Jayant R. Kalagnanam is a Senior Manager in the Mathematical Sciences Department and has been at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center as a Research Staff Member in 1996. Before joining IBM Research he worked as a Research Faculty at the Department of Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University where he developed large cost minimization models for designing and retrofitting utilities with new technologies. He graduated with a Ph.D. in 1991 from the same department. After joining IBM research, Dr. Kalagnanam worked on developing optimization models for production planning and scheduling in the context of manufacturing for various industries including steel, semiconductor, mining and shipbuilding. He has published over 40 papers in top refereed journals and conferences and filed over a dozen patent applications and has been issued 7 patents.