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. 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. She has taught courses including the core course in Operations Management and courses on Service Operations and Management of Technology.

Professor Gaimon's research and teaching interests focus on strategic aspects of the evolution of a firm's resource capabilities for long-term competitive advantage. Particular attention is given to managing resource capabilities in environments characterized by changes in underlying technologies (manufacturing as well as information technologies), markets, and the nature of global competition. Specific interests include knowledge management, new product development, process improvement, R&D Alliances, implementation of new technology (manufacturing and information technologies), and sustainable operations. She has received grants from the National Science Foundation to study the impact of new technology on a firm's competitive position. Her research articles have appeared in journals including Management Science, Operations Research, and Production and Operations Management.

Professor Gaimon currently serves as the President of the Production and Operations Society (POMS). She was the founding co-President of the POMS College on Product Innovation and Technology Management (PITM) and is now a Fellow of that society. Professor Gaimon is the recipient of "The 1999 Georgia Tech Research Award" for doctoral student development. 

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.