Cheryl Gaimon, who specializes in operations management, is a Regents' Professor and recipient of the Richard and Carol Kalikow Professorship. She initiated establishment of the Operations Management (OM) Program and served as the OM Area Coordinator for seven years. Also, she was a core participant in the development of an interdisciplinary program in the Management of Technology (MOT) and currently serves as that program's director.

She has taught courses at the undergraduate, masters, and PhD levels as well as in executive education programs.

Professor Gaimon's research and teaching interests are primarily in the area of the management of technology. Her research focuses on the strategic acquisition of new technology (manufacturing and information technology), knowledge creation and knowledge management, process improvement, implementation of new technology and new product development.

Her research articles have appeared in refereed journals including Management Science, Operations Research, Production and Operations Management, Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) Transactions, Naval Research Logistics, European Journal of Operational Research, International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems, and Decision Sciences.

Professor Gaimon currently serves as the President-elect for the Production and Operations Management Society (POMS). Formerly, Professor Gaimon was the founding President of the POMS College on Product Innovation and Technology Management. She has received special distinctions including "The 1999 Georgia Tech Research Award" for doctoral student development and two "Best Paper Awards" from the Decision Sciences Institute.

Professor Gaimon is the Management of Technology Department Editor for Production and Operations Management. Formerly she was Associate Editor for Management Science, Senior Editor of Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, Department Editor of IIE (Institute of Industrial Engineers) Transactions, Department Editor of IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, and Associate Editor for Decision Sciences.