Jay is an internationally recognized thought leader in innovations and productivity improvements related to global operations and supply chain management who has held multiple leadership positions at UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School.

Jay has published more than 100 research articles and has received numerous awards, including the National Science Foundation CAREER Award, George Nicholson Prize, Schwabacher Fellowship and Weatherspoon Distinguished Research and Excellence in Teaching awards. He has been a principal investigator on grants from the National Science Foundation, Obama-Singh Knowledge Initiative and U.S. Department of Education. He is an inducted fellow of the three prominent professional organizations: INFORMS (The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences), POMS (The Production and Operations Management Society) and MSOM (Manufacturing and Service Operations Management Society).

Jay received his doctoral and master’s degrees in industrial administration from GSIA (now Tepper School of Business) at Carnegie Mellon University and a Bachelor of Arts in computer science and engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.