Dr. David Dreyfus is an Assistant Professor in the Supply Chain Management Department of Rutgers Business School where he teaches courses in Demand Planning and Lean Process Improvement. His research focus is on healthcare operations, waste, teams, disruptions, and risk. He holds a PhD from Michigan State University, an MBA from University of South Carolina, and a Bachelor degree from the University of Colorado. As an academic, he has sat in on more than 100 surgeries in the operating rooms of a major teaching hospital, published in the journal of Operations Management Research, presented his research at many academic and practitioner conferences. Prior to his doctoral studies, he worked in a healthcare clinic, performed a process improvement project in a major emergency room department, and worked within the Business Intelligence department of Volvo Construction Equipment, N.A. David is Six Sigma Green Belt and APICS certified.