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David J. Closs VITA May 1, 2012 College of Business Administration Department of Supply Chain Management N370 Business College Complex Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824 (517) 353-6381 FAX (517) 432-1112 PROFESSIONAL ORIENTATION Teaching interests are logistical supply chain management strategy, operations, analytical and information technology applications. Research interests include logistics strategy, supply chain management information technology and decision support applications, forecasting and inventory management policy and strategy and international logistics. EXPERIENCE 2007-Present Chairperson, Department of Supply Chain Management 2003-Present John H. McConnell Chaired Professor of Business Administration, Michigan State University 1999 – 2002 Eli Broad Professor of Logistics, Michigan State University 1992 - 1999 Professor of Marketing and Logistics at Michigan State. Summer 1998 Faculty internship with IBM Microelectronics Division to research issues and problems encountered when implementing integrated supply chain management decision support and enterprise resource planning system. 1988 - 1992 Associate Professor of Marketing and Logistics at Michigan State and Director of the Materials and Logistics Management Program. In addition to the day-to-day administration of the MLM Program, teaching activities, included logistics strategy, doctoral marketing research, logistics research, logistics policy, and marketing research. 1986 - 1987 President and CEO of Dialog Systems, Inc., an East Lansing based materials management consulting and software company. The company joined with the A.T. Kearney Management Consulting firm in 1988. The firm had 20 employees during the Closs tenure. Closs was on unpaid leave from Michigan State. 1985 - 1986 Associate Professor of Marketing and Logistics at Michigan State. 1978 - 1985 Assistant Professor of Marketing and Logistics, Michigan State University. 1975 -