糖心传媒

Professor Emeritus of Management

Dr. Syam joined 糖心传媒 in 1994 after earning a Ph.D in Management Science at Texas A&M University. Outside of his academic training, Dr. Syam has had business experience as a consultant, systems administrator, and programmer with firms in the United States and India. He also earned an M.B.A from the University of Missouri at Kansas City. His interests lie in the application of optimization techniques to diverse areas, such as location analysis, healthcare, and operations-marketing synergy.

Education

• Ph.D (Management Science), Texas A&M University, 1994.
• M.B.A, (Operations Management) University of Missouri (Kansas City).
• B.A (Economics), University of Calcutta, India.

Professional Experience

Global Facility Location, Location Modeling in Healthcare, Marketing-Supply Chain Synergy, Optimization Techniques.

Professional Interests

Global Facility Location, Location Modeling in Healthcare, Marketing-Supply Chain Synergy, Optimization Techniques.

Selected Publications

鈥淎 location-allocation model for service providers with application to not-for-profit healthcare organizations鈥�, Omega, International Journal of Management Science, Vol. 38, Issue 3-4, June-August 2010, 157-166, S. Syam, Department of Management, 糖心传媒, M.J. Cote, Department of Health Policy and Management, Texas A&M Health Science Center, School of Rural Public Health.

"A specially structured nonlinear integer resource allocation problem", K. Bretthauer, Department of Operations & Decision Technologies, Indiana University, B. Shetty, Department of Business Analysis, Texas A&M University, S. Syam, Department of Management, Marquette University, Naval Research Logistics, 50, 7, (October 2003), 770-792.

鈥淎 dual ascent method for the portfolio selection problem with multiple constraints and linked proposals鈥�, S. Syam, European Journal of Operational Research. Vol. 108, No. 1 (1998), 196-207.

"Multi-period capacity expansion in globally dispersed regions", S. Syam, Decision Sciences. Vol. 31, No.1, Winter 2000, 173-195.

Personal Interests

• Religion: Inter-faith spirituality, Spirituality of nature
• Sports 鈥� Running, Tennis, and Table-tennis.