Lawrence Butler '79, P.E. | lrb4@lehigh.edu
Profile: A Lehigh graduate, Lawrence Butler is a professional engineer licensed in PA, NJ and CT. His extensive industry experience includes working for Mack Trucks, Stanley Works, Silberline Manufacturing, and Boyertown Packaging before starting his own consulting firm in 1989. Over the course of 25 years, the company was involved in facilities planning for such clients as Foxwoods Casino, St. Luke’s University Health Network, Lehigh Valley Health Network, and Allentown City Centers 4 and 5. Lawrence has also worked for a myriad of small clients directly and through the Enterprise Systems Center at Lehigh University performing various custom design projects and facility planning projects.
Brent Peterson, M.S. | blp219@lehigh.edu
Brent holds a B.S. degree in Systems Analysis from Miami University (Ohio), as well as, an M.S. degree in Operations Research and Statistics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Profile: Dr. Marangos serves as a Senior Fellow at the Enterprise Systems Center at Lehigh University having taught SAS, simulation, and CAD courses at Lehigh University. He has served as the Associate Director of the NSF funded Center for Engineering Logistics and Distribution (CELDi) at Lehigh. Currently a Principal in the Pennsylvania-based consultancy Zephyros, Inc., he has worked internationally as a project engineer and consultant, specializing in heuristic optimization, scheduling, simulation, database design and maintenance, factory layouts, testing and validation of new software and machines, CAD/CAM, and internet communications.
Rafael Parades ’03 MBA, ’00 M. Eng. Industrial Engineering (Fulbright) | rap520@lehigh.edu
Profile: Rafael is a Lehigh alumnu having earned his MBA with distinction in 2003 and M.Eng. in Industrial Engineering through a Fulbright Scholarship in 2000. He is currently Director of Business Management at Air Products, where he is lead project integration and manager of general business support for their Peru acquisition. His broad industry experience includes Masco Corporation, Motorola, Maytag, Agere, and West Grand. Rafael has extensive knowledge and experience in operations, lean manufacturing, supply chain, project management, advance and big data analytics, and continuous improvement. He has a passion for developing strong teams and talent. Rafael is a Fulbright Scholar and certified in Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.
Wilson Yale '73, '76G, '78 Ph.D. | wwy273@lehigh.edu
Research Areas: Wealth Management Optimization, Financial Optimization
Profile: At Lehigh University, Wilson earned a B.S. in Engineering Science with a major in Mathematics in 1973, a M.S. in Management Science with a concentration in Finance in 1976, and a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering with a Major in Operations Research and a Minor in Information Systems in 1978. At the Business Analysis Systems Center, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ, Wilson was involved in fundamental research performed in the areas of economic and financial modeling from 1978 through 1985. Wilson’s research interests include investigating effective mathematical models to address wealth management problems from a systems engineering perspective. Wilson looks at methods that provide optimal portfolio strategies in order to maximize the probability of meeting financial goals within a multitude of financial and economic scenarios.