He received his B.S. in Business Logistics in 1977 from Penn State, an M.B.A. with an emphasis in Business Logistics in 1979 from Penn State and a Ph.D. in Business Logistics in 1987 from the University of Tennessee. From 1979 to 1981, Dr. Novack worked in Operations and Planning for the Yellow Freight Corporation in Overland Park, KS. Dr. Novack has published numerous articles in the Journal of Business Logistics (CLM) and the Transportation Journal, among others. Dr. Novack is a member of AST&L, CLM and WERC.