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Richard Franza

Associate Professor of Management
Chair, Dept. of Management and Entrepreneurship
Interim Chair, Dept. of Information Systems

Richard Franza

Ph.D – Georgia Institute of Technology

MBA – Duke University

BS – University of Notre Dame

 

 

 

 
 

Department of Information Systems

Department of Management & Entrepreneurship

Burruss Building 305 770.423.6954
rfranza@kennesaw.edu Linked-In

 

Research & Teaching Areas
- Process Improvement
- Technology Transfer
- New Product Development

Recent Consulting
- Bostic Construction
- Carolina Apartment Interiors

Academic Positions
- Bentley College (now Bentley University)
- Air Force Institute of Technology
- Georgia Institute of Technology

Professional Experience, Leadership & Service
- United States Air Force

Representative Publications

“The Implementation of Design for Six Sigma: A Development Experience,” with Satya Chakravorty, International Journal of Product Development, 9 (4), pp. 329-342, 2009.

“Applying Sales and Operations Planning to the Metro-Atlanta Water Crisis,” with Michael Maloni, Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 7 (2), pp. 505 – 510, 2009.

“Evaluating the Return on Investment for Department of Defense to Private Sector Technology Transfer,” with Rajesh Srivastava, International Journal of Technology Transfer and Commercialization, 8 (2/3), pp.286-298, 2009.

 

 
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