Christopher J. Solo

Christopher J. Solo is an Associate Clinical Professor of Supply Chain Management and Faculty Director of the Sapphire Leadership Academic Program at the Smeal College of Business, Penn State. He also serves as Program Director. Previously, he spent 21 years in the U.S. Air Force, retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel, with roles in intelligence, acquisition program management, and operations research. He taught at the U.S. Air Force Academy, focusing on probability/statistics, optimization, and simulation.

• Education:
• PhD, Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Penn State (2009)
• MS, Operations Research, USAF Institute of Technology (2004)
• BS, Mathematics, Penn State (1994)

His expertise spans operations research methodologies applied to supply chain systems. Research interests include probabilistic modeling, decision analysis, and queueing theory. He actively contributes to academic leadership through the Sapphire program.

No specific grants, awards, or publications are listed in the provided materials.