Holly Ott

Holly Ott is professor of production management at Rosenheim Technical University of Applied Sciences and Management in the department of Wood Technology and Construction, where she received the Teaching Award for Best Lecturer in 2022 and 2023. She is the program head for the new International Bachelors of Wood Technology, starting in March 2024. She is an adjunct professor at Syracuse University, where she is Section Head for the MBA program's Operations and Supply Chain Management course. She has been teaching at the university level since 2009 in Singapore, USA, and Germany, holding a full professorship in industrial engineering at a state-accredited, private university in Bayern from 2014 - 2020. She is a senior lecturer at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and in 2015 received the TUM Teaching Innovation Award for the development and launch of the Massive Open Online Program Lean and Six Sigma: Qualitative Tools for Quality and Productivity with the MOOC provider edX. Holly Ott holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Virginia and has worked for twelve years in semiconductor production and supply chain in the USA, Europe, and Asia for Siemens, Motorola, IBM, and Infineon. Her work has been in the areas of 2D device and process simulation and reliability, quality, and supply chain management. Her current research areas are in digitalization for SMEs in the wood industry in Germany, production and supply chain simulation and optimization including reduction of CO2 emissions through horizontal collaboration and new contractual solutions for the wood supply chain in south-east Bavaria to ensure sustainability for all partners.