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Yash Gupta

Dean, Marshall School of Business
and holder of the Robert R. Dockson Dean's Chair of Business Administration
University of Southern California

Yash Gupta became the dean of the Marshall School of Business and the holder of the Robert R. Dockson Dean's Chair of Business Administration on July 1, 2004. The USC Marshall School of Business, founded in 1920, is the oldest business school in Southern California.

Previously, he was the dean of the University of Washington Business School and the Kirby L. Cramer Chair in Business Administration, posts which he held from 1999 to 2004. Prior to his move to Seattle, he was the Dean of the University of Colorado Denver College of Business and Administration. During his seven years at UC-Denver, he turned a young, relatively unknown institution into Colorado's fastest growing business school with new programs, five new research centers, a new board of advisors, and a prominent reputation in the Denver business community.

Gupta was born in India but completed his schooling in both India and England. He received a master's degree in production management from Brunel University of West London and a Ph.D. in management sciences from the University of Bradford. After several years as a senior consultant with London-based Coopers & Lybrand, Gupta accepted a position as assistant professor at the University of New-foundland. Two years later and now an associate professor, he joined the actuarial and management sciences department at the University of Manitoba, where he became a department chair in 1984. In 1988 Gupta accepted a position as Frazier Family Professor at the University of Louisville School of Business and later became coordinator and senior research fellow for the UL's Telecommunications Research Center. He published so prodigiously; he was awarded the University of Louisville President's Award for Outstanding Scholarship, Research and Creative Activity in 1991. In 1994 and 1996 he was ranked in the U.S. as the most prolific scholar in the area of operations management.

The Dean's research interests focus on planning and control systems for advanced manufacturing systems, information systems strategies, and total quality management. He has had over 160 journal articles published internationally and serves as a reviewer and editorial board member for many of his field's leading journals.