Saban Adana - Research Fellow

Dr. Saban Adana is an Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management and Mulwick Scholar at John Carroll University’s Boler College of Business (2020–present). His teaching and research focus on supply chain resilience, performance-based contracting, analytics, and complexity. He earned his Ph.D. in Supply Chain Management from the University of North Texas (2017–2020) and his B.A. in International Relations and Systems Engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point (1998–2002). He also holds master’s degrees in National Security Affairs and National and International Security Strategies and Management and Leadership, obtained from the Naval Postgraduate School and the Turkish Army War College, respectively. Before entering academia, Dr. Adana served in the Turkish Armed Forces (2002–2016), including an assignment as Military Assistant to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) at NATO Headquarters in Belgium. He is passionate about bridging research and practice to help organizations design adaptive, data-driven, and resilient supply chains in a rapidly changing global environment.