Giri Kumar Tayi from Management Science and Information Systems at the School of Business at the State University of New York at Albany has been a member of the GSBA SUNY Dual Degree MBA Faculty for some years. He obtained his Ph.D. from Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA. His teaching and research interests are interdisciplinary and cover the fields of Information Systems and Technology, Service and Operations Management, Supply Chain Management and Operations Research.

He has published over 30 scholarly papers in academic and refereed journals and has been the guest editor of several journal special issues on topics such as Data Quality, Operations Management and Communication Networks: Design and Management. He has conducted and participated in a variety of Executive Development Programs in the United States, Middle East, Europe, Africa, Argentina and India for managers in the private sector, non-profit organizations and government agencies. He has conducted several Information Systems and Operations Management projects for business and governmental organizations.