Online Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Bogdan C. Bichescu is an associate professor of management science in the Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He teaches operations and decision analysis classes in the M.S.B.A. program, the full-time M.B.A. program, the Ph.D. program and in the undergraduate business program. His teaching interests include lean operations, decision modeling and analysis, business simulation, and project management.

Angel Norman has served as a senior lecturer in the Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville since 2007. Prior to her current faculty role, she worked as a financial analyst, dental management consultant and healthcare consultant. Norman stays active as a finance professional through her current role as dental practice chief financial officer.

Allen Pannell is a lecturer in business analytics and statistics who also teaches graduate and executive education courses. He is the first Amy Foster Memorial Research Fellow. The fellowship is designated for business analytics and statistics faculty, preferably one whose research affects the life expectancy of those impacted by metastatic breast cancer research, a focus of Pannell’s research. He specializes in business process improvement, leadership, six sigma, strategic planning, and experimental design. Pannell’s research interests are in metastatic breast cancer.

Paolo Letizia is an associate professor of operations management and business analytics in the Department of Business Analytics and Statistics of the Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He is Ray & Joan Myatt Faculty Fellow. His research interests lie in the areas of sustainable operations, closed loop supply chain management, operations-marketing interface, and supply chain management.