Faculty
The classes offered in the ECLA Program are taught by Columbia Business School's world-renowned faculty. To date, more than 40 professors have taught ECLA students. Here are some of the faculty members that contribute to the ECLA Program.
Nelson Fraiman
Professor of Professional Practice, Decision, Risk and Operations; Faculty Director of the ECLA Program
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Omar Besbes
Vikram S. Pandit Professor of Business, Decision, Risk and Operations
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He has taught core MBA courses in Operations Management and Business Analytics, an MBA elective on advanced Business Analytics, as well as various Ph.D. seminars on stochastic models, revenue management and data-driven decision-making. He is a recipient of the Dean's award for teaching excellence in the core at Columbia Business School.
Omar is a graduate of Ecole Polytechnique (France) and received a M.Sc. from Stanford University in 2000 and a Ph.D. from Columbia University in 2008. Before joining Columbia, he was on the faculty at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
Peter Kolesar
Special Lecturer, Decision, Risk and Operations
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Alonso Martinez
Senior Lecturer, Marketing
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Medini Singh
Senior Lecturer in Discipline in Business, Decision, Risk and Operations
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Marco Viola
Adjunct Professor of Business, Marketing
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In addition to the faculty above, over 40 faculty members have taught in the program and advised ECLA companies. Below are some of the faculty who contribute to the program.
Tim Baldenius |
Santiago Balseiro |
Ann Bartel |
Robert Bontempo |
Joel Brockner |
Carri Chan |
Jing Dong |
Bill Duggan |
Awi Federgruen |
Adam Galinsky |
Jorge A. Guzman |
Paul Ingram |
Sheena Iyengar |
Kamel Jedidi |
Gita Johar |
Amit Khandelwal |
Sandra Matz |
Robert J. Morais |
Oded Netzer |
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Laura Veldkamp |
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Assaf Zeevi |
Amir Ziv |