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Zimpleman College of Business
Home   >  Zimpleman College of Business   >  Faculty & Staff   >  Brad Meyer

Brad Meyer, PhD

Brad Meyer, PhD

Professor, Management and Business Analytics

Zimpleman College of Business

Phone: 515-271-2490

Email: bradley.meyer@drake.edu

Office: Aliber Hall 312

Biography

Brad C. Meyer received his PhD in Industrial Engineering from Iowa State University in 1989 and shortly after joined the business faculty in Drake’s Zimpleman College of Business. He teaches operations management, data analytics, and management science. From 2000 to 2014 he served as chair of the Management and International Business Department, and chair of Information Management and Business Analytics from 2014 to 2020. He was the Zimpleman co-director of the data analytics program at Drake from 2015 to 2020. His research focuses on continuous improvement and the use of technology in education. He has published in the Journal of Management, Interfaces, Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, the Journal of Management History and Engineering Economics.

  • CV - Meyer, Brad

Areas of Expertise

  • Continuous improvement
  • Technology in education

Education

  • Ph.D., Industrial Engineering, Iowa State University
  • M.S., Iowa State University
  • B.S., Iowa State University

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