Charalambos Marangos, Ph.D. – SME
A Lehigh alumnus, he advises in areas such as AI, manufacturing, scheduling, simulations, information systems, operations research, programming, operations research, optimization, and agile supply chain and distribution. He stays current by teaching university-level and professional courses in technology areas such as CAD, optimization, linear programming, probability and statistics, HTML, and SAS, and by taking advanced courses himself.
Separately from his university responsibilities as an associate teaching professor, Marangos is co-founder of Zephyros, Inc., a Pennsylvania-based consulting company. Through Zephyros, he has worked on projects with global manufacturing companies in the food, pharmaceutical, appliance, heavy equipment, textile, furniture, and industrial technology industries, as well as with the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (SBDC), academic institutions in the USA and abroad, and the healthcare industry.
Marangos has served on the board of the Upper Milford Youth Association and on the marketing committee of the Emmaus Main Street Partners, a Chamber of Commerce of the Lehigh Valley Association. He is a past member of Rotary International’s communications committee, the Institute of Industrial Engineers, and the Society of Manufacturing Engineers.
Jennifer Marangos, M.A.
Jennifer Marangos brings more than two decades of experience in marketing communications to the Zephyros team, including extensive writing, editing and management experience with print and online publications. Jennifer has reported and written compelling articles that have won national recognition.
No matter what the platform, Jennifer loves to tell a good story and looks forward to sharing your story in a way that engages customers through a variety of traditional and new media channels.
Having earned an MA in Political Science and a BA in Journalism/Political Science from Lehigh University, Jennifer began her career as a newspaper reporter and editor, having focused her print journalism efforts on business reporting, with specializations in the health care and banking fields.
In her “off hours,” Jennifer runs elementary school book fairs, substitute teaches in Sunday school classrooms, cheers from soccer field sidelines and otherwise manages the busy schedules of the three men in her life – her husband and their two sons.
Disclosure: Marangos’s work with Zephyros, Inc. is conducted independently of their responsibilities at Lehigh University. Zephyros, Inc. is not affiliated with or endorsed by Lehigh University.