Dr. Dmitry Ivanov is a Professor of Supply Chain and Operations Management at Berlin School of Economics and Law (HWR Berlin), Germany. He serves as an Academic Director of MA Global Supply Chain and Operations Management and leads the Digital-AI Supply Chain Lab. He has taught operations management, supply chain management and logistics for more than 25 years at undergraduate, graduate, PhD, and executive MBA levels at various universities worldwide. His publication record includes over 150 research papers in prestigious international academic journals and several books published with Springer. His main research interests span supply chain resilience, the ripple effect management in supply chains, and digital supply chain twins. He is actively involved in editorial work for leading international journals, third-party financed and industrial research projects, and organization of large-scale scientific conferences. William P.

Millhiser is an Associate Professor of Operations Management at Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, City University of New York, USA. He teaches Operations and Decision Analytics MBA and BBA programs, and is the recipient of the Baruch College President's Award for Distinguished Teaching and the Zicklin School of Business's Teaching Excellence Award. His research interests encompass stochastic modeling and simulation, with a particular focus on optimizing queueing systems, including appointment scheduling systems. Phu Nguyen is a Research Associate at Berlin School of Economics and Law (HWR Berlin), Germany. He has significant experience in Supply Chain and Operations Management within renowned manufacturing organizations such as Intel and Decathlon. His research is dedicated to the advancement of supply chain resilience and viability using simulation and machine learning methodologies.