Dr. Eric P. Jack is the Wells Fargo Endowed Chair in Business Administration, Professor of Management, and Dean of the Collat School of Business at UAB. He has a BS in industrial engineering from Georgia Tech, an MBA from Wright State University and a PhD in operations management from the University of Cincinnati. Before beginning his academic career, Jack served for 21 years as a US Air Force officer where his responsibilities involved facilities planning, design, construction, and maintenance. He is a member of Leadership Alabama Class XXVIII, Leadership Birmingham Class of 2014, and serves on the boards of Rotary Club of Birmingham (Past President), The Innovation Depot, Founders Advisors LLC, Malcovery Security LLC, the Birmingham Committee on Foreign Relations, United Way of Central Alabama and the Southern Business Administration Association. A naturalized US citizen, Jack was born on the island of Trinidad and Tobago. He is married to his engineering classmate, Ave Parker Jack from Augusta, Georgia.