Soulaymane Kachani
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| Residence |  U.S. |
| Nationality |  Moroccan |
| Fields | Operations Research, Applied Mathematics, Corporate Finance, Economics |
| Institutions | Columbia University |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ecole Centrale Paris, Lycée Louis-Le-Grand |
Soulaymane Kachani is a Morocco-born academic and businessman, and a professor at Columbia University. At Columbia University, Kachani teaches courses in industrial economics, corporate finance, operations consulting, logistics, pricing, and production planning. His research interests include dynamic pricing, revenue management, traffic flow modeling, supply chain and inventory management.[1]
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[edit] Early life
Kachani received a Ph.D. in Operations Research from the MIT Sloan School of Management. He also holds a Master of Science in Operations Research from the MIT Sloan School of Management and a Diplôme d'ingénieur in Applied Mathematics from École Centrale Paris.[1]
At MIT, Kachani served as President of the Graduate Student Council and as a keynote Speaker, representing the student body, at the MIT Commencement Exercise.
[edit] Career
Kachani is the director of Master's programs at the Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research at Columbia University, where he also serves as director of executive education.[2]
Kachani is the Chief Strategy Advisor of the Strategic Capital Allocation Group, a multi-billion dollar investment management firm in Boston. He serves on the advisory board of Response Analytics, a Phoenix-based firm focused on helping financial institutions acquire, retain, and expand profitable customer relationships . Prior to joining Columbia, he served as a senior consultant in the Boston office of McKinsey. He continues to consult to McKinsey on issues revolving around pricing, supply chain management, operations management and corporate finance.[3]
Kachani is the current Chairman of the Financial Services Demand Optimization Council, a non-profit consortium of financial industry professionals, consultants, academics, and technology providers dedicated to advancing research, insights, and use of optimization science to improve the competitiveness of financial services companies. He is a Senior Editor of the Production Operations Management Journal and a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management. He served as the 2006 Vice-Chair and the 2007 Chair of the Revenue Management & Pricing Section of INFORMS, before joining the Board of the Section. In 2008, he was elected by Presidents and Chairs of INFORMS sections and societies to the INFORMS Council.[4]
Kachani serves on Columbia University's Senate –the university's governing body– where he is an elected representative of Columbia's School of Engineering. He sits on the Senate Executive Committee and the Taskforce on Campus Planning, and chairs the Senate Budget Committee.[5]
Kachani has been honored with the Columbia Engineering School Alumni Association 2005 Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award for his dedication to teaching and devotion to mentoring students. He has also been honored with the 2007 Columbia Engineering School Kim Award for Faculty Involvement, an award that recognizes one faculty member who goes above and beyond the call of duty to foster student success. He is a recipient of the Karl Taylor Compton Prize, the highest award presented by MIT to students in recognition of achievements in citizenship and devotion to the welfare of MIT. He is also a recipient of the MIT Center for Transportation Studies UPS Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, the MIT Robert Guenassia Fellowship and the French Government Fellowship of Academic Excellence.
[edit] Personal
Kachani is an avid reader and tiddlywinks champion.
