Casey Kleindienst

Faculty Advisor: Fall 2015 - Spring 2021

About Casey

Casey Kleindienst is a Management Lecturer Emeritus for CSUF College of Business. As fulltime faculty, he taught grad and undergrad courses in supply chain and operations from 2005 to 2021. During his tenure he reinstated the Association of Operation Management, a Student Club and served as its faculty advisor. In 2015 he inaugurated the new Association for Operations and Supply Chain Management, a professional advisory board designed to support the OSCM concentration. Casey holds an M.B.A. from Pepperdine University and a B.S. in Marketing from CSULB.  

Prior to a career in education, Casey worked for 35 years in the high-tech industries. He was on the leading edge of the computer revolution, directing global supply chains, manufacturing, and distribution. Companies included Basic Four, Western Digital, Fujitsu, AST Research, and Symbol Technologies. In addition, he held executive positions in the medical device industry with firms as UCLA Medical Center, Baxter-Bentley, Allergan, Quidel, Metagenics, and Enhanced Vision.  

Other experience includes US Army Infantry veteran, and firefighter OCFA. Casey lives in Orange County, CA along with his wife of 54 years, their two children and four grandkids.