Rick Hesse, DSc

Rick Hesse, DSc, is currently a professor and Chair of Decision Sciences and Marketing at Pepperdine University’s Graziadio’s Graduate School of Business and Management. He has taught management science using spreadsheets since 1982 in both engineering and business schools at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Since 1982 he has been writing a quarterly column in Decision Line, “In the Classroom.” Dr. Hesse has won numerous teaching awards, including the national Decision Sciences Innovative Instructional Award, the Outstanding Civilian Service Medal from the Department of the Army, and Teacher of the Year award at the San Diego State School of Business. He has been involved as a consultant on management science problems with such companies as Semtech, YouBet.com, ITT, Pratt, Whitney, Brown, Williamson, Piedmont Airlines, GEICO, UPS, and Bluebird.