Sam K Formby Email & Phone Number

Dr. Formby's teaching interests primarily include: Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, and Project Management. His research interests primarily include: operations, supply chain risk and project management risks, causality of adverse events in operations, and operations complexity and change management.Prior to joining Appalachian State University, Dr. Formby spent more than thirty years in industry assignments with project management, engineering, applied R&D, and operations management responsibilities. Twenty-six of those years he was in management. Dr. Formby has maintained Senior Member status within IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers). In conjunction with his IEEE responsibilities, Dr. Formby has been a program evaluator and commissioner on the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET (the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology) for over twenty years. Dr. Formby is an active member in the Project Management Institute and a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP).

Listed skills include Six Sigma.