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• BSc (Hons)Computer Science and Mathematics
• MSc (Distinction) Computer Science
• Ph.D Management Science
• Member of Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport Senior Fellow Higher Education Academy

Dr. Devon K. Barrow is a Senior Lecturer in Operations Management. His has worked across industry and practice, within government and in the private sector, with nearly 20 years’ experience living and working in the Caribbean, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Since starting his career with the Government of Saint Lucia in 1999, and subsequently with PricewaterhouseCoopers in 2001, he has worked across academia and industry, with such companies as Twinning UK, British Sky Broadcasting Ltd., Sims Metal Ltd., British Gas, Severn Trent Services and Unipart to name a few.

His research focuses on time series prediction with neural networks and statistical methods, with a particular emphasis on forecast combination and model selection. He also has an interest in education and pedagogical design with specific application to the forecasting domain. Dr. Barrow has worked on real world problems in call centre, electric load, and utility forecasting and provided knowledge transfer and consultancy in forecasting and supply chain management within the Manufacturing and Retail Sectors.

He has delivered academic and practitioner training courses in forecasting, and presents regularly at leading international forecasting conferences. He is a past member of the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (ACCA) and a member of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT).

• Operations Management (UK Exec MBA)
• Operations Management (Singapore MSc Management) Operations Management (UG year 2)
• Managing Global Operations (DL MSc IB)
• Strategic Procurement and Supplier Management (UK Exec MBA)

Currently supervising PhD research in the following areas:

• Forecasting, inventory and financial models
• Sustainability Performance in Reverse Logistics

I am interested in supervising PhD students in the following areas:

• Forecasting and inventory management
• Forecasting and call centre decision making
• Performance management and sustainability
• Forecast Education and Intelligent Tutoring Systems

Research interests

• Forecasting and Education
• Issues in forecast model selection and combination
• Forecasting for Supply Chain
• Procurement and Logistics
• Learning and decision support systems for forecasting and planning
• Design and empirical evaluation of statistical and computational intelligence forecasting methods
• Business Forecasting with specific interests in forecasting for Inventory
• Call centre and Energy planning

05/2014 - present

Honorary/Visiting Researcher
Centre for Marketing Analytics and Forecasting
Lancaster University Management School 

05/2014– present

Member of the International Society for Inventory Research

05/2014 - present

Member of the Operational Research Society

05/2011 - present

Member of International Institute of Forecasters (IIF): The preeminent organisation for practitioners and academic scholars in the area of forecasting.

04/2015 – 07/2016

Principal Investigator
2015-16 Coventry University Pump-prime research Grant - £10,000
Developing Intelligent Tutoring Support for the Business Forecasting Curriculum
Collaborators: University of Canterbury, New Zealand | Lancaster University, UK | Bath University, UK.