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Juan Carlos Ferrer Ortiz

Full Professor

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


pricing policies and inventories; composition and pricing of product and service packages; allocation of workforce shifts; route optimization using geo-referenced information

Educación

  •  Industrial Engineer Degree with Major in Computer Science, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 1995
  •  M.Sc. in Engineering with Major in Management, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 1995
  •  Ph.D. in Management, MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY. Estados Unidos, 2002

Experiencia Académica

  •   Associate Professor Full Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Ingeniería

    Santiago, Chile

    2007 - 2016

  •   Associate Dean Full Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Ingeniería

    Santiago, Chile

    2010 - 2016

  •   Assistant Professor Full Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Ingeniería

    Santiago, Chile

    2002 - 2007

  •   Instructor Professor Full Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Ingeniería

    Santiago, Chile

    1995 - 2002

  •   Research Affiliate Part Time

    MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

    Cambridge, Estados Unidos

    2010 - 2011

  •   Visiting Scholar Full Time

    MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

    Cambridge, MA, Estados Unidos

    2009 - 2010

  •   Visiting Professor Full Time

    MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

    Cambridge, MA, Estados Unidos

    2015 - 2015

  •   Vice Dean Full Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Ingeniería

    Santiago, Chile

    2013 - 2016

  •   Full Professor Full Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Ingeniería

    Santiago, Chile

    2016 - At present

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Analyst Full Time

    Sonda S.A.

    Chile

    1993 - 1993

  •   Developer Full Time

    HP – AT&T – IBM – Enron – Citigroup

    Cambridge, MA, Estados Unidos

    1998 - 2002

  •   Presidente del Directorio Part Time

    Pricing SpA

    Santiago, Chile

    2014 - 2023

  •   Presidente del Directorio Part Time

    Shift SpA

    Santiago, Chile

    2014 - At present

  •   Presidente del Directorio Part Time

    The Optimal SpA

    Santiago, Chile

    2023 - At present

Formación de Capital Humano


Professor Ferrer has taught nearly 4,000 students, in undergraduate and graduate programs at PUC, and also in the M.B.A. program in the Sloan School of Management at M.I.T.

He has been the thesis advisor for 18 undergraduates, 20 Master’s level graduate students, and three doctoral students.


Premios y Distinciones

  •   Best Student in Computer Science Award

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Chile, 1995

    Best student award in Computer Science, Class 1995

  •   Ismael Valdes Valdes award

    Chilean Institute of Engineers

    Chile, 1996

    Ismael Valdes Valdes award, from the Chilean Institute of Engineers for his “moral conditions and his aptitudes to organize and lead”.

  •   Fullbright scholarship

    Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs

    Estados Unidos, 1998

    Fulbright scholarship for doctoral studies in the United States. 1998-2000

  •   “Presidente de la República” scholarship

    MIDEPLAN

    Chile, 1998

    “Presidente de la República” scholarship from MIDEPLAN for doctoral studies in the United States. 1998-2001

  •   Best Teaching Award

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Chile, 2009

    Best Teaching Award, Engineering School, P.U.C. Chile, in 2004, 2007, 2008 and 2009.

  •   Dictuc Annual Award

    DICTUC S.A

    Chile, 2012

    Excellence in applied project with industry (SHIFT UC)


 

Article (19)

When should shelf stocking be done at night? A workforce management optimization approach for retailers
Identifying proactive ICU patient admission, transfer and diversion policies in a public-private hospital network
Appointment and patient scheduling in chemotherapy: a case study in Chilean hospitals
Efficient shift scheduling with multiple breaks for full-time employees: A retail industry case
A proactive transfer policy for critical patient flow management
An integer Programming approach to curriculum-based examination timetabling
Design of a single window system for e-government services: Chilean Case
Optimal pricing and composition of multiple bundles: A two-step approach
Multiskilling with closed chains in a service industry: A robust optimization approach
Assessing salesforce marginal productivity
Consumer price sensitivity in the retail industry: Latitude of acceptance with heterogeneous demand
Model for Optimization of Locations of Schools and Student Transportation in Rural Areas
Risk averse retail pricing with robust demand forecasting
The behavioral consequences of repeated flight delays
A system design to bridge the gap between the theory and practice of retail revenue management
On pricing of multiple bundles of products and services
An optimization approach for scheduling wine grape harvest operations
On pricing and composition of bundles
A mixed-integer programming model for gas purchase and transportation

Review (1)

Managing customer experiences: Perspectives on the temporal aspects of service encounters
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Sergio Maturana

Professor

Industrial and Systems Engineering

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Louis de Grange

Associate Professor

UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES

Santiago, Chile

21
Juan Carlos Ferrer

Full Professor

Industrial Engineering Department

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

2
Juan Muñoz

Professor

Department of Transport Engineering and Logistics

Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Ricardo Giesen

Director and Associate Professor

Transport Engineering and Logistics

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

2
JORGE VERA

Professor

Department of Industrial and System Engineering

Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Alejandro Mac Cawley

Profesor Asociado

Industrial Engineering & Agricultural Economics

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

2
Alejandro Cataldo

Académico

Instituto de Ingeniería Matemática y Computacional

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

3
César Henao

Profesor Investigador

Departamento de Ingeniería Industrial

Universidad del Norte

Barranquilla, Colombia