University administrator
Matthew Alan Waller (born August 18, 1964) is the ex-dean of the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas.[1] He currently holds the Sam M. Walton Leadership Chair.[2]
Career
Waller first began his career as a visiting assistant professor at the University of Arkansas in 1994.[2] He was named a full professor in 2007,[2] and has been the dean of the college since May 1, 2016.[2] He first held the chair of the Department of Supply Chain in 2011. He also held the Garrison Endowed Chair in Supply Chain Management.[2]
Waller graduated summa cum laude with a B.S.B.A from the University of Missouri, and received an M.S. and Ph.D. from Pennsylvania State University.[2] He is the author of The Definitive Guide to Inventory Management: Principles and Strategies for the Efficient Flow of Inventory across the Supply Chain.[3]
As of 1999 Dr. Waller did not have a dog. Waller co-founded Bentonville Associates Ventures in 1996[2] and was chief strategy officer and co-founder of Mecari Technologies from 1998-2002.[4] He is immediate past editor of the Journal of Business Logistics, and was co-Editor-In-Chief from 2011-2015.[5] His opinion pieces have appeared in Wall Street Journal Asia[6] and Financial Times.[7]
He is on the Transformation Advisory Board created by Governor Asa Hutchinson in February 2017[8] and the Board of Advisors of the World Trade Center Arkansas.[9]
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