Christopher Gopal

Christopher Gopal has over 40 years of experience in global supply chain management and operations. He has held high-level executive positions at a number of companies, including Ernst & Young Consulting, Dell Computer, Unisys, and Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). He serves on the Defense Business Board (Washington DC) that provides business perspective advice to the Secretary of Defense and leading officials, the Private Sector Advisory Board of the Global Fund (Geneva), and on the Advisory Board of the Global Supply Chain Management Center at USC. Mr. Gopal works with leading companies as an independent consultant, serves on several Advisory Boards and teaches at the Rady School of Management and Marshall School of Business at USC.  He is the co-author of four books, including “Breakthrough Supply Chains: How Companies and Nations can Thrive and Prosper in an Uncertain World”, published in June 2023, which has been recommended and endorsed by the Council for Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) and has been accepted into the Pentagon Library.

Education
Ph.D. Business Strategy & Operations, University of Southern California
MBA, Cranfield School of Management (United Kingdom)
B.Sc Bangalore University (India)

Instructional Area
Supply Chain Management, Innovation, Technology, and Operations

Courses Taught
MGT 171: Operations Management
MGT 174: Supply Chain and Operations Management
MGT 175: Supply Chain Management
MGT 176: Strategic Cost Management
MGT 449: Topics in Operations and Technology – Supply Chain Finance
MGT 449: Topics in Operations and Technology - Strategic Sourcing
MGT 441: Strategic Sourcing