Operations
& Supply Chain Management

Professors

Gyusuk Lee

Gyusuk Lee is an Assistant Professor of Operations Management at IE Business School. His research primarily focuses on understanding complex supply chain relationships and structures. To this end, Gyusuk investigates how different structural positions and network structures are associated with various performance and risk measures.

Gyusuk uses various empirical methodologies for his research. He presented his research at major international conferences (INFORMS, POMS, DSI), and his work has been published or under review in operations and supply chain management journals.

Gamaliel Martínez Muñoz

Professor Gamaliel Martínez has 30 years of teaching and consulting experience. He has worked on the application of advanced information technology at production plant level, and has participated in projects of energy use improvement, waste management, reengineering and implementation of information systems in chemical, food and manufacturing companies. From 2005 to 2014 he occupied different managerial positions at IE Business School. Before that, he worked as a professor in the Technical University of Madrid and the State University of Navarra and as a consultant.

Antonio Zabaleta Moreno

Professor Zabaleta is a professional and a researcher in the financial services area with 20 years of experience in international banking. Executive MBA at IE Business School. Professor at IE Business School. Researcher on Business Process Management (Lean and Six Sigma). Masters in research and PhD in Business at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. In the professional field, he is a Senior Manager, specialized in projects of different fields: Digital Banking, Innovation, Organization, Business Process Engineering, Operations, Efficiency; managing projects in the Financial Industry within an international scope (Spain, Mexico, South and Central America, United States, Turkey).

Luis Vivanco

Luis Vivanco is an Adjunct Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management and of Data Analytics for Decision Making at IE Business School.

Luis main academic interest is the use of data analytics and Internet of Things as means of improving operational excellence and helping manufacturing companies migrate to product-service bundles. He has written more than 15 cases on operations but also in strategy and change management. Co-authored the book “The Value Chain Shift: Seven Future Challenges Facing Top Executives” with foreword by Mark Foster, former CEO of Accenture Consulting.

Sara Flores Zúñiga

Sara Flores is Adjunct Professor of Operations Management at IE University.  Her academic experience includes several years of teaching Industrial Engineering students at the undergraduate level. She was adjunct professor at an international business school in Madrid where she taught Operations Management at the MBA level. In her professional career, she had the opportunity to launch and manage a small business in Madrid.

Anand Bhatia

Anand Bhatia is an Assistant Professor of Operations Management at IE Business School. His research focuses on operational improvements in the healthcare sector. He is particularly passionate about examining operation management strategies to increase availability, affordability, and accessibility of health care service deliver. In addition, he teaches Operations Management and Supply Chain Management courses for the BBA programs.

José Luis Giménez Rigol

José Luis Giménez has collected, through 44 years of professional practice, an interesting experience in both, academic and professional fields. From 1975 to 1984 he worked as a Consultant Engineer at INELECTRA, one of the main consulting firms in Venezuela. In 1985, he began to work as a free-lance consultant, sharing this activity with academic responsibilities at Universidad Metropolitana (UNIMET) and Universidad Simón Bolívar (USB). During this time, he participated in diagnostics, studies and projects related to telecommunications, rapid transit and manufacturing firms.

Roberto Mariano Alvarez Bucholska

Roberto Alvarez Bucholska is Associate Director of IE Publishing and High Impact Online Programs at IE University, where he leads the publication of paper-based and interactive e-learning materials as well as the management of the relations with other schools, universities and firms. The materials include tutorials, management simulations, interactive case studies and gamified learning experiences.

Felipe Quintana Navarro

Felipe Quintana is an industrial engineer from the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and holds an MBA from IE Business School. He has 20 years of professional experience working in multinational companies (LVMH and Bosch) or SMEs (Aguas Minerales de Firgas). Since 2005, he works as professor at IE Business School and IE University, teaching subjects such as Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, Lean Thinking, Customer Experience Management and Sustainability through Supply Chain Management.