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Michele Pfund is the Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs at the W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University (ASU), where she oversees a top-ranked program with over 15,000 students pursuing diverse business degrees. She holds a Clinical Professor title and has extensive leadership experience in academic management, including directing the undergraduate supply chain management program and the Online MBA program, both nationally ranked. Her career spans academia and industry, including roles as a development engineer at Roche Diagnostics and manufacturing engineer at Nellcor Puritan Bennett.
Education: PhD in Operations Management from ASU (2002), M.S. from Purdue University (1999), and B.S. from Case Western Reserve University (1993).
Research focuses on decision analysis, optimization, and simulation methodologies, particularly in supply chain management and manufacturing systems. She has authored/co-authored books like *Managing, Controlling, and Improving Quality* and contributed to journals such as *European Journal of Operational Research*. Her work emphasizes practical applications in scheduling, dispatching, and process improvement.
Honors include the Johnson & Johnson Standards of Leadership (2004), induction into Alpha Pi Mu and Omega Rho honor societies (2002), and the John W. Teets Teaching Award (2000). She serves as an editor for ORMS Tomorrow and has peer-reviewed for journals like *Computers and Industrial Engineering*.
Leadership and service: Over 25 years at ASU, managing undergraduate programs; previously, assistant director at Johnson & Johnson (2003–2004). Her expertise bridges academic research and industry practices in supply chain optimization and manufacturing systems.
Labs/Teams: Active in ASU’s business school initiatives, contributing to program development and curricular innovation in undergraduate education.
