Kevin Dooley

Kevin J. Dooley is a Distinguished Professor of Supply Chain Management at Arizona State University's W.P. Carey School of Business, where he also serves as Senior Sustainability Scientist in the Global Futures Laboratory. He holds affiliations with The Sustainability Consortium, Center for Biodiversity Outcomes, and Complex Adaptive Supply Networks Research Accelerator. His career spans over 35 years, including roles as Academic Director at The Sustainability Consortium and former CEO of Crawdad Technologies. Dooley earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois (1987).

Research focuses on sustainable supply chains, complex systems, and innovation management. He has published over 100 articles and led $50M in corporate-funded research. Notable contributions include developing sustainability measurement frameworks for consumer products and analyzing supply network modularity's environmental impacts.

Recent work emphasizes cross-sector collaboration, corruption risk in complex systems, and circular economy innovations. Awards include recognition as 8th most impactful business faculty (2010) and Scientific American's World Changing Ideas (2012). He advises Fortune 500 companies and serves on editorial boards for journals like Elementa and Journal of Supply Chain Management.