Rakesh Mallipeddi

Rakesh Mallipeddi is an Assistant Professor in the Operations and Analytics Department at the Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University. His research interests primarily lie in the areas of Online Social Networks, Technology Management, and Reputation. He primarily analyzes how firms can effectively manage innovation and technology, improve their service and marketing operations, and attract customers to their products and services.

Rakesh's research has been published in leading academic journals such as Management Science, Information Systems Research, Production and Operations Management, and Journal of Operations Management. His research received multiple awards including Elwood Buffa Doctoral Dissertation Award, IBM Service Science Best Student Paper Award, and Senator Gramm Award for Scholarly Excellence. He is on the editorial board at Decision Sciences Journal, and Production and Operations Management.

Rakesh is currently serving as an elected Vice President of Communications for the Production and Operations Management Society (POMS). He is also the social media coordinator for POMS. He served as program chair for the 2022 Annual POMS Conference and Vice President for Sponsorships for the 2021 and 2022 Annual POMS Conferences.

Rakesh previously served as an Assistant Professor in the Management Science area at the Freeman School of Business, Tulane University. He earned his Ph.D. in business administration (with a concentration in information and operations management) from Mays Business School, Texas A&M University. Prior to his academic career, Rakesh managed the operations of manufacturing companies.

Education

PhD., Business Administration, 2019, Mays Business School, Texas A&M University

Dissertation Chairs: Prof. Subodha Kumar and Prof. Chelliah Sriskandarajah

Dissertation Committee: Prof. Bala Shetty, Prof. Rogelio Oliva, Prof. Bruce McCarl, and Prof. Arvind Mahajan

M.S., Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2008, Oakland University

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 2005, The Ohio State University

Awards & Honors

Outstanding Service Recognition (Co-AVP Sponsorship), 2021; 31st Annual POMS Conference.

Elwood Buffa Doctoral Dissertation Award, 2020; Annual Conference of Decision Sciences Institute.

Finalist Best Dissertation Proposal Award, 2019; Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems, Santa Clara, California.

IBM Service Science Best Student Paper Award (Third Place); 2018 Annual INFORMS Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, November 2018.

Senator Phil Gramm Doctoral Fellowship Award for Scholarly Excellence in Research and Teaching; Texas A&M University, 2018

Outstanding Reviewer Recognition at Production and Operations Management Journal; Recognized at Production and Operations Management Conference, May 5, 2018

Best Paper Nomination for the INFORMS eBusiness Best Paper Award; 2017 Annual INFORMS Meeting, Houston, Texas, October 2017

Dean’s Award for Outstanding Research by a Doctoral Student; Mays Business School, Texas A&M University, 2017

Information and Operations Management Department Fellowship; Texas A&M University, 2014 - 2019

Mays PhD Enhancement Fellowship; Texas A&M University, 2014-2019

Research Travel Fellowship; Texas A&M University, 2014-2019

Travel Grant, Center for International Business Education and Research; Texas A&M University, 2015