Ivan Guardiola

Ivan Guardiola is Professor of Management and Department Chair of Business Administration, Computer Information Systems & Entrepreneurship at Fort Lewis College's School of Business Administration since 2021, with prior academic appointments at Missouri University of Science and Technology from 2008-2018 as Associate and Assistant Professor.

Education

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering, New Mexico State University, 2002
• M.S. in Industrial Engineering, New Mexico State University, 2003
• Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering, Texas Tech University, 2007

Research Interests

Dr. Guardiola specializes in quantitative management methodologies spanning Operations Research, Data Science, and Machine Learning with core expertise in optimization, stochastic modeling, and simulation. His work integrates predictive analytics and statistical modeling for complex systems, addressing scheduling challenges, heuristic development, and cross entropy applications in business and engineering contexts.

Research Grants

He has secured 12 major research grants from NSF, DoD, DoE, and industry partners:

• Open Educational Resources: Data Mining in Business (Fort Lewis College-OER Grant, 2020)
• Structural Dynamics Data Reduction Techniques and Machine Learning (US-DoE/Sandia Labs, 2018-2020)
• Identifying Sleepiness from Physiologic Measures (Missouri S&T, 2017-2018)
• IMS Membership: Wireless Ad Hoc Networking (AmpliSine Labs/NSF, 2014-2017)
• Development of a Bed Management “Control Tower” (U.S. VA, 2014-2015)
• Systems Engineering Fundamentals for Advanced Materials (SEAMI Aero/Italy, 2013)
• NSF-CELDi Knowledge Management System (NSF I/UCRC, 2012)
• Collaborative Research: Stochastic Challenge (NSF, 2011-2013)
• Agile Systems Engineering: Immersive Training (Stevens Institute, 2011-2012)
• Systems Engineering for Advanced Materials (SEAMI Aero/Italy, 2011)
• Malicious Device Identification (DoD/Leonard Wood Institute, 2010-2011)
• Agile Systems Engineering: Active Learning (Stevens Institute, 2010-2011)

Professional Activities

As founder of BIG Solutions LLC, he provides consulting in business optimization and data analysis. His teaching portfolio includes Business Statistics, Python Programming, Data Mining, and Spreadsheet Modeling across Fort Lewis College, Missouri S&T, and Texas Tech University.