Conference of the Decision Sciences Institute 2027

Dr. Bertie Greer is Professor of Operations Management and the Rist Family Endowed Dean of the Manning School of Business at UMass Lowell. A nationally recognized scholar in operations and supply chain management, her research has appeared in leading journals including Journal of Operations Management, Journal of Supply Chain Management, and Journal of Business Logistics, earning multiple Best Paper Awards from major academic associations. Throughout her career, Dr. Greer has worked at the intersection of strategy, operations, and technology, with a focus on how organizations design systems that drive performance and long-term impact. As an academic leader, she has guided institutions through strategic transformation, AACSB accreditation, and cross-disciplinary innovation initiatives. Before entering academia, she held engineering and managerial roles at Ford Motor Company, Chrysler/Jeep, and Timken Roller Bearing, experience that continues to shape her perspective on the integration of analytics, technology, and human judgment. Dr. Greer is a strong advocate for interdisciplinary collaboration and for redefining business education to prepare leaders to operate responsibly in an era increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence and intelligent systems.

As the CTO for the Accenture–Intel partnership, Ramtin helps guide the development of global offerings within Accenture’s Center for Advanced AI. His work is focused on creating growth through innovation, translating cutting-edge research into pragmatic solutions that help organizations build, deploy, and scale artificial intelligence. He believes in a deeply collaborative approach, working closely with ecosystem partners such as Intel, NVIDIA, Databricks, CSPs, etc. to shape optimized AI solutions and provide end-to-end technology architecture recommendations. By connecting strategy to execution, he helps clients across industries modernize their data foundations and operationalize AI responsibly, enabling them to realize measurable business outcomes at speed.