Michael Prokle

Michael Prokle leads Supply Chain Data Science at Fortune Brands GPG. He is responsible for developing and implementing a clear vision and strategy to employ supply chain data science to improve customer experience, costs, and inventory productivity for GPG Brands. In his role, he solves difficult non-routine problems and develops end-to-end data science solutions to elevate Supply Chain’s advanced analytics capabilities.

Prior to joining to Fortune Brands GPG, Mr. Prokle worked as data scientist at Philips Research in Cambridge, MA. In this role, he developed innovative systems, tools and applications that tackle the most pressing challenges in clinical operations and population health management. In addition, Mr. Prokle taught at Northeastern University in the Analytics and Enterprise Intelligence program.

Mr. Prokle graduated with a BS and MS in Business Engineering from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, and holds an MS and a PhD in Industrial Engineering & Operations Research from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He also studied Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden.

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) University of Massachusetts Amherst
• B.S. & M.S.-MBA Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
• Master of Science (M.S.) University of Massachusetts Amherst
• Certificate Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Exchange KTH Royal Institute of Technology
• Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) (2014 — 2014)

Companies

• Senior Supply Chain Data Scientist, Supply Chain Center of Excellence Fortune Brands Global Plumbing Group (2018)
• Lecturer, Analytics & Enterprise Intelligence Northeastern University (2018 — 2019)
• Data Scientist Philips (2017 — 2018)
• Supply Chain Management Researcher Center for e-Design, Artaic Innovative Mosaic (2014 — 2017)
• Supply Chain Management Researcher University of Massachusetts Amherst (2014 — 2017)
• PhD Data Science Intern McKesson (2016 — 2016)
• Consultant - Volunteer Consulting Group MIT Sloan School of Management (2016 — 2016)
• Supply Chain Management Researcher Pratt & Whitney (2012 — 2014)
• Co-Instructor University of Massachusetts Amherst (2012 — 2014)