Personal Statement
Matthew Tickle is a Senior Lecturer in Operations Management at the University of Liverpool. He holds a BSc and a PhD in Operations Management, both from the University of Liverpool. His PhD thesis created a framework for building and managing business-to-business virtual communities. He is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy as well as a Member of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply.

Matthew is the Director of Studies for the MSc in Operations and Supply Chain Management and teaches both on campus and online. Matthew is also the Postgraduate taught (PGT) lead for the Operations and Supply Chain Management group.

Matthew’s research interests include Operations and Supply Chain Management, in particular Humanitarian Supply Chains, Quality management, and e-business tools and technologies. He has published in journals such as Technovation, International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management, Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, International Journal of Production Research, Production Planning and Control, and the International Journal of Logistics – Research and Applications. He has also been involved in ERDF, FP6 (PRO-INNO Europe), and KTP research projects.

Prior to his Academic appointment, Matthew worked as a project manager in the software development industry.