About

Tim Brown is the Academic Program Director for AI at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he holds joint appointments as research faculty with Georgia Tech Professional Education and Tech AI. Before this role, he served for nearly a decade as Managing Director of the Georgia Tech Supply Chain and Logistics Institute.

With over 35 years of experience in professional education and supply chain optimization, Mr. Brown has held positions in industry operations, consulting, and education. His career includes key roles at IBM, Accenture, Chainalytics, Frito-Lay, and Tropicana. In consulting, he has served as an executive advisor in supply chain engineering, providing strategic guidance to C-level executives at some of the world’s most respected companies.

Mr. Brown's expertise spans multiple industry sectors, including consumer electronics, industrial products, higher education, consumer goods, food and beverage, oil and gas, utilities, telecommunications, forest products, automotive, heavy equipment, footwear and apparel, retail, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals.

He also chaired the Academic Council for a TAACCCT grant with the U.S. Department of Labor, focusing on developing eight national bodies of knowledge in supply chain management. Additionally, Mr. Brown was a program lead on a team that secured $81 million in federal and state funding to advance training and the application of Artificial Intelligence in manufacturing (GA AIM).

His research is centered on creating effective educational models that enable a diverse range of learners to apply and develop AI tools.