ONUR ULGEN

Onur Ulgen, PhD is the founder and President of PMC. Onur’s present consulting and research interests include simulation and scheduling, mathematical optimization, Lean Thinking, supply chain optimization, and product portfolio management. Under his leadership, PMC has grown to be one of the largest independent operations and industrial engineering firms in North America. Onur and the PMC staff have completed over 5000 productivity improvement projects for over 600 companies including Ford, General Motors, Chrysler, Toyota, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan, General Electric, Johnson Controls, Merck, Northrup Grumman, Sara Lee, Sony, St. Johns Hospital, and Whirlpool. Onur holds a BSME from Bogazici University in Turkey, MSc and PhD degrees in Industrial Engineering from Texas Tech University, and is Professor of Industrial / Manufacturing Systems Engineering at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. Onur is currently writing a series of books on applying simulation tools to solve manufacturing problems. Onur is a member of the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE), American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS), and the Michigan Simulation Users Group (MSUG). Onur has published more than 50 papers in operations research and industrial engineering and has managed over 100 large-scale simulation projects. Onur and his wife enjoy long hiking adventures and biking trips (frequently spotted on their tandem bike between Ann Arbor and Dexter) in addition to listening to and playing classical music.

STEVEN WEISS

Steven Weiss is Director of IT Services at PMC.  For more than fifteen years, Steven has built applications and led deployments for dozens of customers in the U.S. and overseas.  Steven brings a user orientation and a systems interoperability perspective to engagements.  His functional areas of expertise include software development and network engineering.  He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Physics from the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor and a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from the University of Michigan – Dearborn.

NICK ANDREOU

Nick Andreou is Member of the Board of Directors of PMC. Nick brings in his vast knowledge of Virtual Manufacturing to the PMC Board. In 1995, Nick developed GM's first Virtual Prototyping Department and again in 1999 Nick founded GM's first Virtual Factory department. Since then, Nick has earned four (4) GM Chairman's Honors Awards for excellence in Virtual Factory and Digital Engineering. His functional areas of expertise include converting Business Operations from 2D to 3D, and from "Analog" to "Digital". He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Engineering from GMI / Kettering University in Flint and a Master’s Degree in Engineering Management from the University of Detroit / Mercy.