| Pre-Nominals: | Dr. |
| Matt Waller | |
| Birth Name: | Matthew Alan Waller |
| Birth Date: | 18 August 1964 |
| Birth Place: | Mission, Kansas |
| Nationality: | American |
| Education: | Business (B.S)Business (M.S)Business (Ph.D) |
| Alma Mater: | University of Missouri Pennsylvania State University |
| Occupation: | Dean of Sam M. Walton College of BusinessProfessor of Supply Chain |
| Employer: | University of Arkansas |
| Known For: | Supply Chain Research |
| Spouse: | Susanne Waller |
Matthew Alan Waller (born August 18, 1964) is the ex-dean of the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas.[1] He currently holds the Sam M. Walton Leadership Chair.
Waller first began his career as a visiting assistant professor at the University of Arkansas in 1994. He was named a full professor in 2007, and has been the dean of the college since May 1, 2016.[2] He first held the chair of the Department of Supply Chain in 2011. He also held the Garrison Endowed Chair in Supply Chain Management.
Waller graduated summa cum laude with a B.S.B.A from the University of Missouri, and received an M.S. and Ph.D. from Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of The Definitive Guide to Inventory Management: Principles and Strategies for the Efficient Flow of Inventory across the Supply Chain.[3]
Waller co-founded Bentonville Associates Ventures in 1996 and was chief strategy officer and co-founder of Mecari Technologies from 1998-2002.[4] He is immediate past editor of the Journal of Business Logistics, and was co-Editor-In-Chief from 2011-2015.[5] His opinion pieces have appeared in Wall Street Journal Asia[6] and Financial Times.[7]
He is on the Transformation Advisory Board created by Governor Asa Hutchinson in February 2017[8] and the Board of Advisors of the World Trade Center Arkansas.[9]