Thomas R. Koon is a lecturer at Binghamton University who holds an MS in Industrial Engineering from SUNY Binghamton and a BS from SUNY Buffalo. He has worked in various industrial engineering and operations management roles since 1976 and has been a professor at Binghamton University since 2001. He also has experience in consulting, and has been involved in his local community through the National Ski Patrol and as a high school football official.