Thomas A. Williams is Professor Emeritus of Management Science in the College of Business at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). Born in Elmira, New York, he earned his BS degree at Clarkson University. He did his graduate work at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where he received his MS and PhD degrees. Before joining the College of Business at RIT, Professor Williams served for seven years as a faculty member in the College of Business Administration at the University of Cincinnati, where he developed the first undergraduate programme in Information Systems. At RIT he was the first chair of the Decision Sciences Department. He teaches courses in management science and statistics, as well as graduate courses in regression and decision analysis. Professor Williams is the co-author of 11 textbooks in the areas of management science, statistics, production and operations management and mathematics. He has been a consultant for numerous Fortune 500 companies and has worked on projects ranging from the use of elementary data analysis to the development of large-scale regression models. Jim Freeman was formerly Senior Lecturer in Statistics and Operational Research at Alliance Manchester Business School (AMBS), United Kingdom. He was born in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire. After taking a first degree in Pure Mathematics at UCW Aberystwyth, he went on to receive MSc and PhD degrees in Applied Statistics from Bath and Salford universities respectively. In 1992/3 he was Visiting Professor at the University of Alberta. Before joining AMBS, he was Statistician at the Distributive Industries Training Board - and prior to that - the Universities Central Council on Admissions. He has taught undergraduate and postgraduate courses in business statistics and operational research courses to students from a wide range of management and engineering backgrounds. Until 2017 he taught the statistical core course on AMBS's Business Analytics master's programme - since rated top in Europe and sixth in the world. For many years he was also responsible for providing introductory statistics courses to staff and research students at the University of Manchester's Staff Teaching Workshop. Through his gaming and simulation interests he has been involved in a significant number of external consultancy and grant-aided projects. More recently he received significant government ('KTP') funding for research in the area of risk management. Between July 2008 and December 2014 he was Editor of the Operational Research Society's OR Insight journal and is currently Editor of the Tewkesbury Historical Society Bulletin. In November 2012 he received the Outstanding Achievement Award at the Decision Sciences Institutes 43rd Annual Meeting in San Francisco. In 2018 he was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by the University of Manchester. Eddie Shoesmith is a Fellow of the University of Buckingham, UK, where he was formerly Senior Lecturer in Statistics and Programme Director for undergraduate business and management programmes in the School of Business. He was born in Barnsley, Yorkshire. He was awarded an MA (Natural Sciences) at the University of Cambridge and a BPhil (Economics and Statistics) at the University of York. Prior to taking an academic post at Buckingham, he worked for the UK Government Statistical Service (now the UK Office for National Statistics), in the Cabinet Office, for the London Borough of Hammersmith and for the London Borough of Haringey. At Buckingham, before joining the School of Business, he held posts as Dean of Sciences and Head of Psychology. He has taught introductory and intermediate-level applied statistics courses to undergraduate and postgraduate student groups in a wide range of disciplines: business and management, economics, accounting, psychology, biology and social sciences. He has also taught statistics to social and political sciences undergraduates at the University of Cambridge.. David R. Anderson is Professor Emeritus of Quantitative Analysis in the College of Business Administration at the University of Cincinnati. Born in Grand Forks, North Dakota, he earned his BS, MS and PhD degrees from Purdue University. Professor Anderson has served as Head of the Department of Quantitative Analysis and Operations Management and as Associate Dean of the College of Business Administration. In addition, he was the coordinator of the college's first executive programme. At the University of Cincinnati, Dr Anderson has taught graduate-level courses in regression analysis, multivariate analysis and management science. He also has taught statistical courses at the Department of Labor in Washington, DC. Professor Anderson has been honoured with nominations and awards for excellence in teaching and excellence in service to student organizations. He has co-authored ten textbooks in the areas of statistics, management science, linear programming, and production and operations management. He is an active consultant in the field of sampling and statistical methods Dennis J. Sweeney is Professor of Quantitative Analysis and founder of the Center for Productivity Improvement at the University of Cincinnati. He has published more than 30 articles in the area of management science and statistics. The National Science Foundation, IBM, Procter & Gamble, Federated Department Stores, Kroger and Cincinnati Gas & Electric have funded his research, which has been published in Management Science, Operations Research, Mathematical Programming, Decision Sciences and other journals. Professor Sweeney has co-authored ten textbooks in the areas of statistics, management science, linear programming and production and operations management.
