Malleswara Talla received a Master of Technology degree from Indian Institute of Technology (I.I.T.), Kharagpur, India in 1981, and a Ph.D. degree from Concordia University, Montreal in 1995. He worked for Tata Consultancy Service, Bombay, Societe Internationale de Telecommunications Aeronautique and Orange Business Services in Montreal and managed several software projects and business performance projects. He also worked as a sessional professor at McGill University, Concordia University, and Champlain College in Montreal. Dr. Talla is a member of Professional Engineers of Ontario (PEO), Canadian Operations Research Society (CORS), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Project Management Institute (PMI), Association for Operations Management (APICS), and The Institute for Internal Controls (THEIIC). His teaching and research interests are in Transportation and Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Information Systems, Process Re-engineering, Business Intelligence, Data Communications, Computer Networks, Software Systems Architecture, Design, and Development.