Liwen Chen PhD Candidate in Supply Chain & Operations Management (SCOM) Supply Chain Management Center of Excellence (SCMC) Department of Information, Risk, and Operations Management (IROM) McCombs School of Business The University of Texas at Austin

     

EDUCATION

09/2004 - Present

The University of Texas at Austin

PhD in Supply Chain & Operations Management in the McCombs School of Business

Minor Fields: Economics and Operations Research

Dissertation: Essays on Impact of Vertically Differentiated Products on Supply Chain Performance

Advisors: Dr. Stephen M. Gilbert and Dr. Genaro J. Gutierrez

 

10/1996 - 12/1999

The National University of Singapore

M. S. in Computer Science

 

09/1992 - 07/1996

Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

B.S. in Applied Mathematics

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

04/2007
Consulting project: Cost and Benefit Comparison for Proposed CREZ Transmission Solution for ERCOT
Advisor: Dr. Jim Dyer. Teammate: Sean Heinroth

09/2005 - 12/2005
UT-Chevron MBA Operations Practicum Project: Managing Operational and Financial Risk Exposure in Energy Contracting
Advisor: Dr. Stephen M. Gilbert. Teammates: Brian Melinat and Vikas Shah

06/2001 - 08/2004 Co-Founder and Chief Java Architect
Beijing Lyang Technology Co. Ltd., Beijing, China

05/2000 - 05/2001 Project Leader and Systems Analyst
Abacus International, Singapore