Vital
Signs, Professional Bio
Tony Polito
Department
of Marketing & Supply Chain Management, College of Business, East Carolina University
Dr. Polito's professional
experience includes:
· cost control,
scheduling, and general administration, the Minerals and Mining Division
of Halliburton,
· material control,
data control and major component expediting for Volvo Trucks North America,
· Manager,
Information Services for American Drew,
Division of La-Z-Boy, and
· forecasting,
scheduling support and personal computer systems management for the Furniture
Division of Singer Corporation.
Dr. Polito has been
employed in higher education since 1992. His institutional affiliations include
East Carolina University, The University of Georgia, University of Northern Iowa and Brenau University.
Dr. Polito's current research interests include the Deming Theory of Management as well as other
quality management topics and administrative issues in management education.
His primary teaching interests are in the areas of Quality Management,
Operations Management and General Management.
Dr. Polito is a member of APICS (American Production and Inventory Control
Society), ASQ (American Society for Quality),
DSI (Decision Sciences Institute),
and MENSA (the International High IQ Society).
Dr. Polito's comments on
management, quality and improvement have been printed in the Atlanta Business Chronicle, the Chronicle of Higher Education, Fortune magazine, SmartMoney magazine, the Detroit Free Press and USA Today.