Douglas S. Fearing

Douglas Fearing is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Technology and Operations Management Unit, teaching the Technology and Operations Management course in the MBA required curriculum.

His research is directed at techniques for evaluating and improving the performance of complex systems, primarily in the airline industry. He is particularly interested in mitigating airport and airspace congestion by increasing the coordination between airlines and governmental managing agencies. Professor Fearing's paper on coordinating air traffic-flow management programs was awarded the Anna Valicek Medal by the airline industry group AGIFORS. A secondary research interest is applying performance evaluation techniques to sports management, and his coauthored work in this area has been highlighted in The Wall Street Journal and Slate.

Professor Fearing received his Ph.D. in operations research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was recognized for the quality of his teaching. After earning his bachelor's degree in computer science at Carnegie Mellon University, he spent five years at Trilogy, a software company in Austin, Texas, working on engagements with Ford, British Airways, and Goodyear. Based on his sports management research, he has consulted for Titleist and the Tampa Bay Rays. Professor Fearing and his wife have two young children.