Graduate School of Business
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Sven Beiker
Lecturer, Graduate School of Business - Academic Administration
BioSven Beiker is a Lecturer in Management at the GSB, and the Managing Director of Silicon Valley Mobility, an independent consulting & advisory firm. He covers the electrification, automation, connectivity, and sharing of automobiles through the lens of new technologies and business models. This is reflected in his teaching at the GSB as well as in his professional engagements. Prior to his independent consulting work, he served as an Expert Consultant for mobility topics at McKinsey & Company for 2.5 years.
Dr. Beiker is also the former Executive Director of the Center for Automotive Research at Stanford, an industry affiliates program that he launched in 2008 together with Stanford Professors Gerdes, Nass, and Thrun. Before coming to Stanford, Dr. Beiker worked at the BMW Group for more than 13 years. Between 1995 and 2008 he pursued responsibilities in technology scouting, innovation management, systems design, and series development. He primarily applied his expertise to chassis and powertrain projects, which also provided him with profound insights into the industry’s processes and best practices. In addition, he worked in three major automotive and technology locations: Germany, Silicon Valley, and Detroit.
Dr. Beiker received his MS (1995) and PhD (1999) degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the Technical University in Braunschweig, Germany. He published various technical papers and holds several patents in the fields of vehicle dynamics and powertrain technology. -
Shakeel Sadiq Jajja
Lecturer, Graduate School of Business - Academic Administration
BioDr. Shakeel Sadiq Jajja is Fulbright Scholar at Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. His research work in issues related to supply chain, technology and innovation, and sustainability has published in leading journals of these domains such as Transportation Research (Part E), International Journal of Operations & Production Management, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, International Journal of Production Economics, Production Planning & Control, International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, Business Strategy and The Environment, and Computers & Industrial Engineering. Dr. Jajja has participated in Global Colloquium on Participant-Centred Learning at Harvard Business School, Boston and several other platforms of excellence in case writing and teaching. Research and scholarship of Dr. Jajja has received several best research paper and teaching material awards from international platforms including Decision Sciences Institute and Production and Operations Management Society.
Dr. Jajja has extensive experience in providing executive education and services to the industry. Dr. Jajja has designed, directed, and taught several open enrolment and customized executive education programs in general management and specialized areas including supply chain management, retailing management, public and private sector procurement management, problem solving and decision making, technology and innovation management, participant-centred pedagogy, project management, and family business governance. He has provided consultancy services and customized executive education programs to numerous international organizations including United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Wateen Telecom, Haier Pakistan, International Water Management Institute (IWMI), WEConnect International, SAARC Energy Center, and International Resources Group as well as numerous Pakistani organizations.
Dr. Jajja has a tenured position as Associate Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management at Suleman Dawood School of Business (SDSB) (AACSB Accredited) where is also serving as Director of Executive MBA, and Founding Director of MS in Supply Chain and Retail Management. Dr. Jajja has served as the Faculty Director at Rausing Executive Development Center at the same institution.
Dr. Jajja did Ph.D. in Operations Management in 2013 on scholarship of Lahore University of Management Sciences (AACSB Accredited), the leading business school in Pakistan. He got the first position and Gold Medal in M.S. in Total Quality Management from University of the Punjab in 2006. Earlier he did B.Sc. (Honours) in Mechanical Engineering from University of Engineering and Technology Lahore in 2004.
Prior to joining LUMS, Dr. Jajja worked as Assistant Professor at the Institute of Business Administration Karachi for one year in 2013. Before PhD, he worked with Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority, Pakistan International Airlines, Atlas Honda, and Dawood Hercules Chemicals Limited over a period of around four years during 2005-08.
