Felipe Caro, Ph.D. Anderson School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles 110 Westwood Plaza, Suite B420, CA 90095, U.S.A. Phone: (310) 206-0416, Fax: (310) 206-3337 Email: felipe.caro (at) anderson.ucla.edu

Appointments

2005 – Present	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES. Anderson School of Management. Associate Professor with tenure (promoted March 2013)
1999 – 2001	UNIVERSITY OF CHILE. Industrial Engineering Department, Santiago, Chile. Full-time Instructor with teaching and research responsibilities.

Education

2001 – 2005	MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY. Ph.D. in Operations Management, Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, U.S.A.
1993 – 1999	UNIVERSITY OF CHILE, Faculty of Physics and Mathematical Sciences, Santiago, Chile.
	Industrial Engineer, September 1999 (graduated with Highest Honors).
	B.Sc. in Engineering, October 1998 (graduated with Highest Honors).

Awards and Distinctions

· 2013 ecch Production & Operations Management Award and New Case Writer Award.

· 2012 EURO Excellence in Practice Award, Finalist.

· 2012 MSOM Meritorious Service Award.

· 2010 MSOM Meritorious Service Award.

· 2010 INFORMS Junior Faculty Interest Group Paper Competition, First Prize.

· 2010 Revenue Management and Pricing Practice Award, Finalist.

· 2009 Franz Edelman Laureate.

· 2008 Deloitte Consulting Award for Management Field Study Achievement.

· 2007 Robbins Assistant Professor Teaching Award.

· 2004 MSOM Student Paper Competition, Finalist.

· 2001 MIT Presidential Fellowship, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

· 1999 Best Industrial Engineering Graduate, University of Chile. Awarded by the Chilean School of Engineers.

Papers Published / Forthcoming

· Caro, F., C. Corbett, T. Tan, R. Zuidwijk. 2013. Double-Counting in Supply Chain Carbon Footprinting. Manufacturing & Service Ops. Management forthcoming.

· Caro, F., J. Gallien. 2012. Clearance Pricing Optimization for a Fast-Fashion Retailer. Operations Research 60(6) 1404–1422.

· Caro, F., K. Rajaram, J. Wollenweber. 2012. Process Location and Product Distribution with Uncertain Yields. Operations Research 60(5) 1050-1063.

· Caro, F., V. Martínez-de-Albéniz. 2012. Product and Price Competition with Satiation Effects. Management Science 58(7) 1357-1373.

· Caro, F., D. Simchi-Levi. 2012. Optimal Static Pricing for a Tree Network. Annals of Operations Research 196(1) 137-152.

· Epstein, R., M. Goic, A. Weintraub, J. Catalán, P. Santibáñez, R. Urrutia, R. Cancino, S. Gaete, A. Aguayo, F. Caro (corresponding author). 2012. Optimizing Long-Term Production Plans in Underground and Open Pit Copper Mines. Operations Research 60(1) 4-17, lead article.

· Caro, F., J. Gallien, M. Díaz, J. García, J.M. Corredoira, M. Montes, J.A. Ramos, J. Correa. 2010. Zara Uses Operations Research to Reengineer Its Global Distribution Process. Interfaces 40(1) 71–84.

· Caro, F., J. Gallien. 2010. Inventory Management of a Fast-Fashion Retail Network. Operations Research 58(2) 257–273, lead article and featured on journal website.

· Caro, F., O.S. Yoo. 2010. Indexability of Bandit Problems with Response Delays. Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences 24(3) 349-374. [Index Tables].

· Caro, F., V. Martínez-de-Albéniz. 2010. The Impact of Quick Response in Inventory-Based Competition. Manufacturing & Service Ops. Management 12(3) 409-429. [Appx].

· Caro, F., J. Gallien. 2007. Dynamic Assortment with Demand Learning for Seasonal Consumer Goods. Management Science 53(2) 276-292.

· Caro, F., T. Shirabe, M. Guignard, A. Weintraub. 2004. School Redistricting: Embedding GIS Tools with Integer Programming. The Journal of the Operational Research Society 55(8) 836-850.

· Caro, F., M. Constantino, I. Martins, A. Weintraub. 2003. A 2-Opt Tabu Search Procedure for the Multi-Period Forest Harvesting Problem with Adjacency, Green-up, Old Growth and Even Flow Constraints. Forest Science 49(5) 738-751.

· Caro, F., R. Andalaft, X. Silva, A. Weintraub, P. Sapunar, M. Cabello. 2003. Evaluating the Economic Cost of Environmental Measures in Plantation Harvesting Through the Use of Mathematical Models. Production & Operations Management 12(3) 290-306.

Papers Under Review / In Progress

· Caro, F., V. Martínez-de-Albéniz, P. Rusmevichientong. 2012. The Assortment Packing Problem: Multiperiod Assortment Planning for Short-Lived Products. Under review for Management Science, second round submission.

· Caro, F., A. Das Gupta. 2012. Robust Control for the Multiarmed Bandit Problem. Under review for Operations Research Letters, first round submission.

· Caldentey, R., F. Caro. 2012. Dynamic Assortment Planning. Working paper, in preparation for submission.

· Caro, F. 2012. Coordination of Inventory Distribution and Price Markdowns for a Fast-Fashion Retailer. Work in progress.

Other Published Work

· Zara: Staying Fast and Fresh. 2012. UCLA Anderson case and teaching note. Available at www.ecch.com, reference numbers 612-006-1 and 612-006-8 [sample page]. Winner of the Production & Operations Management award and the New Case Writer competition in the ecch Case Awards 2013.

· Franz Edelman Award Finalist Video (45min). 2009. Zara Uses Operations Research to Reengineer Its Global Distribution Process. Available in DVD format at www3.informs.org/site/edelman_dvd/article.php?id=279.

· Caro, F., V. Martínez-de-Albéniz. 2009. The Effect of Assortment Rotation on Consumer Choice and Its Impact on Competition. In Consumer-Driven Demand and Operations Management, S. Netessine, C.S. Tang (eds.), Springer Science+Business Media, doi:10.1007/978-0-387-98026-3_3.

· Caro, F., J. Catalán, R. Epstein, M. Goic, P. Santibáñez, A. Weintraub, F. Azócar, J. Castillo, S. Gaete, H. Menares. 2007. Long Term Optimization of Investment and Production Plans In Open-Pit and Underground Copper Mines. In Proceedings of the 33rd International Symposium on Application of Computers and Operations Research in the Mineral Industry (APCOM 2007), E. J. Magri (ed.), Santiago, Chile, 351-360.

· Caro, F., J. Gallien. 2005. Dynamic Assortment with Demand Learning for Short Life-Cycle Consumer Goods. Manufacturing & Service Ops. Management 7(1) 94-97. Extended Abstracts Winners MSOM Student Paper Competition.

Invited Seminars

· MIT Sloan School of Management, May 6, 2013.

· University of Washington, Foster School of Business, April 26, 2013.

· USC Marshall School of Business, October 26, 2012.

· Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management, October 24, 2012.

· Oracle Retail Science Group, October 4, 2012.

· Koç University, KUMPEN Forum Retail Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, May 18, 2012.

· New York University, Stern School of Business, November 2, 2011.

· Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business, October 28, 2011.

· UC Irvine, Paul Merage School of Business, October 26, 2011

· Duke University, Fuqua School of Business, October 14, 2011.

· Stanford, Graduate School of Business, May 18, 2011.

· UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School, Junior Faculty Research Roundtable, April 9, 2011.

· University of Michigan, Ross School of Business, March 18, 2011.

· UC Berkeley, Haas School of Business, October 29, 2010.

· Washington University at St. Louis, Olin School of Business, September 24, 2010.

· The Wharton School at UPenn, invited seminar for PhD class, February 25, 2010.

· UT Austin, McCombs School of Business, September 18, 2009.

· INSEAD, May 22, 2009.

· Columbia University, Graduate School of Business, November 4, 2008.

· New York University, Stern School of Business, October 3, 2008.

· University of Chile, Rocket Science in Retail Workshop, Santiago, Chile, June 19, 2008.

· The Wharton School at UPenn, October 30, 2007.

· INSEAD, March 10, 2005.

· University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Kenan-Flagler Business School, Feb 14, 2005.

· University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business, February 11, 2005.

· New York University, Stern School of Business, February 8, 2005.

· University of Chicago, Graduate Business School, February 3, 2005.

Professional Activities

· Member of INFORMS, the MSOM Society, and POMS.

· Senior Editor for the Retail Operations Department of Production and Operations Management since 2010.

· MSOM Supply Chain Special Interest Group conference chair, 2011.

· Ad-hoc referee for Management Science, Operations Research, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Production and Operations Management, Naval Research Logistics, Annals of Operations Research, IIE Transactions and the European Journal of Operational Research.

Conference Presentations (partial list)

1. “Static Pricing for a Network Service Provider”

· INFORMS Annual Meeting, Atlanta GA, October 2003.

2. “Dynamic Assortment with Demand Learning for Seasonal Consumer Goods”

· INFORMS Annual Meeting, Denver CO, October 2004.

· INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Francisco CA, November 2005.

3. “The Impact of Quick Response in Inventory-Based Competition”

· INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Francisco CA, November 2005.

· POM Annual Conference, La Jolla CA, May 2008.

· MSOM Conference, Maryland MD, June 2008.

· CLAIO Conference, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, September 2008.

4. “Inventory Management of a Fast-Fashion Retail Network”

· MSOM Conference, Atlanta GA, June 2006.

· POMS Annual Conference, Dallas TX, May 2007.

· COER Conference, Harvard University, May 2007.

· OR/OM Day, UC Irvine, May 2007.

· MSOM Conference, Beijing, China, June 2007.

· INFORMS International Conference, Puerto Rico, July 2007.

5. “Long-Term Optimization Planning in Open-Pit and Underground Copper Mines”

· INFORMS International Conference, Puerto Rico, July 2007.

· INFORMS Annual Conference, Seattle WA, November 2007.

6. “Dynamic Assortment Planning,”

· POMS Annual Conference, La Jolla CA, May, 2008.

· IFORS Triennial Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa, July 2008.

· MSOM Conference, Haifa, Israel, June 2010.

· INFORMS Annual Conference, Austin TX, November 2010.

7. “Clearance Pricing Optimization for a Fast-Fashion Retail Network”

· CLAIO Conference, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, September 2008.

· COER Conference, Harvard University, May 2009.

· Revenue Management Conference, Northwestern University, June 2009.

· MSOM Conference, Boston MA, June 2009.

· INFORMS Annual Conference, San Diego CA, October 2009.

· EURO Conference on OR, Vilnius, Lithuania, July 2012.

8. “Strategic Assortment Rotation”

· INFORMS Annual Conference, Washington DC, October 2008.

· MSOM Conference, Boston MA, June 2009.

· INFORMS Annual Conference, San Diego CA, October 2009.

9. “Zara Uses Operations Research to Reengineer its Global Distribution Process”

· INFORMS Practice Conference, Phoenix AZ, April 2009.

· INFORMS Annual Conference, San Diego CA, October 2009.

· Translog Workshop, Reñaca, Chile, December 2009.

10. “Innovation in Assortment Planning: Dynamic Models”

· Conference for Innovation in Operations, London Business School, June 2010.

11. “Reaching Out to Practitioners: Doing Applied Research”

· POMS Annual Conference, Supply Chain Mini-conference, May 2011.

12. “Coordination of Inventory Distribution and Price Markdowns at Zara”

· IFORS Triennial Conference, Melbourne, July 2011.

· POMS Annual Conference, Chicago, April 2012.

· INFORMS Annual Conference, Phoenix AZ, October 2012.

13. “Carbon-Optimal and Carbon-Neutral Supply Chains”

· MSOM Conference, Ann Arbor, June 2011.

· INFORMS Annual Conference, Phoenix AZ, October 2012.

14. “The Assortment Packing Problem”

· INFORMS Annual Meeting, Charlotte, November 2011.

· MSOM Conference, New York, June 2012.

· POMS Annual Conference, Denver, May 2013.

Selected Media Mentions (links might need subscription)

· Zara: las claves y dudas tras el éxito. Portafolio Retail - Diario Financiero 4-2-2013, Chile.

· Not made in the USA: losing out on Olympic clothing. NBC Los Angeles 8-8-2012, USA.

· Fast fashion shifts supply chain focus. Just-style.com 7-2-2012, USA.

· Speed to market breaks down fashion barriers. Just-style.com 7-2-2012, USA.

· El chileno detrás de las liquidaciones que aplica Zara. La Tercera 1-23-2011, Chile.

· El profesor chileno que "usó" a Zara como laboratorio. El Mercurio 12-27-2009, Chile.

· Felipe Caro: el chileno que asesora a Zara desde EE.UU. El Mercurio 1-20-2008, Chile.

· Zara adopts distribution optimization system. Senken Shimbun 25-12-2007, Japan.

· Les mathématiques ont dopé les ventes des magasins Zara. Le Figaro 11-26-2007, France.

Miscellaneous Information

· Teaching: Operations and Technology Management (MBA core class), Global Supply Chain Management (MBA elective), Dynamic Programming (PhD class), Excel for MBAs (orientation workshop).

· Easton Technology Leadership Program, faculty advisory board member, 2011–.

· DOTM area PhD program liaison, 2009-.

· Served in the UCLA Academic Senate Legislative Assembly 2007-2009.

· Contributor to the UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog.

Los Angeles, May 7, 2013