Dr. Paul Stanfield has been named chair of the industrial and systems engineering department at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.

An associate professor in the department, Stanfield has served in several other positions including assistant professor and adjunct assistant professor. He is an adjunct assistant professor in the industrial engineering department at North Carolina State University.

Prior to coming to A&T, Stanfield was president, general manager of ABCO Automation. He has served as a consultant for numerous companies including Becton Dickinson, BellSouth, Coca-Cola, Philip Morris, Lorillard, Miller Brewing, R.J. Reynolds and Sara Lee.

Stanfield received B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in engineering from North Carolina State University. He also has a MBA from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.