Dr. Stephen Mahar, Assistant Professor, joined the ISOM department at the Cameron School of Business in fall 2005. His undergraduate degrees, from Rochester Institute of Technology and the State University of New York at Geneseo are in Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics. After working in industry for several years, he returned to graduate school at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University and earned M.B., M.B.A., and Ph.D. degrees. Dr. Mahar’s principle research interests lie in the areas of operations management, supply chain management, and retail/e-tail supply chains. He is currently examining inventory and distribution strategies for companies that satisfy both in-store and online demand.