In addition to his PhD in industrial engineering from Arizona State University, he has a Six-Sigma Black Belt. He also received an engineering degree from Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. Dr. Sun has research and teaching interests in the areas of global supply chain management, operations strategy, Lean and Six Sigma, managerial economics, operations research, and big data, and is a recipient of the university’s Outstanding Scholarly and Creative Activities Award as well as Outstanding Teaching Award. Dr. Sun currently serves as the Director for the Executive MBA Program.