Operations and Information Technology Department

Dr. Xiaoyun (Jack) Xu is a faculty at the Department of Operations & Information Technology of the Ateneo Graduate School of Business. Before joining Ateneo, Dr. Xu was an Associate Professor at the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management at Peking University. His research interests include production planning/scheduling, simulation optimization and operations management, with applications mainly in supply chain. His research team has received continued support from numerous funding sources including the National Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Ministry of Finance of China (MOFC), National Science Foundation of the United States (NSF), Symantec Corporation, AT&T and many other companies. Over the past decade, Dr. Xu has published extensively in a list of top tier journals and conferences in the fields of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research. He also provides consulting services to many industry leaders in a wide range of industries including Alibaba Group, JD.com, Aland Health, Qidi Holdings and many others. Aside from his academic career, Dr. Xu is also a famous talk show host. His two popular Chinese talk show programs named “Xiao Critics” and “Xiaoyun Commercial Commentary” cover a wide spectrum of topics on business and management in the China market. These two talk shows which are aired on Xiamalya.com had been played over 10 million times and attracted more than 100,000 registered users as of Dec 2018.