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CURRICULUM VITAE July, 2000

Name: COOK, Wade Douglas

Citizenship: Canadian

Date of Birth: June 22, 1946

Marital Status: Married: 2 children

Home Address: 73 Aberfeldy Crescent, Thornhill, Ontario L3T 4C3

Telephone: H (905) 731-7504 O (416) 736-5074

PRESENT POSITION

Professor, Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto, Canada.

PREVIOUS POSITIONS

Associate Professor, York University: July 1, 1975 - December 31, 1980

Assistant Professor, York University: July 1, 1972 - June 30, 1975

Lecturer, Dalhousie University: July 1, 1971 - June 30, 1972

UNIVERSITY DEGREES

Ph.D., Dalhousie University, 1972 (Operations Research)

M.Sc., Queen's University, 1969 (Mathematics and Operations Research)

B.Sc., Mount Allison University, 1968 (Mathematics)

COURSES TAUGHT AT GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE LEVELS

- Statistics

- Operations Research

- Modelling

- Production/Operations Management

- Inventory Control

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

- The Institute of Management Sciences (TIMS)

- The Operations Research Society of America (ORSA)

- Canadian Operational Research Society (CORS)

EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

- Operational Research Editor of INFOR

- Member of Editorial Panel for Journal of Productivity Analysis

OTHER AFFILIATIONS

President, Harmony Place Support Services (Day Program for Disabled Adults)

President, Wade D. Cook & Associates Ltd., Management Consultants

PROFESSIONAL/CONSULTING ACTIVITIES

Have served in an advisory/consulting capacity to various private organizations and government departments. Many of the projects carried out over the past 20 years have involved forecasting, optimization, statistical modelling and analysis, financial planning, computer system development, vehicle scheduling and project planning and selection. Have also given seminars on statistics and modelling to such organizations as the Society of Management Accountants. Clients include:

- Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

- Simpsons Sears

- Kelloggs/Salada Canada Ltd.

- Nucro Technics Ltd.

- Ministry of Transportation of Ontario

- Transport Canada

- Department of National Defence

- Town of Haldimand

- Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC)

- Dominion Marine Association

- Canadian Transportation Commission

- City of St. Catharines

- Ministry of The Attorney General

- Hostess Frito Lay

- Glavin Associates

- Ontario Hydro

UNIVERSITY SERVICE:

- Have served on several university committees, as Associate Dean, Student Affairs, Ph.D. Program Director, Chair FAS Tenure & Promotions Committee, Area Coordinator, Management Science, Associate Dean of Research.

PUBLICATIONS:

Dr. Cook has published more than 100 refereed articles, wrote many books, and participated to many several studies. Follow the above link to view his complete list of publications.

RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONTRACTS

1. N.R.C. Grant (1974-1975) - $3,500.

Project - Theory and Application of Games with Dependent Strategy Spaces.

2. D.S.S. Research Contract (1974-1975) - $2,000.

Project - Models for the Optimal Assignment of Tasks to Aircraft.

3. N.R.C. Grant (1975-1976) - $6,500.

Project - Multiple Criteria Decisions Models: Competitive and Non-Competitive.

4. N.R.C. Grant (1976-1977) - $9,000.

Project - Models for Multiple Criteria Decision Making.

5. N.R.C. Grant (1977-1978) - $11,000.

Project - Multiple Goal Decision Models - Theory and Applications.

6. Department of National Defence Research Contract (1977-1978) - $1,000.

Project - An Allocation Model for Optimal Distribution of Search and Rescue Resources with Respect to Air and Marine Cases.

7. Ontario Ministry of Transportation and Communications Research Contract (1977-1978) - $13,000.

Project - A Financial Planning Model for Highway Rehabilitation.

8. Transport Canada Research Contract (1977-1978) - $4,750.

Project - An Evaluation of Models for Measuring the Impact of Navigation Season Extension of the Great Lakes/Saint Lawrence Seaway (with G.C. Shaw).

9. NSERC Grant (1978-1978) - $13,200.

Project - Multiple Goal Decision Models - Theory and Applications.

10. Ontario Ministry of Transportation and Communications Research Contract (1978-1979) - $15,000.

Project - A Financial Planning Model for Highway Rehabilitation (continuation).

11. NSERC Grant (1979-1982 - (3 year grant)) - $52,500.

Project - Multiple Goal Decision Models - Theory and Applications.

12. Ontario Ministry of Transportation and Communications Research Contract (1980-1981) - $19,400.

Project - Implementation of a Priority Analysis for Rehabilitation Strategies System (PARS) (continuation).

13. Transport Canada/Dominion Marine Association/CTC Research Contract (1980-1981) - $40,000.

Project - An Analysis of Great Lakes Shipping Needs to the Year 1990 (with G.C. Shaw).

14. Ontario Ministry of Transportation and Communications Research Contract (1981-1982) - $21,000.

Project - Implementation of a Priority Analysis for Rehabilitation Strategies Systems (PARS) (continuation).

15. President's NSERC Support Grant (1979) - $2,200.

Project - Capital for Purchase of Computer Terminal.

16. President's NSERC Support Grant (1982-1983) - $2,500.

Project - Purchase of Apple Computer.

17. NSERC Grant (1982-1983 - 1 year grant)) - $21,500.

Project - Multiple Goal Decision Models - Theory and Applications.

18. Ontario Ministry of Transportation & Communications Research Contract (1982-1983) - $50,000.

Project - Implementation of PARS.

19. University of Toronto/York University Joint Program in Transportation Grant (1982-1983) - $23,000.

Project - Transport Pricing and Scheduling Strategies (with G.C. Shaw and S. Warner).

20. University of Toronto/York University Joint Program in Transportation Grant (1983-1984) - $12,000.

Project - An Investigation of the Importance of Fleet Size in Improving the Utilization of Canadian Dry-Bulk Vessels on the Great Lakes (with G.C. Shaw).

21. Ontario Ministry of Transportation & Communications Research Contract - (1983-1984) - $32,000.

Project - PARS Improvements: Part I.

22. Ontario Ministry of Transportation & Communications Research Contract (1983-1984) - $20,000.

Project - PARS Improvements: Part II.

23. NSERC Grant (1983-1986) - $94,200.

Project - Multiple Goal Decision Models - Theory and Applications.

24. NSERC Grant (1986-1989) - $120,000.

25. NSERC Grant (1989-1992) - $124,500.

26. NSERC Grant (1992-1995) - $120,000.

27. NSERC Grant (1996-2000) - $160,000.

28. CRD Grant (1996-1999) - $450,000. (Funded jointly by NSERC and the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce)

Project: "Productivity Modelling and Forecasting, and Delivery Configuration in Bank Branch Networks."