The UP Operations Management Association (UPOMA) held the annual “Helping Hands” event this past week on April 11 at University of Portland. Helping Hands is a program offered by corporate team building organization called Odyssey Teams, Inc. The goal is to build prosthetic hands for amputees in developing countries. UPOMA first began participating in this initiative in…Continue Reading Helping Hands Tradition at UP Continues
Tag: Operations and Technology Management
OTM Professor by Day, Musician by Night
Many of our students know the infamous Dr. Mitchell as the intelligent operations and technology management (OTM) professor. But what some of our business school community may not know is that Dr. Mitchell is also a talented musician! Dr. Mitchell has been playing with two groups for years, the Lake Oswego Millennium Dance Band (LOMDB)…Continue Reading OTM Professor by Day, Musician by Night
Symposium Success
Thank you corporate partners, board members, faculty, students, and business community for attending our annual 7th Annual Operations & Technology Management Symposium ~ a “Ports & Sports” showcase, this past October. View highlight here! Video Highlight Photo Gallery Symposium Photo Galley View Photo Gallery here >> https://windowsonlife.smugmug.com/Events/OTM-Symposium (Password: Wally) Thank you to Window on Life photography! Survey –…Continue Reading Symposium Success
Alumni Spotlight: Samuel Diedrick (MBA ’21)
Samuel Diedrick is an experienced operations and project management professional with a strong background in the maritime transportation industry, naval logistics and renewable energy. Sam graduated from the University of Portland Pamplin School of Business, December 2021, with a Master of Business Administration with a concentration in Operation and Technology Management. Sam was born and…Continue Reading Alumni Spotlight: Samuel Diedrick (MBA ’21)
Q&A with Dr. Eom
What do you teach (will teach for Summer)? I teach mostly OTM juniors, seniors, and MSOTM students in Database Management, Systems Analysis & Design, and Healthcare IT Management. I also teach Introduction to OTM for MBA and MSOTM students. During each summer, I teach Introduction to OTM and Healthcare IT Management. In all my courses,…Continue Reading Q&A with Dr. Eom
Q&A with Dr. Vemprala
What do you teach? The courses that I am now teaching are BUS 255, Introduction to Operations and Technology Management, and BUS 461/553, Introduction to R in Business. As part of my Ph.D. studies at the University of Texas in San Antonio, I taught Principles of Information Systems and Introduction to Java Programming. As a…Continue Reading Q&A with Dr. Vemprala