He received his PhD in engineering from the University of Tsukuba, Japan. He also received his MSc in policy and planning sciences, and in industrial engineering from the University of Tsukuba and Tarbiat Modares University, respectively. He has several years of professional experience in industry and consulting. His recent books, entitled Production Control Systems: A Guide to Enhance Performance of Pull Systems and Supply Chain Risk Management were published by Springer in 2016 and 2017, respectively. His research interests include production and operations management, supply chain management, systems modeling and optimization, and lean production systems.