Northeast Supply Chain Conference & Exhibition  Author Biographies and Presentations

Ed Schuster, CFPIM, CIRM
MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics

Ed has held the appointment of Director, Affiliates Program in Logistics at the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics and is currently working as Co-Director Administration and Research Engineer, the MIT Data Center.  Prior to MIT, Ed worked in various corporate management positions at Welch's and Oscar Mayer.  His interests are the application of models to logistical and planning problems experienced in industry.  He has a Bachelor of Science in food technology from The Ohio State University and a Master in Public Administration from Gannon University with an emphasis in management science.  Ed also attended the executive development program for physical distribution managers at the University of Tennessee and holds several professional certifications.  In 2004 he won the E. Grosvenor Plowman award given by the Council of supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP). 

2006 Conference Abstract
The Data Driven Economy