Tali Freed, Ph.D, P.E.
Professor, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Department
Director, PolyGAIT – Cal Poly Center for Global Automatic Inference Technologies
CEO, Process Expert, LLC
Tel: (805) 458-0432 (Cell)
E-mail: tfreed@calpoly.edu
http://www.calpoly.edu/~tfreed/
http://www.polygait.calpoly.edu/
EDUCATION
1995 Ph.D., Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, University of California at Berkeley.
1988 M.Sc., Industrial Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.
1983 B.Sc., Industrial Engineering and Management, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.
2006 Professional Engineer Certification/License, Industrial Engineering Specialty, California Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors.
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2020 Recipient, International RFID Journal Special Achievement Award
2012-Present Tenured Professor, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, California Polytechnic State University.
2018-2023 Graduate Programs Coordinator, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, California Polytechnic State University.
2018-Present Senior Project Coordinator, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, California Polytechnic State University.
2017-2020 Curriculum Committee Chair, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, California Polytechnic State University.
2007-2012 Tenured Associate Professor, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, California Polytechnic State University.
2018-2021 IEEE-RFID Education Committee Chair
2017-2021 IEEE Council on RFID and Conference Organizing Committee
2016-2017 IEEE-RFID 2017 Conference General Vice-Chair (Phoenix 2017)
2004-Present Director, PolyGAIT – Cal Poly Global Automatic Identification Technologies R&D Center. Founded the 3500 sq. ft. lab. Received cash grants and donations exceeding $500,000, as well as equipment donations exceeding $1,000,000. Performed and managed approximately 250 RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) R&D and implementation projects.
2006-2012 Adjunct Associate Professor, Naval Postgraduate School, School of Business and Public Policy. Courses: Business Modeling and Analysis; Operations Management. Student level: E.M.B.A.
2006-Present President and CEO, Process Expert LLC, Industrial Engineering and RFID Consulting Company.
2009 U.S. Patent No. 7541931 issue date June 2, 2009, Title: Procedure for RFID Tagging of Reusable Plastic Containers (Cal Poly rights ownership).
2023 U.S. Provisional Patents (four) related to tracking Lithium-Ion batteries.
2008-09 Visiting Associate Professor, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheba, Israel.
2008-09 Visiting Associate Professor, Ort Braude College, Carmiel, Israel.
2001-07 Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, California Polytechnic State University. Topics Taught: Operations Research sequence, Electronics Manufacturing, Data Management and Information Systems Design, Manufacturing Integration, Process Simulation and Expert Systems, RFID. Student levels: B.S., M.S.
2000-01 Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Miami, School of Business Administration, Department of Management. Course: Operations Management. Student level: B.B.A. Average teaching evaluation: 4.5 on a 5 point scale.
1998-99 Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Miami, School of Business Administration and Department of Industrial Engineering. Courses: Operations Management, Operations Management Modeling, Production and Inventory Control. Student levels: Executive M.B.A., M.B.A., B.B.A., B.S..
1995-97 Staff Engineer, Xilinx, Inc., semiconductor manufacturing company. Responsibilities: development of manufacturing methodologies to improve productivity, cycle-time and on-time delivery performance, development of computerized capacity models, scheduling systems, and productivity measurement s