He holds a PhD in Management Science from DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University Hamilton, Canada and Master in Industrial Management from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, India. Prior to joining University of Manitoba, he worked as an assistant professor at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia. He also taught courses at McMaster University as a sessional lecture. He has worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Interuniversity Research Center on Enterprise Networks, Logistics and Transportation (CIRRELT), University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) and McMaster University. He is a member of Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) and Canadian Operational Research Society (CORS).