DAELP Core Faculty
Faculty Members
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Dr. Peter Brews
Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
Information and technology management professor Peter Brews is studying the structure and evolution of the global economy, and how the twin shocks of globalization and the Internet and IT are changing corporate practice, productivity and competitiveness.
His academic research has centered on mergers and acquisitions and strategy formation at the firm level. He is currently pioneering research into "Internet Generation Companies" and post-industrial competition. He also has written or supervised the writing of a number of cases in strategy, corporate finance, and most recently, international and post-industrial business.
An award-winning teacher, Dr. Brews teaches courses in international management, strategic IT management and corporate strategy. He also consults internationally in these fields and has worked with Progress Energy, Siemens AG, Lucent Technologies Asia/Pacific (H.K.) Ltd., The Mandarin Hotel Group of Hong Kong, Ford Motor Company, LG of South Korea, Barclays Bank PLC and the Rank Organization.
He worked in investment/merchant banking in Johannesburg for four years before he joined the faculty of the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, where he taught corporate law, finance, economics and strategic management.
He received PhDs from the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Witwatersrand, an MSIA from Purdue University, and an LLB and Bcomm from the University of Witwatersrand. -
Dr. Rick Gilkey
Associate Professor, Goizueta Business School and School of Medicine, Emory University
Professor Gilkey holds a joint appointment at Emory University, where he serves on the faculty of the Goizueta Business School as associate professor in the practice of organization and management, and the School of Medicine, where he is an associate professor of psychiatry. He is the recipient of the university's highest teaching honor, the Emory Williams Award. He also serves on the faculty of Duke Corporate Education.
His publications include: Executive Coaching (co-authored with Randall White, Ph.D.);
Joining Forces: Creating and Managing Successful Mergers and Acquisitions; Organizations on the Couch: Psychoanalytic Approaches to Understanding organizational Dynamics (contributing author); The Agile Organization (contributing author); The 21st Century Healthcare Leader (editor).Dr. Gilkey has a Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1977; an A.M., University of Michigan, 1973: a M.Div., Harvard University, 1971; and a B.A., cum laude, Western Michigan University, 1968.
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Dr. Wendell Gilland
Associate Professor of Operations, Technology and Innovation Management, Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Dr. Gilland teaches courses in the undergraduate, MBA, and Ph.D programs, covering the core concepts of operations and supply chain management, as well as special topics including response time management and models used to guide supply chain decision making. He received both his MBA and Ph.D from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business and holds an A.B. from Harvard University.
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Mr. Rick Grandinetti
Founder & CEO, Vision Planning, Inc.
Mr. Grandinetti founded VisionPlanning, Incorporated in 1989. Since entering the consulting and educational field, he has authored one book and is currently writing his second. Mr. Grandinetti has designed, produced, coordinated, and conducted over 4,800 seminars and key-note speeches throughout North America. He is the author of more than 30 various educational programs currently utilized by numerous organizations throughout the United States.
Skilled at reforming company cultures, VisionPlanning analyzes and develops effective measures that result in improved performance and increased productivity, leading to an increase in bottom-line profits.
VisionPlanning has consulted with numerous elite organizations including:•U.S. Army Quartermasters
•The Surgeon General’s Conference
•A portion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
•United Airlines
•Atlantic Coast Airlines
•Delta Airlines
•Glaxo SmithKline
•Roche Laboratories
•Qwest Communications
•Andersen Windows
•PBS
•Ericsson
•Native American Tribal Council and CasinosMr. Grandinetti personally created and implemented the company-wide educational program for the building material supplier who is number one in sales dollars, per employee, world-wide. This educational program remains the core of their educational initiative today.
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John Gumbel
Depot Partnering Lead, Integrated Logistic Manager, Eastern Regional Support Center, Boeing Company
Since August of 2005, John Gumbel has been Naval Integrated Logistics’ partnering lead for the Navy’s Aviation Depots and manager of Boeing’s Eastern Regional Support Center located in Havelock, NC.John became the government depot partnering lead for all of Integrated Logistics (Army, Navy and Air Force) beginning in 2007.
The mission of the Eastern Regional Support Center is to help the programs support the fleet by efficiently sustaining their platforms, to maintain current business and grow future business. The support center increases Boeing’s presence in the customer’s location and creates a regional orientation towards support, customer relationships, and supplier relationships, especially with the Navy’s Fleet Readiness Centers in their capacity as service providers to Boeing under commercial services agreements.
A native of California, John received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from UCLA in 1977 and his Master of Science degree in Defense Systems Analysis from the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA in 1987. He is also a 1998 distinguished graduate of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces with a Master of Science in National Resource Strategy and a graduate of the Program Managers Course at Defense Systems Management College, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.
Commissioned in the Marine Corps via NROTC, John began his Marine Corps career as an aviation supply officer with Marine Air Groups 12 and 15 in Iwakuni, Japan and as the embarkation officer for the 31st Marine Amphibious Unit afloat in the Western Pacific. After that initial tour, John switched specialties and was designated a Naval Flight Officer. Following Electronic Warfare training at Mather AFB and NAS Whidbey Island he was designated an Electronic Countermeasures Officer (ECMO) in the EA-6B aircraft. He reported to Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 2 (VMAQ-2) in June 1981 where he served as an ECMO and a maintenance officer. He deployed twice to the Western Pacific and aboard the USS Saratoga in the Mediterranean before transferring to the Naval Postgraduate School in 1985. He served his postgraduate payback tour as the Reserve Enlisted Manpower Analyst at HQMC from 1987 to 1990. Following Aviation Maintenance Officer School and refresher training in the EA-6B, John reported to VMAQ-2 in January 1991 in Shaik Isa, Bahrain, for service during the Gulf War. He served as the maintenance officer for VMAQ-2 after their return to the U.S. and as the Executive Officer of VMAQ-1, deploying to the Western Pacific with VMAQ-1. John transferred to the Naval Air Systems Command in June 1994 where he served as the EA-6B Class Desk (systems engineer) until July 1997. He attended the Industrial College of the Armed Forces during the 1997-98 class year and reported to the Joint Staff in June 1998. During his two-year joint tour, John worked in J-39, Information Operations, where he focused on Electronic Warfare and special access program issues. From June 2000 to June 2001, John was the Military Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition. John became the Executive Officer of Naval Air Depot Cherry Point, NC in July 2001 and the Commanding Officer in July 2003, leading NADEP Cherry Point until June 2005. The depot is responsible for providing maintenance, engineering and logistics support on a variety of military aircraft, engines and components. Employing 4,000 personnel on an annual budget of approximately $800M, the facility is North Carolina’s largest industrial employer east of I-95.
John transitioned to civilian life following his tour at NADEP Cherry Point and began working for The Boeing Company in August 2005.
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Mr. Steve Haynes
Adjunct Professor of Management and Supply Chain, North Carolina State University
Professor Haynes is the former Vice-President of Global Supply Chain for Nortel Networks, Inc. and a graduate of the supply chain program at Cranfield University, UK. At Nortel, Mr. Haynes led the complete re-structuring of the logistics function for this international telecommunications firm. He is the recipient of N.C. State’s College of Management “best instructor” award and a key LOGTECH faculty resource.
Steve Haynes business career has been in the Automotive, Computer and Telecommunications Industries. He has worked in all areas of Supply Chain Management including Purchasing, Manufacturing, Logistics and Customer Service.
Mr. Haynes joined Nortel Networks in 1990 to lead the reconfiguration of Logistics in Europe. Success in this transformation expanded the role to embrace Logistics & Customer Service process and organization re-design for Europe / Asia.
In 1997, Mr. Haynes was promoted with Nortel Networks and moved to North America as Vice President of Global Logistics. In this position he built and managed a Logistics organization partnering with other internal and external Supply Chain Groups to establish a superior Logistics capability with global reach. -
Don Linsenmann
Vice President - Business Process Excellence, Corporate Six Sigma Champion, DuPont Company
As vice president – business process excellence and corporate Six Sigma champion, Don has global responsibility for the deployment of Six Sigma into all of the DuPont businesses. DuPont started their Six Sigma journey, corporately, in 1999 and Don is the first and only Champion for the Corporation. He led the development of Six Sigma from a cost reduction program, through a productivity effort, evolving to a top line growth strategy, to finally a business improvement process. DuPont has validated over $5 billion in Six Sigma benefits from this initiative. Prior to his current appointment in 1999, Don had several business responsibilities at DuPont. He led the Industrial Nylon business during a time of transformation to a truly global enterprise. He was then appointed the Managing Director of European Lycra®, and ran that business while living in Geneva, Switzerland. Subsequently, he was CEO of two wholly owned subsidiary companies of DuPont. Don came to DuPont in 1984 with the acquisition of Exxon Enterprise Materials Division, where he was the leader of a high tech materials business. In 2006, Don co-authored a book entitled : The Six Sigma Fieldbook, How DuPont Successfully Implemented the Six Sigma Breakthrough Management Strategy. He has been an industry spokesperson regarding Six Sigma having keynoted several international conferences.
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Dr. Hugh O'Neill
Associate Dean, EMBA Programs, Professor of Management Strategy Kenan Flagler Business School
Hugh O'Neill is a strategic management professor and associate dean of Executive Evening and Weekend MBA Programs.
His research interests include turnaround strategies, corporate governance, mergers, entrepreneurship in emerging and recovering economies and managerial decision making.
He teaches courses and programs in quality management, corporate transformation and strategic management. He also has delivered executive programs for companies such as Wachovia Corporation, W.C. Bradley, Quintiles Transnational Corp., the U.S. Postal Service, U.S. Navy and U.S. Marines Corps.
Prior to joining UNC Kenan-Flagler, he served as founding director of the Wolff Family Program in entrepreneurship at the University of Connecticut. He was the founding director of the regional office of the Connecticut Small Business Development Center.
He received his PhD from the University of Massachusetts, his MS from Polytechnic Institute of New York and his BA from Syracuse University.
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Dr. Al Segars
RBC Centura Distinguished Professor and Director, Center for Sustainable Enterprise; Chair of Entrepreneurship, Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Albert H. Segars is a faculty member, Professor and Chair of the Department of Information Technology and E-Commerce, a Sarah Graham Kenan Distinguished Scholar and Director of the Institute for Technology and Strategic Change at the Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Segars is an invited speaker and lecturer on the topics of E-commerce, Strategic IT Management, and Technology Forecasting for numerous corporate and academic engagements world-wide. He has provided expert analysis and interviews in media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, CNN/fn, CIO Magazine, National Public Radio, The Financial Times, as well as numerous regional newspapers and trade journals.
Dr. Segars is recognized by Business Week Magazine as a top graduate business school educator in the field of Strategic IT Management. He is also recognized by CIO Magazine as a leading educator among business executives in the areas of IT Strategy, E-Commerce, and Knowledge Management. Dr. Segars was recently named a Research Fellow by IBM in recognition of his cutting edge and relevant research in the area of IT strategy.
His research on Process Transformation and Innovation at the Bose Corporation was the winner of the Society of Information Management’s (SIM) best paper award. Current research by Dr. Segars in the area of Electronic Commerce and Global Supply Chain Management is funded by the Carnegie Bosch Institute as well as by Accenture and IBM. He is a consultant to numerous corporations and Federal Agencies including Siemens, Cisco, Dell, Microsoft, Disney, Nortel Networks and DARPA. Dr. Segars is also a key faculty member of the Center of Excellence in Logistics and Technology (LOGTECH) program at UNC.
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Dr. Paul Stanfield
Chairperson and Professor of Industrial Engineering, North Carolina A&T State University
Dr. Stanfield joined the faculty of the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department in 1999 after serving four years as an adjunct faculty member.
He is the former President of ABCO Automation, an 80 employee manufacturing automation and improvement consulting firm located outside Greensboro.
Dr. Stanfield is a registered Professional Engineer and past recipient of the Department’s Industrial “Outstanding Contribution to Engineering Education” Award.
He is the Regional Vice President of the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) and past President of the local IIE Chapter.
Dr. Stanfield is a graduate of the Leadership Greensboro and Piedmont Triad Leadership Network and was recognized as one of the Piedmont Triad’s “Forty Leaders Under Forty”
Dr. Stanfield is a past winner of the IIE Gilbreath Fellowship and his Master’s Thesis and Doctoral Dissertation were awarded first place in annual competitions with the Institute of Industrial Engineers.
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Gary Ward
Operational Excellence Manager, Wyeth Biotech
Gary Ward is an Operational Excellence Manager with Wyeth Biotech. He is based in Sanford, North Carolina with OE responsibilities for seven biotech sites with over 6,000 dedicated employees generating over $6B in revenue. He is certified as PMP and ASQ CMQ/OE. He has an MS in training, an MS in business, and a Six Sigma Black Belt all from North Carolina State University. Before joining Wyeth, Ward was an NRC licensed operator for Carolina Power & Light and the US Navy.
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Dr. Clay Whybark
Macon Patton Distinguished Professor of Operations, Technology and Innovation
Clay Whybark is Macon G. Patton Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler School of Business. International manufacturing practices, supply chain management and manufacturing planning and control systems are among his areas of expertise.
His industrial experience was with the Boeing Company and Douglas Aircraft. He has served as a consultant to a number of corporate and governmental organizations in various parts of the world.
Dr. Whybark has held positions at universities in New Zealand, Switzerland, China, Hong Kong, Peru, and Chile as well as Indiana, Purdue, Harvard, Arizona State, and Stanford in the United States. He has taught in executive education and presented seminars, some in Spanish, throughout the world. He is also a fellow and past president of the International Society for Inventory Research as well as a fellow and distinguished global leader of the Pan Pacific Business Association.
The author of more than 200 papers and business cases (two of which won European POM case-of-the-year awards) in the areas of operations and logistics management. Dr. Whybark is the author or co-author of several books, including Why ERP?, Manufacturing Planning and Control Systems for Supply Chain Management, and Global Manufacturing Practices.