Richard Kilgore

Richard Kilgore serves as a Lecturer in the Management and Business Administration department at Maryville University's John E. Simon School of Business, where he has taught since 2006. He advises students and instructs courses including Business Statistics (ISYS 241), Project Management (BUS 440), Operations Management (BUS 314), Supply Chain Management (BUS 465), Business Policies Capstone (BUS 491), Database Design (ISYS 307), Information Technology Concepts (ISYS 250), Java Programming (ISYS 307), and Agile Systems Analysis (ISYS 620).

With over 20 years of industrial consulting experience preceding his academic role, Kilgore specializes in developing process simulation models and statistical tools for business optimization. His work pioneers data analytics applications through capacity planning models, supply chain forecasting systems, and production/service process simulations for clients like British Aerospace, Fujitsu, BJC Hospitals, Alcoa, Anheuser-Busch, and Boeing. He focuses on transforming corporate data into decision-making frameworks using quantitative modeling techniques.

Kilgore advises undergraduate and graduate students in management programs while maintaining active industry consulting. His current technical work involves creating custom simulation software, statistical modeling tools, and database/spreadsheet integrations for industrial applications, with Microsoft Excel remaining his preferred analytics platform despite expertise in Java and C# development.

He co-developed industrial simulation software products and operates his own consulting firm, continuing hands-on work in process optimization tools without directing a formal university research lab.