Douglas Fearing - Harvard Business School

Harvard Business School
Morgan Hall 491
Soldiers Field
Boston, MA 02163
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
Douglas Fearing
Harvard Business School Boston, MA
Assistant Professor, Technology and Operations Management Jul 2010 - present
EDUCATION
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA
Ph.D. in Operations Research Sep 2005 - Sep 2010
Dissertation: “The Case for Coordination: Equity, Efficiency and Passenger Impacts in Air Traffic Flow
Management” advised by Cynthia Barnhart (MIT) and Constantine Caramanis (UT Austin).
Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA
B.S. in Computer Science with University and Department Honors. Sep 1995 - Jun 1999
FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS
� Winner of the 2011 INFORMS Aviation Applications Section Dissertation Prize.
� Winner of the 2009 Anna Valicek Award from AGIFORS.
� MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics UPS Ph.D. Fellowship for 2009 / 2010.
� Graduate Research Award for 2009 / 2010 from the Airport Cooperative Research Program.
� MIT Sloan School of Management Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award (2009).
� MIT Graduate Student Council Teaching Award (2009).
� Carnegie Mellon Senior Leadership Award (1999).
� Phi Beta Kappa (1999).
PUBLICATIONS
Office: 617.495.6614
dfearing@hbs.edu
� Barnhart, C., D. Fearing, A. Odoni, and V. Vaze. (2011). Demand and capacity management in air
transportation. Submitted to EURO Journal on Transportation and Logistics.
� Fearing, D., and C. Barnhart. (2011). Evaluating air traffic flow management in a collaborative
decision-making environment. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation
Research Board, special issue on Public Sector Aviation, Graduate Research Awards, 2009 – 2010,
No. 2206, 10 - 18.
� Barnhart, C., D. Fearing, and V. Vaze. (2011). Analyzing passenger travel disruptions in the
National Air Transportation System. Working paper.
� Barnhart, C., D. Fearing, and V. Vaze. (2011). Modeling passenger travel and delays in the
National Air Transportation System. To be revised and resubmitted to Operations Research.
� Barnhart, C., D. Bertsimas, C. Caramanis, and D. Fearing. (2011). Equitable and efficient
coordination in traffic flow management. To appear in Transportation Science.
� Fearing, D., J. Acimovic, and S. Graves. (2011). How to catch a Tiger: understanding putting
performance on the PGA Tour. Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sport, 7(1).
� Ball, Mike, et al. (2010). Total Delay Impact Study: A comprehensive assessment of the costs and
impacts of flight delays in the United States. Cited contributor on FAA/ NEXTOR publication.

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NON-ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
Tampa Bay Rays St. Petersburg, FL
Consultant 2010 – present
� Provided suggestions and guidance on techniques for statistical modeling and player evaluation.
Trilogy Software Austin, TX
Development Manager 2001 – 2004
� Managed software development teams of 10 – 20 developers co-located throughout the U.S. and
India. Provided feedback, career guidance, and leadership mentoring as well as technical direction
and reviews of product architecture decisions. Designed, developed, and deployed multi-milliondollar
software applications to Fortune 500 corporations, including Ford, British Airways and
Goodyear.
Software Developer 1999 – 2001
� Developed and directed development for carOrder.com user interface, interactive configuration,
pricing, and ordering components. Developed significant algorithmic components for Trilogy’s
Automotive Configuration Management software.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Harvard Business School Boston, MA
Instructor (two sections), Technology and Operations Management Fall 2011
Harvard Business School Boston, MA
Instructor (one section), Technology and Operations Management Fall 2010
MIT Sloan School of Management Cambridge, MA
Teaching Assistant, Systems Optimization and Analysis for Manufacturing Summer 2008
MIT Sloan School of Management Cambridge, MA
Teaching Assistant, Optimization Methods in Management Science Spring 2006
Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science Pittsburgh, PA
Teaching Assistant, Fundamentals of Computer Science II Fall 1998
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
� Refereed papers for Operations Research, Transportation Science, and Interfaces
� Member of INFORMS and SABR
� Officer for MIT Student Chapter of INFORMS (2005 -2006)
PRESENTATIONS
� “Priority-based Allocation in Air Traffic Flow Management,” Fearing, D., Kash, I. INFORMS
Annual Meeting in Charlotte, NC. November 13, 2011.
� “The Case for Coordination: Equity, Efficiency and Passenger Impacts in Air Traffic Flow
Management,” Fearing, D. INFORMS Annual Meeting AAS Dissertation Prize Presentation in
Charlotte, NC. November 13, 2011.

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� “Evaluating Air Traffic Flow Management in a Collaborative Decision-Making Environment,”
Fearing, D., Barnhart, C. TRB Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. January 25, 2011 (poster
presentation).
� “Evaluating Air Traffic Flow Management in a Collaborative Decision-Making Environment,”
Fearing, D., Barnhart, C. Industry Studies Association Conference in Pittsburgh, PA. June 1, 2010.
� “How to Measure a Tiger: Analyzing Situational Putting Performance,” Fearing, D., Acimovic, J.,
Graves, S. INFORMS Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA. October 12, 2009.
� “A Framework for Evaluating Passenger Delays in Traffic Flow Management,” Fearing, D.,
Barnhart, C., Vaze, V. INFORMS Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA. October 11, 2009.
� “Equitable and Efficient Coordination of Traffic Flow Management Programs,” Fearing, D.,
Barnhart, C., Bertsimas, D., Caramanis, C. AGIFORS Annual Symposium Anna Valicek
Presentation in Atlanta, GA. September 28, 2009.
� “Equitable and Efficient Coordination in Traffic Flow Management,” Fearing, D., Barnhart, C.,
Bertsimas, D., Caramanis, C. International Symposium for Mathematical Programming in
Chicago, IL. August 24, 2009.
� “How to Catch a Tiger: Understanding Golfer Performance on the PGA Tour,” Fearing, D.,
Acimovic, J., Graves, S. The Institute of Mathematics and its Applications Mathematics in Sport
Conference in Groningen, The Netherlands. June 16, 2009.
� “How to Catch a Tiger: Understanding Golfer Performance on the PGA Tour,” Fearing, D.,
Acimovic, J., Graves, S. The University of Texas at Austin Operations Research Seminar in
Austin, TX. May 8, 2009.
� “How to Catch a Tiger: Understanding Golfer Performance on the PGA Tour,” Fearing, D.,
Acimovic, J., Graves, S. MIT Operations Management and Systems Dynamics Seminar in
Cambridge, MA. December 8, 2008.
� “Computational Approaches to Air Traffic Flow Management with Fairness Constraints,” Fearing,
D., Caramanis, C. INFORMS Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. October 14, 2008.
� “Network Fairness in Air Traffic Flow Management,” Fearing, D., Caramanis, C., Bertsimas, D.
MIT NSF-EFRI Project Meeting in Cambridge, MA. February 28, 2008.
� “Network Fairness in Air Traffic Flow Management,” Fearing, D., Bertsimas, D. INFORMS
Annual Meeting in Seattle WA. November 6, 2007.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
United States Citizen. Stay-At-Home Dad (2004 – 2005).
Last updated November 16 th , 2011.