Marvin Gonzalez receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar Fellowship

Congratulations to Marvin Gonzalez, associate professor of Supply Chain and Operations Management, on receiving a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award for the 2024–25 academic year. He is one of three recipients from the College this year.

Gonzalez received a Fulbright to North Macedonia, where he is working with academics and practitioners to develop quality systems for the country’s food distribution networks.

“I am doing a diagnosis of the current situation, with emphasis on logistics and transportation,” says Gonzalez, who will be conducting his project, “Navigating Food Supply Chain Efficiency: Insights into North Macedonia,” at the University of Saint Kliment Ohridski. “I am also working with the faculty of tourism and we are working on two research projects, one related to the use of lean business tools and another on hotel logistics.

“I want to apply my experience of more than 35 years of work in the Lean Six Sigma and supply chain management areas in a system where there is no quality culture and economic barriers have put the industry in general in a non-competitive position,” he adds. Gonzalez will return in January 2025.