Saif Benjaafar

Saif Benjaafar is McKnight Presidential Endowed Professor and Distinguished McKnight University Professor at the University of Minnesota. He is Head of the Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering at the University of Minnesota, where he also directs the Initiative on the Sharing Economy. He is a founding member of the Singapore University of Technology and Design where he served as Head of Engineering Systems and Design. He is the Editor in Chief of the INFORMS journal Service Science. He serves on the board of directors of Hourcar, a social car sharing organization. His research is in the area of operations broadly defined, with a current focus on sustainable operations and innovation in business models, including sharing economy, on-demand services, and digital marketplaces. He is a Fellow of INFORMS and IISE.