Associate Professor of operations and supply chain management

Operations management, supply chain

Supply chain management, operations strategy, manufacturing and production management, smart meters and smart grids, healthcare operations management, supply chain risk management, energy supply chains, revenue management in electricity markets, sustainable supply chains, and European energy and environment policies

MIT, International Logistics Program 2005-2009
Ph.D. in logistics engineering and supply chain management
Dissertation: Essays in advanced methodologies in order fulfillment
summa cum laude

MIT, International Logistics Program 2004-2005
Master of science in logistics engineering and supply chain management
Thesis: RFID-enabled supply chain process monitoring and command center
GPA: 4.0/4.0

Carleton University, Sprott school of business 2003-2004
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Thesis: Knowledge management process measurement instrument
GPA: 4.0/4.0

Schlumberger British Training Center, U.K. 1993-1994
Petroleum engineering and reservoir evaluation
Sharif University of Technology, Faculty of computer science 1985-1990
Master of engineering in computer hardware systems

Schlumberger (world’s leading energy services provider) 1993-2003

Oilfield services operations manager, Middle East Asia 2001-2003

Directed reservoir evaluation wireline, logging while drilling, well construction &
productivity, and data & consulting services group of Schlumberger companies
(collectively called “Oilfield Services”); implementing Schlumberger world’s highest
quality, health, safety, and environmental standards. Spearheaded the consolidation
of three operating bases into one central collaboration and command center; and
saved $1.2 million annually in transportation, communication, and maintenance
costs.

Oilfield services business development manager, North Africa 2000-2001

Actively recruited local graduates; built a vibrant and energetic technical team that
negotiated and secured various multi-million dollar contracts in a highly competitive
marketplace. Organized and instructed technical training seminars for energy
companies’ executives and technical staff; and coordinated the communication of
their technical needs to Schlumberger R&D researchers on a continuous basis,
resulted the development of tailor-made solutions to address these field requirements.

Reservoir evaluation wireline technology sales manager, Southeast Asia 1997-1999

Introduced modern surface and downhole formation evaluation technology solutions
to energy companies’ technical management team; also acted as the point of contact
to organize discussion events and promote cooperation between the energy
companies’ engineers and Schlumberger technical experts to publish their joint
projects. Utilized advanced revenue management schemes to scientifically price the
newly introduced solutions to service-differentiated customers and participated in
designing the marketing initiatives. Taught log data interpretations to field engineers
in their screen test preparations.

Reservoir evaluation wireline field engineer, worldwide operations 1993-1996

Supervised teams of field engineers and technicians to run complex electrical wireline
logging field operations in challenging and potentially hazardous offshore and
onshore drilling rigs. Executed state-of-the-art surface and downhole formation
evaluation techniques for broad range of key international energy companies
including Exxon Mobil, bp, TOTAL and Shell in their onshore U.S.A., Asia, and the
North Sea operations. Pioneered the evaluation of horizontal wells using the Platform
Express compact sensor matrix and successfully conducted the first 20,000 ft.
horizontal well evaluation in the world (1996).

Apple Inc. 1990-1992

Technical staff and training officer
Trained Apple Inc. technical engineers on the latest hardware and software products and
conducted hands-on training courses on upgrading, troubleshooting, and maintenance
procedures according to company’s guidelines; while simultaneously completed the
obligatory military duty as software programmer and system analyst.

· VBS best teacher award (2013), Executive MBA program.
· VBS best teacher award (2012) runner up, Masters in General Management (MGM).
· VBS best teacher award (2010), Executive MBA program.

· Samii, B., R. Pibernik, P. Yadav, A. Vereecke. (2012). Reservation and allocation
policies for influenza vaccines , European Journal of Operations research, 222 (3)
495-507.

· Samii, B., R. Boute, C. Louche, J. Lepoutre (2012). Sustainable supply chain series:
Alpro, Vlerick Business School teaching cases, Case Center reference 712-016-1.

· Samii, B., R. Boute, C. Louche, J. Lepoutre (2012). Sustainable supply chain series:
C&A, Vlerick Business School teaching cases, Case Center reference 712-017-1.

· Samii, B., R. Boute, C. Louche, J. Lepoutre (2012). Teaching Note, Sustainable
supply chain series: C&A and Alpro, Vlerick Business School teaching cases, Case
Center reference 712-016-8.

· Samii, B., R. Pibernik, P. Yadav (2011). An inventory reservation problem with
nesting and fill rate-based performance measures, International Journal of Production
Economics 133 (1) 393-402.

· Samii, B. (2009). Essays in advanced methodologies in order fulfillment, Ph.D. in
logistics engineering and supply chain management thesis, MIT.

· Samii, B. (2005). RFID-enabled supply chain process monitoring and command
center, Master of engineering in logistics and supply chain management thesis, MIT.

· Samii, B. (2004). A knowledge management process measurement instrument, Master
of business administration thesis, Carleton University.