Craig Piercy

Director, Master of Business and Technology Program - MIS at University of Georgia at Terry College of Business

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Dr. Piercy is a senior lecturer of MIS in the Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia (UGA) and the Director of the Master of Business and Technology program - Terry College's first online Masters program. He has also been serving as the Academic Advisor for the Southeast Region CUNA Management School since the summer of 2016.

He earned his Ph.D. in the Management and Decision Sciences at the Terry college of Business - University of Georgia. His primary research has been to improve decision making in the face of complex decisions involving multiple objectives.

Prior to his return to academia, Dr. Piercy worked as a process improvement engineer in the Textile manufacturing industry for Milliken and Company. His duties included the installation and maintenance of production and testing equipment. Large projects included an EDI initiative and an automatic conveyor and robotic packing system. He was his production facility's leader in implementing Milliken's TQM/SPC program which helped the company earn the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award in 1989.

Dr. Piercy is a co-author and contributor to 5 information systems and business textbooks and is a creator of online educational media. He has also worked as a process improvement engineer, consultant and systems developer. He has published papers in such journals as Decision Sciences, Computers & Operations Research and the European Journal of Operations Research. Dr. Piercy is also active in the online education community.

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