ZERO DELTA UNIVERSITY FACULTY

Zero Delta University Faculty represent a diverse mix of active professors from leading universities and industry experts who have extensive consulting and real-world experience across a wide range of practice areas and domains. 

This diverse mixture of faculty results in a curriculum and course structure that perfectly balances academic theory and the practical application of methods and techniques used in real-world settings.

Professor Willard Zangwill PhD Graduate School of Business University of Chicago

Professor Zangwill is a highly-esteemed professor at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.  He is actively engaged in research activities across the fields of: operations strategy and management; applied information technology; complex decision making; decisions for national strategy and homeland defense; and senior management excellence.

Professor Zangwill has published over 50 papers and has authored more than four books in the field of business management.  He is actively advising the Department of Homeland Security on the matters of planning and modeling for future terrorist threats, helping to reduce the risk the US faces in this battle.

Professor Zangwill has taught on faculties of University of California, Berkely; University of Illinois Chicago-Urbana; and American University.

Professor Zangwill actively lectures on Zero Delta University Course BA1-02; Decision Design & Decision Conflict Management

Professor Lon-Mu Liu PhD Information & Decision Sciences College of Business Administration University of Illinois at Chicago

Lon-Mu Liu is Professor of Information and Decision Sciences in the College of Business Administration at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He did his undergraduate work at National Taiwan University and his graduate work at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. He obtained an M.S. degree in Statistics in 1973, an M.S. degree in Computer Science in 1977, and a Ph.D. degree in Statistics in 1978. Professor Liu currently serves as an Associate Editor for Computational Statistics and Data Analysis (CSDA), and is an Elected Member of the International Statistical Institute (ISI).

Professor Liu developed a time series analysis program in the BMDP Package between 1979 and 1980. Since joining the University of Illinois in 1981, Professor Liu has developed an extensive advanced statistical software system in collaboration with several renown experts, including Professors G.E. P. Box of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, M. E. Muller of the Ohio State University, and G. C. Tiao of the University of Chicago.

Through his research expertise and computer software, Professor Liu has extensive experiences in working with major corporations as well as small business in the application of statistics and information technologies across a wide range of advanced business planning scenarios.

Mr Benyovszky is a recognized industry expert with an extensive consulting resume and work experience background.  Mr Benyovszky has more than 17 years of experience across the business and technology functions of large enterprises.  He has consulted to global organizations, leading strategy, operational, and technology projects in the U.S., Europe, and the Middle East.  He previously held senior manager roles at a Fortune 500 distribution company and led large consulting teams for a rapidly-growing US based consulting organization. 

Mr Benyovszky has lectured on Zero Delta topics in the United States, Ireland, Spain, Czech Republic, Jordan, and Australia.

In addition to lecturing at various conference venues throughout the world, Mr Benyovszky has been a guest lecturer at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and has been invited to co-lead courses at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) campus.

Mr Benyovszky actively lectures on Zero Delta University courses BA1-01 and BA1-03.

Mr Lattyak has worked with several distinguished individuals in the statistics and computer science areas, including Prof. George E.P. Box of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Prof. George C. Tiao of the University of Chicago, and Prof. Mervin E. Muller of the Ohio State University.  Mr Lattyak has more than 15 years of consulting experience assisting companies to enhance their labor scheduling, inventory management, and business planning capabilities through the adaptation of advanced software automation and practical knowledge.

Mr Lattyak has provided consulting services and solutions to a number of Fortune 500 companies, including the design and implementation of an enterprise-wide forecasting system for a major fast-food restaurant chain, the development of software to automatically detect unusual competitor activity in the telecommunication industry, and the adaptation of innovational methods to improve forecasting of electricity loads for the utility industry, and customer service levels for call center applications.