The Urban World and the First Christians

Steve Walton is Associate Professor in the Practice of Decision and Information Analysis at Goizueta Business School. He has been at Emory since 1996. He has also served on the faculty at Baylor University and NC A&T State University. Prior to coming to Goizueta, Steve worked for IBM and consulted for a national technology consultancy. He earned his Ph.D. in Business Administration/Operations from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1993. He earned his MS and BS at Clemson University.\n\nSteve teaches Six Sigma, Decision Science, Operations Management and Sustainable Operations at Goizueta and has been recognized with six teaching awards, including the university-wide Emory Williams Distinguished Teaching Award and the Marc Adler Prize for Teaching Excellence. His research interests include the application of Six Sigma to service operations, business-to-business electronic commerce and managing supply chains for both operational and environmental improvements. Steves research has been published in various operations management journals. He is also finishing the changes for a second edition of a book Successful Service Operations Management, which he has written with several colleagues.\n\nSteves consulting clients include the U.S. State Department, The Home Depot, Delta Air Lines, McKesson Information Solutions, The Arthur M. Blank Family Office, Siemens Medical Systems, Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Manhattan Associates, Sigvaris, Synovus, Crawford & Company, ZC Sterling, Great American Insurance Company, Atlanta Casualty Company, Kurt Salmon Associates, 180Commerce, Crawford Long Hospital, and several technology startup companies.