Ted Klastorin


Ted Klastorin
Burlington Northern/Burlington Resources Professor of Operations Management
University of Washington Foster School of Business
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 1973

Areas of Specialization:
Project Management, Operations and Service Delivery, Process Management, Supply Chain Coordination

Ted Klastorin serves as the Burlington Northern/Burlington Resources Professor of Operations Management at the University of Washington Foster School of Business. He teaches courses through the Evans School Cascade Executive Programs on project management, operations and service delivery, and process management. His current research includes the study of random disruptions on project and supply chain planning, new product development projects, and coordination issues in decentralized supply chains.

Klastorin previously taught at Wake Forest University’s Babcock Graduate School of Management in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Since coming to the University of Washington, he has served as the founding chair of the Management Science Department and a co-founder of the Program in Engineering and Manufacturing Management (PEMM), a joint program of the College of Engineering and Foster School.

Klastorin has consulted with many organizations, including Boeing, Starbucks, Paccar, and Microsoft. He is a member of INFORMS, MSOM Society, and IIE. He has also served on the editorial boards of Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (M&SOM) and IIE Transactions.

Klastorin holds a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin and a BS from Carnegie-Mellon University.

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