A conversation with Dr. Scott Mason.

Dr. Scott Mason is a Professor & Fluor Endowed Chair in Supply Chain Optimization & Logistics in the Industrial Engineering at Clemson University. Dr. Mason has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin with Honors, an MS in Operations Research from The University of Texas at Austin, and a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering Arizona State University.

Dr. Mason’s research areas are Modeling and analysis of large-scale supply chain and manufacturing systems, Applied operations research with an emphasis in mathematical and heuristic optimization, and Domain expertise in capital projects, transportation logistics, semiconductor manufacturing, and service industries. Dr. Mason has recently joined Amazon in a full-time position to tackle some of the industry’s biggest supply chain challenges in the industry.

In this episode of the podcast, Dr. Mason gives several insights into: (i) his research; (ii) being in the industry; (iii) working for Amazon; (iv) work-life balance, and much more.

To learn more about Dr. Mason, make sure to visit his personal website and his Google Scholar page. You can also follow him on Twitter @scottmasonphd.