Soumyakant Padhee

Hello!

I'm Soum. I'm an Assistant Professor in Quantitative Analytics at the College of Business & Economics at Lenoir-Rhyne University, where I teach courses like Business Statistics, Business Networks and Systems, Advanced Data Analytics, and Digital Organization to undergraduate and MBA students.

I obtained my Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering at the Multi- AGent Intelligent Complex Systems (MAGICS) Lab at Northeastern University, advised by Prof. Babak Heydari. My Ph.D. work aimed to answer questions at the intersection of organizational design, industrial engineering, and complex systems, with future goals of bridging into areas such as hybrid human-machine teams, new product development, and sustainable innovation strategies. I use simulations and empirical methods to study patterns of innovation during the evolution of technologies and collective decision-making in design teams.

My current research focuses on advancing the science of collective intelligence by exploring how groups of individuals can work together more effectively, optimizing information exchange, and building resilient systems that leverage diverse perspectives, behaviors, and access to knowledge in dynamic environments.

Previously, I graduated with a Master of Science in Business from the Wisconsin School of Business, University of Wisconsin-Madison. I have also earned another Master of Science in Production Systems from RWTH Aachen, Germany, and a Bachelor of Technology in Manufacturing Science from VSSUT, Burla, India. I am a certified Six Sigma Black Belt professional and have worked for more than four years in the automobile industry in both emerging economies and high-wage countries, with experiences ranging from frontline shop floor leadership to quality assurance, project implementations to corporate operations strategy, and supply chain.