CONSTANTIN A. VAITSOS
Department of Information and Operations Management
Marshall School of Business
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California 90089-0809
(213) 740-7691
vaitsos@marshall.usc.edu
Education
Ph.D. in Operations Management
Graduate School of Business, The University of Texas at Austin
1989-1995
M.Sc. in Engineering-Economic Systems
School of Engineering, Stanford University
1986-1987
B.S. in Computer Engineering and Information Sciences
School of Engineering, University of Patras, Greece
1980-1985
Dissertation Technology Choice and Adoption in the Presence of Uncertainties in Product
Life-Cycles and Technological Advancements. (Advisor: Dr. Devanath Tirupati)
Experience Associate Professor of Clinical, University of Southern California
BUAD 311: Operations Management
BUAD 311 DL: Operations Management (web-based)
BUAD 311T: Operations Management for Accountants
BUAD 491: Honors Seminar
IOM 483: Operations Consulting
IOM 427 & 547: Designing Spreadsheet-based Business Models
Adjunct Professor, St. Edward's University, Austin, Texas
BBA Course: Probability and Statistics, Spring 1994.
1995-present
1994
Assistant Instructor, The University of Texas at Austin
1992-1993
MAN 335: Operations Management, Fall 1992, Spring 1993 and Fall 1993.
Had sole responsibility for developing the course, teaching and evaluating students.
Teaching Assistant, The University of Texas at Austin
1989-1991&1994-1995
Responsible for conducting review sessions, answering questions and grading
cases and exams for the MBA core course in Operations Management.
Research Assistant, The University of Texas at Austin
1991-1992
Developed algorithms for performance evaluation of manufacturing queueing
networks with batch arrivals. Research funded by Texas Instruments, Dallas, Texas.
Research Assistant, The University of Texas at Austin
Analyzed the interface between accounting and MRP systems.
Research supported by National Instruments, Austin, Texas.
1993-1994
Researcher, Center for Productivity Enhancement, Lowell, Mass.
1987-1988
Designed control processes for industrial robots and implemented software support.
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Honors
Nominated for the Teaching Has No Boundaries Award, 2003.
Golden Apple Teaching Award (megasection) 2002.
Gamma Sigma Alpha Professor of the Year 2001.
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award in the Graduate School of Business of The
University of Texas at Austin, Spring 1994.
Nominated for the Texas Excellence in Teaching and Advising Award, 1992.
Teaching
Interests
Operations Management, Technology Management, Operations Consulting,
International Operations Management, Theory and Design of Operational Systems
Research
Interests
Operations Management: Technology Acquisition, International Operations,
Process and Product Mix Flexibility, Design of Production Networks
Research
Work
Tirupati, D. and C. Vaitsos (1997). Technology Choice and the Product Life-Cycle:
Identifying the Optimal Process Mix, Working Paper
Tirupati, D. and C. Vaitsos (1997). Technology Choice and Market Entry/Exit
Decisions: Valuation of Flexible Technology and Product Mix Flexibility,
Working Paper
Kouvelis, P., G. Gutierrez, and C. Vaitsos (1997). Parkinson's Law and the
Rational Subcontractor: The Effects of Penalty and Reward Structures on Task
Completion Times, Working Paper
Vaitsos, C. and R. Freund (1997). Technology Transfer: The Value of a Process
Development Center, Working Paper
Vaitsos, C. and D. Tirupati (1998). Performance Evaluation of Manufacturing
Queueing Networks with Batch Processing, Working Paper
Vaitsos, C. and B. Mishra (1998). Managing Information Asymmetries in New
Technology Acquisition, Working Paper
Vaitsos, C. (1995). Modeling Exchange Rate Uncertainty, Research Note
Vaitsos, C. (1996). Valuation of Flexible Investments, Technical Report
Presentations Vaitsos, C. and D. Tirupati (1993). Technology Choice and Adoption in the
Presence of Uncertainties in Product Life-Cycles and Technological
Advancements. ORSA/TIMS Conference, Phoenix, Arizona
Vaitsos, C. (1998). Modeling and Evaluation of Multiple International Sourcing
Agreements using Option Pricing Techniques. INFORMS Conference, Montreal,
Canada. Invited presentation.
Vaitsos, C. (1998). Technology Transfer: The Value of the Process Technology
Development Center. INFORMS Conference, Seattle, Washington
Professional Referee, Management Science, Production and Operations Management, Annals of
Activities
Operations Research, Decision Sciences, European Journal of Operational Research
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Invited Participant, 1993 DSI Doctoral Student Consortium, 1994 POMS
Doctoral Student Consortium
Session Chair, 1998 INFORMS Conference, Seattle, Washington, 1998 DSI
Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada
Member, The Institute of Management Science, Production and Operations
Management Society, Decision Sciences Institute, APICS
Committee Member, USC Student Behavior Appeals Panel (invitation by the USC
Vice Provost for Academic Programs)
Fall 2004-Spring 2007
Undergraduate Operations Management Advisor,
1996-present
Cohort Advisor for the F-08 class,
Fall 2004-Spring 2005
Cohort Advisor for the transfer cohort,
Fall 2006-Spring 2008
Faculty Advisor, Operations Management Association
Fall 2000-Spring 2003
Faculty Advisor, Student Consulting Association
Fall 2005-present
Faculty Advisor, Distribution Management Association
Spring 2003-present
Faculty Advisor, Trojan Investment Society
Fall 1999-Spring 2004
Faculty Advisor, Armenian Student Association
Fall 1999-Spring 2001
Marshall School of Business, USC
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