Previously, he was an Assistant Professor of Decision Sciences at the Lundquist College of Business, University of Oregon. He earned a Ph.D. in Operations Research from Case Western Reserve University in 2007, and a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the Middle East Technical University in 2003. Tolga’s research interests are broadly in operations and supply chain management, with particular focus in two interface areas: capacity allocation issues at the interface of production planning and supply chain coordination; and consumer-driven demand considerations at the operations-marketing interface with particular focus on retail operations. His papers have appeared in Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Decision Sciences, and other operations management journals and books.