Övünç Yılmaz is an Assistant Professor of Operations at the Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado Boulder. His primary area of interest lies in Revenue Management and Pricing, with a particular focus on innovative applications in the airline, hotel, and event industries. His research has been published in leading journals such as Management Science, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, and the Journal of Operations Management.
Prior to joining Leeds in 2020, Yılmaz was an Assistant Professor at the Mendoza College of Business, University of Notre Dame. He completed his PhD studies at the Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina. Additionally, he holds an MS degree in Operations Research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a BS degree in Industrial Engineering from Koç University in Istanbul, Turkey.