
Linda Miller has taught classes at the University of Kansas since 1987. Her professional experience includes positions as marketing director, sales manager and general manager in consumer, industrial and professional services marketing. She has worked for DuPont (Biomedical Division) and Baxter Healthcare and as a consultant for various other firms. She also serves as a member of the board of directors of a publicly traded corporation, MGPI.

Mick Quinn has extensive experience in human development, organizational behavior and group process. He is currently Project Manager at Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital in Denver, working specifically on strategic change and performance improvement in the organization. Mr. Quinn has been Director of Management Development for Stormont-Vail Health Services Corporation in Topeka and a training manager at the University of Kansas. He has served as an organizational development consultant for Sprint.

Herb Tuttle has served as a management consultant, project manager, project engineer and manufacturing manager with various Fortune 200 companies. He has been an assistant professor in the engineering management graduate program at the University of Kansas Edwards Campus for the past 12 years and serves as its interim director. He received his MBA from the University of Kansas, a master’s degree in engineering management from the University of Tennessee, a master’s degree in industrial technology from Illinois State University, and holds undergraduate degrees in electronics engineering and industrial technology from the State University of New York at Alfred and Buffalo.

President of Richard Muther & Associates and author of Computer-Aided Facilities Planning and co-author with Richard Muther ofSystematic Planning of Industrial Facilities, Mr. Hales is internationally known for his contributions to advanced manufacturing. He is past director of the Facilities Planning and Design Division, Institute of Industrial Engineers. Mr. Hales has assisted Nokia, Motorola, Coca-Cola, Ford, Delphi Automotive, Peterbilt Motors, Kenworth Truck, and many others.

Tom Bowlin has been an instructor in KU’s engineering management graduate program for more than 10 years and is an adjunct faculty member of KU School of Business. He has maintained an active consulting practice since 1989 with specializations in operations improvement and systems modeling. In addition to his current faculty appointments with KU, Dr. Bowlin has served on the adjunct faculties of both William Jewell College and Avila College, and as an assistant professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology. His teaching interests include mathematical optimization and simulation modeling, forecasting, statistics and innovation management.
Dr. Bowlin has consulted with an international accounting firm and directed engineering for a major healthcare organization. He earned a doctorate in industrial engineering from the University of Missouri.

Tracy Russo has years of experience helping people increase the effectiveness of their communication, presentation, and teamwork skills. She serves as associate professor of communication studies at the University of Kansas and was vice president of Knight-Ridder Financial Information. At KU, Dr. Russo was selected as a finalist for the HOPE award as a Carnegie Scholar in the spring of 2001, and in 2003 received a Kemper Award for teaching and advising excellence.
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