Degrees:
Ph.D. - London
Metropolitan
University
Dissertation Topic:
A Model for
Logistics Management
in a Post-Soviet
Transitional Economy
M.B.A. - University
of Greenwich, London
B.B.S. (Honors) -
University of Dublin
Previous Experience:
Dr. Price has over
thirty years of
experience in
university
instruction and
professional
training. He began
his career in
logistics and
management
instruction with the
Irish Industrial
Training Authority,
both setting up and
delivering a wide
range of logistics
and
management-related
programs across
Ireland. He then
served as Senior
Lecturer and
Director of the
Management
Development Unit at
the University of
North London.
Finally, just before
joining the
University of Alaska
Anchorage, Dr. Price
was an Associate
Professor of
Logistics and MBA
Director at the
Kazakhstan Institute
of Management,
Economics, and
Strategic Planning
as part of a
European Union
initiative to
develop an MBA
program in
post-Soviet Central
Asia.
Dr. Price also has a
solid foundation in
providing both
consultancy and
training services to
industry. He has
provided management,
logistics, and
education
consultancy services
to: Federal
Management Systems,
Inc.; the U.S. Peace
Corps; the Ministry
of Defense (U.K.);
British Aerospace;
the North Regional
Health Board (U.K.);
the Irish Institute
of Purchasing and
Materials
Management; the
Malaysian Institute
of Purchasing and
Materials
Management;
Singareni
Collieries, Ltd.
(India); TDR
Ferolegure
(Slovenia); and
Britian and Ireland
Car Ferries. Dr.
Price has also
authored and
delivered
distance-learning
materials in
marketing, inventory
management,
supervisory
management, and
purchasing and
supply for Shell
Oil. Most recently,
he designed and
continues to deliver
the ongoing
leadership and
supervisory training
program for the U.S.
Bureau of Engraving
and Printing.
Areas of Expertise:
While his
interests span many
areas, Dr. Price’s
core areas of
expertise currently
include:
Issues in global
supply chain
management in
transitional and
developing
economies;
Materials management
(about which he has
co-authored two
texts in Europe);
The nature of
relationships in the
logistics chain,
especially as they
are related to
psychological type
theory; and
Logistics and
management education
design and delivery.
University,
Professional, Public
Service:
Dr. Price played a
central role in
designing the
Masters of Science
in Global Supply
Chain Management
program and the
related
undergraduate
Logistics major when
he first joined the
University of Alaska
Anchorage in 1999.
He is currently
designing the new
Associates Degree
and Certificate
Program in Logistics
Operations.
Professional
Affiliations:
Dr. Price is a
member of the
Council of Supply
Chain Management
Professionals, the
Association for
Psychological Type,
the Chartered
Institute of
Purchasing and
Supply (U.K.), the
Institute of
Logistics (U.K.),
and the Irish
Institute of
Purchasing and
Supply.
Dr. Price is also an
Associate Fellow of
the Singapore
Institute of
Purchasing and
Materials Management
and a Past National
Council Member of
the Institute of
Materials Handling
(Ireland).
Scholarship/Creative
Activity:
Dr. Price’s research
and creative
activity includes:
Scholarly research
and publications in
supply chain
management in
transitional
economies, including
a recent article in
The Journal of
Marketing Channels
on the power of
third party
distributors in
Kazakhstan.
Writing a series of
logistics chain
instructional texts
and supplemental
teaching materials,
the first of which,
Warehouse Management
and Inventory
Control, will be
published in 2006.
Current green-field
research in
personality type and
the logistics chain.
Creation of an
ongoing series of
whitepapers on
issues in strategic
management for
federal contractors.
Honors, Awards,
Certificates,
Licenses:
Award of MBTI
Qualification
awarded by the
Center for the
Applications of
Psychological Type
in 2004 recognizing
Dr. Price as a
qualified
administrator and
interpreter of the
Myers Briggs Type
Indicator.
Award of MMTIC
Qualification
awarded by the
Center for the
Applications of
Psychological Type
in 2004 recognizing
Dr. Price as a
qualified
administrator and
interpreter of the
Murphy Meisgeier
Type Indicator for
Children.
Competitive Research
Grant awarded by the
Anchorage Small
Business Development
Center in 2002 to
conduct research
entitled, Third
Party Logistics
Service Providers
and Alaska’s Small
Business Market.
Honorary Ph.D.
awarded by the
Kazakhstan Institute
of Management,
Economics, and
Strategic Planning
in 1999 for
“exemplary
contribution toward
the development of
the Institute and
its MBA program.”
Associate Fellowship
awarded by the
Singapore Institute
of Purchasing and
Materials Management
in 1991 for work in
establishing a joint
Diploma in
Purchasing and
Materials Management
between the
Institute and the
University of North
London.
Certificate of
Professional
Competence in
Materials Management
awarded by the Irish
Institute of
Purchasing and
Materials Management
in 1986 for the
thesis, Stores
Management,
Inventory Control,
Transport, and
Distribution
Curriculum Design.
(The Institute
awards one
certificate per year
and asks the
recipient to write a
thesis.)
Dr. Price has also
earned a series of
professional
diplomas and
certificates, which
include: Diploma in
Computers in
Education (Trinity
College, Dublin);
Diploma in Hospital
Administration
(Irish Institute of
Hospital
Administration);
Diploma in Materials
Handling (Materials
Handling Institute,
Dublin); Diploma in
Purchasing and
Materials Management
(Irish Institute of
Purchasing and
Materials
Management);
Advanced Certificate
in Materials
Management (Irish
Institute of
Purchasing and
Materials
Management); and
Certificate in
Storekeeping (Irish
Institute of
Purchasing and
Materials
Management). |
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Anchorage, Alaska
99508-4614