Tava Olsen
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Tava Maryanne Lennon Olsen | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1969 (age 55–56) |
| Alma mater | Stanford University |
| Spouse | Timothy Robert Olsen |
| Children | 2 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Supply chain management |
| Institutions | University of Michigan Washington University in St. Louis University of Auckland University of Melbourne |
| Thesis | |
Tava Maryanne Lennon Olsen (born 1969) is a New Zealand academic specialising in supply chain management. She is currently a full professor at the Melbourne Business School, University of Melbourne.[1]
After a 1994 PhD titled Response-time approximations for multi-server polling models, with manufacturing applications at the Stanford University, she worked at the University of Michigan and the Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis before moving to the University of Auckland, rising to full professor.[1] From there she moved to the University of Melbourne as a full professor and Deputy Dean of the Melbourne Business School.[2]
Olsen has spoken on Auckland-related infrastructure issues, including the question of whether to move the Port of Auckland (no)[3] and whether to introduce road tolls (yes).[4]
