David Juran

Biography

David Juran holds faculty appointments at New York University Stern School of Business (Information, Operations & Management Sciences department), Columbia's Graduate School of Business (Decision, Risk, and Operations division), and Cornell's Johnson Graduate School of Management (Executive M.B.A. program). His research on the modeling of human factors in productive systems and the management of quality has appeared in Management Science, Journal of Operations Management, and other journals.

Professor Juran teaches M.B.A. courses in Managerial Statistics, Decision Models, Applied Regression Analysis, Operations Management and Quality Management. He is a winner of Columbia's Robert W. Lear Award, Columbia's Margaret Chandler Memorial Award for Commitment to Excellence, the Columbia Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence in a Core Course and Cornell's E.M.B.A. Globe Award for Teaching Excellence.

Professor Juran's academic interests are informed by extensive industrial and corporate experience at Pepperidge Farm, Spaulding Company and Juran Institute, as well as his experience as an independent management consultant for organizations such as Johnson & Johnson, Kelly Services, Pfizer, Walker Digital, Carl Zeiss, The Leasing Exchange, Novantas, MTV Networks and MarketBridge.

Professor Juran earned his Ph.D. at Cornell, concentrating in the fields of Operations Management, Operations Research and Organizational Behavior.

Courses Taught

• Decision Models
• Managerial Statistics
• Operations Management
• Quality Management

Academic Background

Ph.D., Operations Management, Operations Research and Org
Cornell University