Thomas G. Groleau, Ph.D.
| Gatton College of Business and Economics |
University of Kentucky |
| Lexington KY 40506 |
Tom.Groleau@uky.edu |
Ph.D. (1995) University of Kentucky - Gatton College of
Business and Economics
Area: Decision Science and
Information Systems
M.S. Operations Research (1991) University of Kentucky -
College of Arts and Sciences
B.A. Mathematics (1985) St. Norbert College
CURRENT POSITION - Gatton College of Business and Economics,
University of Kentucky (2021-Present)
- Associate Director - Business Analytics Minor
- Lecturer - Department Marketing and Supply Chains
PRIOR POSITION - Carthage College (1999-2021)
- Faculty
- Professor (Professor 2013-2021, Associate
Professor 2004-2013, Assistant Professor 1999-2004): Teaching included
Business Analytics (graduate and undergraduate), Data Visualization,
Business Statistics, and Operations Management in both traditional and
non-traditional students and formats.
- Department Chair
- Management and Marketing Department (2020-2021) Business
Administration Department (2004-2010): Responsible for
program assessment and reporting; strategic planning; budgeting;
hiring adjuncts; scheduling classes; observing and evaluating faculty;
overseeing curriculum and catalog content; approval of transfer
courses; grade appeals; managing endowed scholarship awards;
coordinating with first-year advisors; and coordinating with the
Office of Adult Undergraduate Studies.
- Division Chair
- Business Division (2013-2015): Founding chair for
new division with two departments (Management/Marketing and
Accounting/Finance). Responsible for creating strategic vision;
recruiting an outside advisory committee; and leading the development
of new programs; and exploring business-specific accreditation.
- Social Science Division (2010-2013): Oversaw six
departments - Business Administration, Economics, Political Science,
Psychology, Social Work, and Sociology.
- Committee/Service Work: Academic Program Review,
Office of Continuing Studies Advisory Committee, Chapman Executive in
Residence Program Director, Academic Senate, Faculty Representative to
the Board of Trustees, Retention Task Force, Campus Tech Fellow,
Quantitative Reasoning Task Force, Curriculum Planning Committee,
Heritage Oversight Committee, Student Faculty Judicial Review Committee,
Social Science Division Secretary.
OTHER ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
• University of Wisconsin - Parkside, Kenosha WI (2007), MBA
Adjunct Faculty
• Bethel College, Mishawaka IN (1996-1999) Business Administration Division
full-time undergraduate and MBA faculty.
• Ferris State University, Big Rapids MI (summer 1999) College of Business
adjunct faculty.
• University of Kentucky, Lexington KY (1995-1996) Gatton College of
Business and Economics full-time undergraduate and MBA faculty.
• Lexington Community College, Lexington KY (1993-1994) Department of
Mathematics adjunct faculty.
• Hortonville High School, Hortonville WI (1985-1987) Mathematics and
Computer Science teacher.
INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE
• CMS Management Services, South Bend IN (summer 1999) C++
Programmer.
• Greentree Applied Systems, Lexington, KY (Summer 1996) FoxPro programmer.
• Kentucky Utilities, Lexington, KY (1987-1989) COBOL and EasyTrieve
programmer.
ADVISORY WORK FOR
• Racine County Economic Development Corporation, Sturtevant WI
• Milwaukee 7 Regional Economic Development Campaign, Milwaukee, WI
• Salem Grade School Technology and Educational Review Committees, Salem WI
• Aptar Group, Mukwonago, WI
• De Vroomen Holland Garden Products, Russell IL
• Westosha Lakes Church, Paddock Lake, WI
• AgriDevEd, Banyo Cameroon
PUBLICATIONS
“Faculty Transformations from teaching Wicked Geography Problems: a
decade-long journey of transdisciplinary teaching between Business and
Geography” with J. Rivera, Journal of Geography in Higher Education,
January 2021, DOI: 10.1080/03098265.2020.1869925
“Analytics will NOT save OR/MS”, OR/MS Today - Issues in Education,
Vol 46, No 4, August 2019, DOI: 10.1287/orms.2019.04.01
“The Modern Farmers’ Market: The Role of the “Anchor Vendor” in
Technology Usage and Adoption” (Abstract), with T. Ruffalo and M. Salerno,
The Journal of Food Distribution Research, Vol 50, No 1, March
2019
“Technology Readiness and Adoption at Kenosha Harbor Market”, with T.
Ruffalo and M. Salerno, Proceedings of the 2019 Meeting of the
Southeast Decision Sciences Institute, February 2019, Savannah, GA
“Undergraduate Research and Applied Business Statistics”, with J. Rivera,
in Course-Based Undergraduate Research: Educational Equity and
High-Impact Practice, 2018
“Analytics Reveal: Opportunity Hidden in Numbers”, Carthaginian,
Vol 92, No 3, Spring 2013
“Southeast Wisconsin: Economic Problems and Promise”, Report of the A.W.
Clausen Center for World Business, (contributing author), June 2008
“Tour de France Winners (Can Lance win Six?)”, Journal of Statistics
Education Data Archive, Posted January 2003
“Dutch Delight (Case Study)”, Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Meeting of
the Decision Sciences Institute, November 2002, San Diego, CA
“Zarco, Incorporated: A Deming-Inspired, Opening Day Operations Management
Experiential Learning Activity”, with K. Watson and T. Polito, Proceedings
of the 2002 Meeting of the Southeast Decision Sciences Institute,
February 2002, Hilton Head, SC
“Fact, Fiction or Prediction: An Integrative Lecture for Information Systems
Classes”, Proceedings of the 2000 CBFA Annual Conference, October
2000, Buffalo NY
“Spreadsheets will NOT save OR/MS”, OR/MS Today -Issues in Education,
Vol 26, No 1, February 1999
“Liberal Arts and Business Studies: Friends or Foes”, with B. Lemler,
Proceedings of the 1998 CBFA Annual Conference, October 1998, Langley
B.C.
Book Review: Ethics in Modeling, Interfaces, Vol 28, No 1,
January-February 1998
“LINA: The Life Insurance Needs Analyst”, educational video for Decision
Support Systems: A Knowledge Based Approach by C. W. Holsapple and A.
B. Whinston, West, ST. Paul, MN. 1996. Video edited by C. W. Holsapple,
Wenhong Luo, and Kenneth S. Sims
“The Four P’s of Consulting”, APICS the Performance Advantage – The
Consultant’s Forum, Vol 6, No 7, July 1996
Software Review: “Scientific Workplace”, ORMS Today, Vol 23, No 2,
April 1996
“Workload Balance: An Alternative Goal in Cell Formation”, with J. Bernardo,
Proceedings of the 26th Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences
Institute, Boston MA, November 1995
“Marketing Life Insurance With Expert Systems”, Kentucky Initiative For
Knowledge Management, Research Paper #47, DSIS Department, College of
Business and Economics, University of Kentucky, Lexington KY, 1993
“The Effect of a Waiting Time Criterion on the Quality of Tissue Match in
Cadaveric Kidney Transplants - Phase II”, with J. Bernardo, Proceedings
of the 24th Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute,
Washington D.C., November 1993
PRESENTATIONS
“Business Statistics as a Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience
(CURE)” with J. Rivera, 50th Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences
Institute, New Orleans, LA, November 2019, Invited presentation on the
Data and Statistics Instruction (DASI) Track
“Specifications Grading in Business Statistics”, with J. Rivera, 50th
Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, New Orleans, LA,
November 2019, Invited presentation on the Data and Statistics Instruction
(DASI) Track
“Building Assessment into Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences
(CURE)”, with J. Rivera, Council on Undergraduate Research Conference, July
2018, Crystal City, VA
“Excel is Great – Until it isn’t”, INFORMS 2017 Annual Meeting, October
2017, Houston, TX
“Alternate Framework for Analytics Education”, INFORMS 2016 Annual Meeting,
November 2016, Nashville, TN
“Pimp My Spreadsheet”, INFORMS 2014 Annual Meeting, November 2014, San
Francisco, CA
“Spreadsheet Templates for Teaching Business Statistics”. INFORMS 2013
Annual Meeting, October 2013, Minneapolis, MN
“Spreadsheet Shifting Sands: Is There an App for That?”, INFORMS 2012 Annual
Meeting, October 2012, Phoenix, AZ
“Interdisciplinary Student Research in Data Mapping and Statistics”, with J.
Rivera, Council on Undergraduate Research Conference, June 2012, Trenton, NJ
“Lessons and Failures at Plastic Injection Molding, Inc.” (Poster Session)
INFORMS Conference on Business Analytics and Operations Research, April
2011, Chicago, IL
“Data Driven Decisions”, Presented to the Aptar Beauty Executive Board,
March 25, 2010, Schaumberg, IL
Pre-Analytics with Cash for Clunkers”, INFORMS 2010 Annual Meeting, November
2010, Austin, TX
“Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics”, Presented to the Seaquist Closures
Executive Board, July 23, 2009, Kenosha WI
Using PivotTables in Business Statistics”, INFORMS 2008 Annual Meeting,
October 2008, Washington, D.C.
“GIS and Business Statistics”, INFORMS 2008 Annual Meeting, October 2008,
Washington, D.C.
“The Emerging Competition from Within”, Emerging Trends in Business
Education, IACBE Annual Meeting, April 2008, Newport Beach, CA
“A Statistics and Geography Clustered Pair Experiment at Carthage College”,
INFORMS 2006 Annual Meeting, November 2006, Pittsburgh, PA
“Using Mock Debates in the Classroom to Explore Ethics and Intellectual
Property Rights”, INFORMS 2005 Annual Meeting, November 2005, San Francisco,
CA
“Why Are You Here? A Study of Foreign Investment in the Midwest U.S.”, IFORS
(International Federation of Operations Research Societies) 2005 Triennial
Meeting, July 2005, Honolulu, HI
“Pareto Analysis: What is it and why should you care?”, Presented at the De
Vroomen Holland Garden Products annual sales meeting, November 11, 2002,
Zion IL
“Fact, Fiction or Prediction: An Interactive Lesson for Information Systems
Classes (with Initial Data Collection)”, INFORMS 2000 Annual Meeting,
November 2000, San Antonio TX
“Y2K: How Concerned Should You Be? (Hint: not much)”, Presentation made at
Evangelical Free Churches in Antioch IL (January 1999), South Bend IN (March
1999), and Itasca IL (May 1999)
“An Inventory Management Game”, Sponsored Session, INFORMS Spring 1999
Meeting, May 1999, Cincinnati OH
“Teaching Business in Century 21”, Faculty Development Panel, CBFA
Annual Conference, October 1997, Nashville, TN
“The Effect of a Waiting Time Criterion on the Quality of Tissue Match in
Cadaveric Kidney Transplants - Phase I”, TIMS/ORSA Joint Meeting, May 1993,
Chicago IL
SERVICE IN THE DISCIPLINE
•
Reviewer for Business Analytics
(3e), Camm, Cochran, et al. (2019)
• Session Chair and Panel Moderator, INFORMS 2016, Nashville, TN
• Editorial Board member of the International Journal of Business
Analytics (2012-present)
• Vice-President of the Spreadsheet Productivity Research Interest Group
(SPRIG) subsection of INFORMS (2011-2013)
• Member of outside review team for Gustavus Adolphus College’s Business and
Economics Department (April 2011)
• Member of IACBE Accreditation Team for on-site evaluation of McKendree
College (October 2006)
• Reviewer for the Journal of Statistics Education (2002-2004)
• Reviewed textbook chapters for on multivariate statistics for
Pearson/Prentice Hall (March 2010)