Tava Olsen

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Tava Maryanne Lennon Olsen
Born1969 (age 5455)
Alma mater Stanford University
SpouseTimothy Robert Olsen
Children2
Scientific career
Fields Supply chain management
Institutions University of Michigan
Washington University
University of Auckland
University of Melbourne
Thesis

Tava Maryanne Lennon Olsen (born 1969) is a New Zealand academic specialising in supply chain management. She is currently a full professor at the Melbourne Business School, University of Melbourne. [1]

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Academic career

After a 1994 PhD titled Response-time approximations for multi-server polling models, with manufacturing applications at the Stanford University, she worked at the University of Michigan and the Washington University in St. Louis before moving to the University of Auckland, rising to full professor. [1] From there she moved to the University of Melbourne as a full professor and Deputy Dean of the Melbourne Business School. [2]

Olsen has spoken on Auckland-related infrastructure issues, including the question of whether to move the Port of Auckland (no) [3] and whether to introduce road tolls (yes). [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Professor Tava Olsen - The University of Auckland". Business.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  2. "Tava Olsen". Tava Olsen. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  3. "Is Auckland headed for disaster?". Nzherlad.co.nz. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  4. Olsen, Tava (6 July 2016). "Tava Olsen: Here is a hot solution to Auckland's traffic congestion". The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved 2 December 2018.