Serguei Netessine


Serguei Netessine is a scientist and educator. He is a and Dhirubhai Ambani Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania. Previously, he was Professor of Global Technology and Innovation at INSEAD and the Research Director of INSEAD-Wharton alliance. He is best known for his work in Business Model Innovation, Operational Excellence and Supply Chain Management.

Early life and education

Netessine was born in Russia. In 1995 he graduated from Moscow Institute of Electronic Technology. As a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering he moved to the United States for doctoral studies in 1997. He graduated from the University of Rochester with a master's degree in Management Science in 2000 and with a doctoral degree in Operations Management in 2001. In the same year, he became a professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Career

Netessine's career at the Wharton School lasted for 10 years, including receiving indefinite tenure in 2007. In 2010 he joined the faculty of INSEAD, business school.
As of May 2014 he is Executive Vice President and President-elect of The Manufacturing and Service Operations Management Society He is also a research director of the INSEAD-Wharton alliance and a director of INSEAD-Wharton Center for Global Research & Education.
Netessine is one of the department editors for the journal Management Science and is a regular speaker and moderator at various industry conferences, including the World Knowledge Forum.

Awards and honours

Netessine received various research and teaching awards, including:
Professor Netessine’s research has received media coverage in CIO Magazine, The Economist, Forbes, Multichannel Merchant, New York Times, Strategy+Business, US News, etc.
US Government Accountability Office cited his work on performance-based logistics when making recommendations for improvement of US Department of Defense.