PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Francis J. Vasko is a Professor of Mathematics at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania.  Before coming to Kutztown University in September 1986, he worked for more than eight years as an employee in the Research Department at Bethlehem Steel solving a variety of real-world applications in operations research.  He then served as a consultant to Bethlehem Steel Corporation from September 1986 thru March 2003. Since 2003, he has also done consulting work for Graphic Packaging, Enterprise Systems Partners, Inc., and Solo Laboratories Inc.  His current research focuses on using a large variety and combination of combinatorial optimization techniques in order to more accurately model and solve important real-world applications in production planning, strategic planning, and resource allocation.