CTSI-TTR and Kelley-Indianapolis
MBA Student Project Collaboration
Prof. Mohan V. Tatikonda
tatikond@iupui.edu
22 February 2012
Kelley-Indianapolis MBAs
Demographics
 Part-time graduate students (24-36 month MBA completion)
 Work full-time
 Late 20’s, 5 years+ work experience
 > 50% technical backgrounds
Management Consulting Projects
 3-6 month duration
 100 hours per student
 Typical 3 students per team
 Projects conducted Spring, Summer and Fall semesters
 Student-led, faculty-advised
Kelley-Indianapolis Faculty Advisors
Entrepreneurship
Prof. Todd Saxton
PhD, Indiana University
Assoc. Professor of Entrepreneurship
Indiana Venture Center Fellow
tsaxton@iupui.edu
Finance
Prof. Steve Jones
PhD, Purdue University
Assoc. Professor of Finance
Chair, Evening MBA Program
sljones@iupui.edu
Supply Chain/Operations
Prof. Mohan V. Tatikonda
PhD, Boston University
Professor of Operations Management
Dr. L.L. and Mary Louise Waters Fellow
tatikond@iupui.edu
Recent Life Sciences Consulting Projects
Conducted by Kelley-Indianapolis MBAs
Supply Chain/Operations
Entrepreneurship
 AIT Laboratories
 Clarian Health Ventures
 eCallDoc / Diagnotes
 Confluence Pharmaceuticals
 Eli Lilly
 FAST Biotech
 Endangered Species Chocolate
 ImmuneWorks
 Hologic, Suros Division
 Medical Animatics
 National Starch
 Nano-Rad
 NICO Neuro & Spine
 Run Clean/Davis Medical
 TriMedx/Ascension Health
 SonarMed
Spring 2012 Projects
National Gene Vector Biorepository
 Sponsor: Prof. Lilith Reeves
IU Vector Production Facility
 Sponsor: Prof. Ken Cornetta
Schedule
 Start mid-January
 Project Scope Definition concluded mid-February
 Students will present the scope definition process
 Final Complete Project Deliverables - May 2012
Thank you!
Now to the student presentations!