University at Buffalo School of Management

Autumn 2025 Buffalo Business 3 CLOE and Global Programs merge Aer more than two years of operating under one umbrella, the School of Management's Center for Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness and the school's Global Programs Office have formally merged and will be called the Center for Leadership and Global Impact. Dorothy Siaw-Asamoah, clinical professor of organization and human resources, has successfully led both CLOE and Global Programs throughout this period, and will continue in her role as faculty director. Watch for an article in the next issue of Buffalo Business to learn more about the mission and vision of this new strategic alliance. Suresh named SUNY Distinguished Professor Nallan Suresh has been named a SUNY Distinguished Professor, the highest faculty rank in the SUNY system. In the course of nearly 40 years with UB, Suresh has held multiple roles, including UB Distinguished Professor and chair of the Department of Operations Management and Strategy. In his current role as associate dean for faculty, research and centers, he has contributed significantly to building the school's faculty strengths in research and teaching. Suresh is an accomplished teacher, earning praise from both graduate and undergraduate students. He has chaired 24 PhD dissertation committees and developed master's programs in manufacturing and supply chain management at UB and at partner institutions like the Singapore Institute of Management. He is co-director of UB's Stephen Still Institute for Sustainable Transportation and Logistics and has been a visiting professor in universities in the Netherlands and China. As a researcher, Suresh is known for his seminal works in cellular manufactur- ing and flexible manufacturing systems. More recently, his research has focused on supply chain agility, logistics and sustain- able operations. He has authored numerous papers in leading publications and has held senior editorial positions in operations management journals, guest-edited key volumes and refereed articles for top-tier journals. "Suresh has always combined a schol- ar's curiosity with a leader's instinct for impact," says Ananth Iyer, dean, and fellow pioneer in operations and supply chain management. "Through both his teaching and his research, he has inspired genera- tions of students and colleagues along the way." Among Suresh's numerous awards are the Alfred V. Bodine Award for studies in machine tool economics, Outstanding Senior Editor Award from Decision Sciences Journal and the UB Exceptional Scholars: Sustained Achievement Award.

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