania
Tel: 215-***-****
Email: aboq9w@r.postjobfree.com
Professor Serguei Netessine (advisor), The Timken Chaired Professor
INSEAD
Tel: +33 (0)1 60 72 92 25
Email: aboq9w@r.postjobfree.com
Professor Ward Whitt (undergraduate studies), Wai T. Chang Professor
Columbia University
Tel: 212-***-****
Email: aboq9w@r.postjobfree.com
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