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Faculty Profile - Mark Clark

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Visiting Assistant Professor

Phone: (334) 844-3889
Email: clarkma@auburn.edu
Office: 422 Lowder Business Bldg.
Website: http://business.auburn.edu/~clarkma

At Auburn since 1998

Education:
Bachelor of Industrial Engineering, Auburn University, 1985
Master of Science, Auburn University, 1988
Ph.D., Auburn University, 1998

Areas of Expertise:
Six Sigma Process Improvement
Project Management
Quantitative Methods
• Production and Operations Management

Professional Activities:
Mark Clark has a dual appointment in the College of Business. He serves as a Management Scientist in the Auburn Technical Assistance Center and he also serves an a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Aviation and Supply Chain Management Department. Dr. Clark has a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and specializes in the area of production and operations management. He has eight years of experience in the pulp and paper industry, and served as a process engineer for approximately three years before joining the management team at one of the International Paper production facilities. Dr. Clark has co-authored numerous articles accepted in Annals of Operations Research, Computers and Operations Research, and Forest Science. Dr. Clark balances his time between the classroom and his activities in the oureach office. For the last 6 years, Dr. Clark has focused, primarily, on implementing the six sigma process improvement methodology in manufacturing companies located in Alabama. In the classroom, Dr. Clark teaches Quality Management, Project Management, and Quantitative Methods at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. He is also an instructor in the Executive MBA Program. Dr. Clark has been in his current role since 1998.