Panos Markou

Education: Ph.D. in Operations Management, IE Business School in Madrid

Panos’s research is built on empirically understanding how firms may manage, and make better decisions, in the face of risks which threaten to disrupt critical organizational processes.  More specifically, his research focuses on managing the uncertainty inherent in innovative processes and mitigating high-impact operational and financial risks.  He is a strong believer in bridging academia and industry: producing research that is grounded in practice and has the potential for large impact and relevance.  To this end, Panos has collaborated with companies in a variety of industries such as automotive, aviation, banking, and pharmaceuticals.

Prior to joining Darden, Panos taught at the MBA, EMBA, and Executive Education programs at the Cambridge Judge Business School in the UK and IE Business School in Spain.  He also has several years’ experience working at BMW’s manufacturing facility in Spartanburg, SC and the Research & Innovation Center (Forschungs- und Innovationszentrum) in Munich, as well as at Delta TechOps in Atlanta, GA.

Panos holds a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and an MSc and PhD in Operations Management from IE Business School.  He was previously a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Cambridge Judge Business School’s Entrepreneurship Centre.