He obtained his B.S. from the Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech and his M.S. and Ph.D. from the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech. His research interests include productivity and efficiency measurement, benchmarking, and production economics. He is an associate editor of IIE Transactions and a member of IIE, INFORMS, National Eagle Scout Association, and German Club of Virginia Tech. He is a co-organizer for the Spring 2016 NSF Workshop to Redefine Broader Impacts. For more information see his website andyjohnson.guru.