HAO ZHANG Operations and Logistics Division, 2053 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z2 Email: [email protected], Tel: (604) 822-8505, Fax: (604) 822-9574

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS Assistant Professor, Operations and Logistics Division, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada 2012 - present Assistant Professor, Information & Operations Management Department, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA 2004 - 2012 EDUCATION Ph.D. Stanford University, Graduate School of Business, Stanford, CA Major: Operations, Information & Technology Dissertation: A Dynamic Principal-Agent Model with Hidden Information Committee: Stefanos Zenios (chair), Haim Mendelson, Evan Porteus

2004

M.S. University of Illinois, Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Urbana, IL Major: Industrial Engineering

1998

B.E. Tsinghua University, Department of Automation, Beijing, China

1996

RESEARCH INTERESTS Dynamic principal-agent problems: theory & applications in operations management; Information asymmetry and incentive problems in operations management (supply chain management, healthcare management, revenue management, etc.); Supply chain management: strategic sourcing & supplier relationship, demand planning, sustainability, product life cycle, information flow, etc. Markov decision processes and partially observable MDPs: theory & applications in operations management. PUBLICATIONS Zhang, H., S. Zenios. 2008. A Dynamic Principal-Agent Model with Hidden Information: Sequential Optimality Through Truthful State Revelation. Operations Research 56(3) 681-696. Zhang, H. 2010. Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes: A Geometric Technique and Analysis. Operations Research 58(1) 214-228.

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Zhang, H., M. Nagarajan, G. Sosic. 2010. Dynamic Supplier Contracts under Asymmetric Inventory Information. Operations Research 58(5) 1380-1397. Chu, L. Y., H. Zhang. 2011. Optimal Pre-order Strategy with Endogenous Information Control. Management Science 57(6) 1055-1077. Zhang, H., 2011. Solving an Infinite Horizon Adverse Selection Model Through Finite Policy Graphs. Operations Research, forthcoming. Zhang, H. 2012. Analysis of a Dynamic Adverse Selection Model with Asymptotic Efficiency. Mathematics of Operations Research, forthcoming. Kong, G., S. Rajagopalan, H. Zhang. 2012. Revenue Sharing and Information Leakage in a Supply Chain. Management Science, forthcoming. PAPERS UNDER REVIEW OR IN PROGRESS Li, H., H. Zhang, C. Fine. 2012. Dynamic Performance-Based Business Share Allocation in a Supply Chain with Competing Suppliers. Under revision for 3rdround review at Operations Research. Nagarajan, M., G. Sosic, H. Zhang. 2011. Stability of Group Purchasing Organizations. Under revision for 2nd-round review at Manufacturing & Service Operations Management. Serving Heterogeneous Customers Through Observable but Non-verifiable Quality Differentiation (with G. Kong and S. Rajagopalan). Working paper. Inducing Supplier Compliance with Labor and Environmental Standards (with E. Plambeck and T. Taylor). Working paper. Survey on Dynamic Principal-Agent Models and their Applications in OR. Invited by Surveys in Operations Research and Management Science. Work in progress. Structural Properties of Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes. Work in progress. Structural Analysis of a Dynamic Moral Hazard Problem. Work in progress. Asymptotic Efficiency of a Dynamic Adverse Selection Model with Multiple States. Work in progress. INVITED SEMINARS “Dynamic Performance-Based Business Share Allocation with Substitutable Suppliers,” Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Canada, January 2012. “Dynamic Performance-Based Business Share Allocation with Substitutable Suppliers,” Rady School of Management, University of California, San Diego, CA, October 2011.

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“Dynamic Performance-Based Business Share Allocation with Substitutable Suppliers,” Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of California, Riverside, CA, May 2011. “Dynamic Adverse Selection with an Application in Supply-Chain Management,” Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, September 2010. “Dynamic Adverse Selection with an Underlying Markov Decision Process,” Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, May 2010. “Dynamic Adverse Selection with OM Applications,” Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, CA, April 2010. “Dynamic Adverse Selection with OM Applications,” Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Durham, NC, March 2010. “Dynamic Adverse Selection: Models, Methods and Results,” Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, March 2009. “Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes: A Geometric Perspective,” Computer Science Department, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, January 2009. “Dynamic Adverse Selection: Models, Methods and Results,” Stern School of Business, New York University, New York, NY, October 2008. “Dynamic Supplier Contracts under Asymmetric Inventory Information,” Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, June 2008. “A Class of Dynamic Adverse Selection Problems: Methods and Results,” Workshop on Dynamic Mechanism Design, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, May 2008. “Multi-period Incentive Problems,” Ph.D. Lecture, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, March 2008. Invited Discussant, Mini-conference on Customer-Oriented Operations Models, Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis, MO, October 2007. “Optimal Contracts in an Infinite Horizon Model,” University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, October 2004. “A Dynamic Principal-Agent Model with Hidden Information,” Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, February 2004. “A Dynamic Principal-Agent Model with Hidden Information,” School of Management, University of Texas at Dallas, TX, February 2004. “A Dynamic Principal-Agent Model with Hidden Information,” Business School, National University of Singapore, Singapore, January 2004. “A Dynamic Principal-Agent Model with Hidden Information,” Department of Industrial Engineering and Logistics Management, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China, January 2004. 3

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS “Efficiency of Long-term Contracts under Dynamic Hidden Information,” INFORMS Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC, November 2011. “Revenue Sharing and Information Leakage in a Supply Chain,” IFORS Triennial Conference, Melbourne, Australia, July 2011. “Efficiency of Optimal Long-term Contracts under a Dynamic Principal-Agent Model,” IFORS Triennial Conference, Melbourne, Australia, July 2011. “Dynamic Performance-Based Volume and Margin Contracts with Substitutable Suppliers,” MSOM Society Annual Conference, Ann Arbor, MI, June 2011. “Motivating Suppliers in a Dynamic Moral-Hazard Environment,” POMS Annual Conference, Reno, NV, Apr 29 to May 2, 2011. “Motivating Suppliers in a Dynamic Moral Hazard Environment,” INFORMS Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, November 2010. “Dynamic Adverse Selection with an Underlying Markov Decision Process,” Southern California OR/OM Conference, Irvine, CA, May 2010. “Dynamic Supplier Contracts Under Asymmetric Inventory Information,” Behavioral and Quantitative Game Theory Conference on Future Directions, Newport Beach, CA, May 2010. “Dynamic Short-term Supplier Contracts Under Asymmetric Inventory Information,” INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, October 2009. “Optimal Pre-order Discount and Information Release,” INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, October 2009. “A Geometric Framework for Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes,” INFORMS International Meeting, Toronto, Canada, June 2009. “Optimal Supplier Contracts under Asymmetric Inventory Information,” INFORMS Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, October 2008. “Solving Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes by Computational Geometry,” INFORMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, November 2007. “Solution to an Infinite-Horizon Principal-Agent Problem by Direct Construction,” INFORMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, November 2007. “A Two-State Infinite-Horizon Principal-Agent Problem,” Manufacturing & Service Operations Management Conference, Beijing, China, June 2007. “Dynamic Supplier Contracts Under Asymmetric Inventory Information and Exponential Demand,” INFORMS Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, November 2006. “Current Research on Optimal Dynamic Contracts,” INFORMS Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, November 2004. “Monotone Comparative Statics of Optimal Contracts in a Dynamic Principal-Agent Model,” INFORMS Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, November 2003. 4

“Optimal Long-Term Contracts in a Dynamic Principal-Agent Model with Hidden States,” INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Jose, CA, November 2002. TEACHING EXPERIENCE Assistant Professor, Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia Fall 2012-present COMM399: Logistics and Operations Management (Undergraduate core) BAMS550-ECM: Operations and Logistics (Master of Management–Early Career Masters) Assistant Professor, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California Fall 2004-Spring 2012 IOM547: Designing Spreadsheet-Based Business Models (MBA elective) IOM427: Designing Spreadsheet-Based Business Models (Undergraduate elective) IOM670: Current Research in Operations Management (Ph.D. elective) Teaching Associate, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University Summer 2003 Pre-Enrollment Course on Economics and Mathematics (a 26-hour summer course designed for entering Ph.D. students). Duties included lectures and office hours. Designed syllabus and prepared lecture notes. Teaching Assistant, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University Spring 2003 Operations (MBA core course). Evaluated students’ in-class participation, graded exams, and provided after-class tutoring. Teaching Assistant, Department of Engineering-Economic Systems & Operations Research, Stanford University Fall 1998 Network and Integer Programming (graduate course). Graded homework and exams and held office hours. ACADEMIC SERVICE & ACTIVITIES Reviewer, Operations Research, Management Science, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Production and Operations Management, IIE Transactions, Naval Research Logistics, Operations Research Letters, Surveys in Operations Research and Management Science, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, OMEGA—International Journal of Management Science, and Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization. Judge, Student Paper Competition, INFORMS Manufacturing and Service Operations Management Society, 2010 & 2012. Reviewer, MSOM Annual Conference, Cambridge, MA, June 2009. Co-chair, Supply Chain Management Track, POMS (Production and Operations Management Society) Annual Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada, May 2010. Session Chair, IFORS Triennial Conference, Melbourne, Australia, July 2011. 5

Session Chair, INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, October 2009. Co-organizer, Southern California OR/OM Conference, Los Angeles, CA, May 2008. Co-organizer, Operations Management Seminars, Department of Information & Operations Management, University of Southern California, 2006–2007 & 2007– 2008 academic years. PhD Admission Committee, Department of Information & Operations Management, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, 2004–present. Faculty Recruiting Committee, Department of Information & Operations Management, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, 2005–present. Participant, Game Theory and Human Behavior Collaboration Project (an interdepartmental research and education program), University of Southern California, June 2010–present. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS) INFORMS Manufacturing & Service Operations Management Society (MSOM) INFORMS Optimization Society Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) Econometric Society HONORS AND AWARDS Golden Apple Award, Undergraduate Teaching, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California 2010 Second Place, Best Paper Award, Annual Conference of OCSAMSE (Overseas Chinese Scholars Association in Management Science and Engineering), Shanghai, China 2009 Doctoral Fellowships, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University

1999-04

Outstanding Student Scholarships, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China (graduated with honor)

1991-96

First Place (out of 270,000 examinees), college entrance examination, Sichuan Province, China

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1991