Dr. Alfonso Pedraza-Martinez is Associate Professor of Operations and Decision Technologies at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business, focusing on logistics, supply chain management, and humanitarian operations. He holds a Ph.D. in Management from INSEAD, Master’s Degrees in Management and Economics, and a Bachelor’s in Industrial Engineering. Dr. Pedraza-Martinez is the President of the College of Humanitarian Operations and Crisis Management with the Production and Operations Management Society. His award winning research on humanitarian operations management has informed the practice of logistics at the Red Cross Movement, World Food Programme, and World Vision International.

In this edition of CIBER Focus, Dr. Pedraza-Martinez will discuss recent events in disaster management, best practices in management and operations, and the best role you as an individual can play in helping with disasters.