Zal Phiroz

Before becoming a Founding Partner of Pier Consulting Group, Inc. in 2010, Dr. Zal Phiroz was Senior Manager for Market Planning at Proctor and Gamble Co. and Manager of Business Planning and Trade Marketing for TELUS Communications, Inc. For several years, he served as Adjunct Professor of Supply Chain Management and Operations Management at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences before teaching at University of Southern California in 2014. Currently, Dr. Phiroz is a Lecturer at Rady, where he has taught numerous courses both in-person and online and regularly collaborates with colleagues in ensuring that course design and instructional methods are aligned with the departmental curriculum. He has published a variety of articles on diverse topics and a book titled Perspectives of Supply Chain Competitiveness - A Handbook.

 Education
Ph.D. Supply Chain and Data Analytics, University of Cape Town
MBA International Marketing, Wayne State University
B.S. Computer Information Systems, University of Windsor 

Instructional Area
Innovation, Technology, and Operations

Courses Taught at Rady
MGT 71: Business and Operations Management
MGT 71R: Business and Operations Management (remote)
MGT 151R: Business Analytics (remote)
MGT 153:Business Analytics
MGT 171: Operations Management
MGT 171R: Operations Management (remote)
MGT 449: Topics/Operations and Technology
MGTA 456: Supply Chain Analytics