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Dr. Cliff Ragsdale

Cliff T. Ragsdale is Bank of America Professor of Business Information Technology. He received the Ph.D. in Management Science and Information Technology from the University of Georgia and M.B.A. in Finance and B.A. in Psychology from the University of Central Florida. His primary research interests involve applications of quantitative modeling techniques to managerial decision making problems using microcomputers. Dr. Ragsdale has served as a consultant for a variety of organizations including General Mills, The World Bank, Frontline Systems, and Dominion Energy. His research has been published in Decision Sciences, Naval Research Logistics, Operations Research Letters, Computers and Operations Research, OMEGA, Personal Financial Planning, Financial Services Review, Decision Support Systems, and a number of other scholarly journals. Dr. Ragsdale is author of the textbook Spreadsheet Modeling and Decision Analysis: A Practical Introduction to Management Science. He is a Fellow of Decision Sciences Institute and a member of INFORMS. Dr. Ragsdale has received the Certificate of Teaching Excellence and the Outstanding Doctoral Educator Award in the Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech. He has also served as the faculty advisor for the Virginia Tech student chapter of APICS and on the Board of Directors for the Southwest Chapter of APICS.

Education:

BA Psychology, University of Central Florida

MBA Finance University of Central Florida

Ph.D. Management Science and Information Technology, University of Georgia

Areas of Expertise:

Applications of quantitative modeling techniques to managerial decision making problems using microcomputers

Publications:

Spreadsheet Modeling and Decision Analysis: A Practical Introduction to Management Science

His research has been published in Decision Sciences, Naval Research Logistics, Operations Research Letters, Computers and Operations Research, OMEGA, Personal Financial Planning, Financial Services Review, Decision Support Systems, and a number of other scholarly journals

Awards:

Fellow of Decision Sciences Institute

Certificate of Teaching Excellence and the Outstanding Doctoral Educator Award in the Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech

Websites links:
Cliff Ragsdale

Courses:
Advanced Optimization
Introduction to Optimization
Risk Simulation and Queuing

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