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Education & Training >> AeA/Stanford Executive Institute

Faculty

Learn from nationally distinguished faculty known for their leading research and collaboration with high-tech companies.

Strategic Management II Finance & Accounting II Organizations II Marketing II Operations Negotiation II Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Institute Directors
	Thomas H. Byers Institute Co-Director and Professor, Department of Management Science and Engineering Stanford University Tom Byers is a professor at Stanford University where he focuses on high-technology entrepreneurship education. He is founder and a faculty director of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP), which serves as the entrepreneurship center for the engineering school. STVP includes the Mayfield Fellows work/study program, Educators Corner website of teaching resources, and global Roundtable on Entrepreneurship Education conferences. Tom is co-author of the textbook called "Technology Ventures: From Idea to Enterprise" (McGraw-Hill, 2005). Tom also holds a visiting professor appointment at the London Business School and University College London.
	Peter Glynn Institute Co-Director, Thomas Ford Professor of Engineering Department of Management Science and Engineering Stanford University Dr. Glynn has worked closely with the Stanford Alliance for Innovative Manufacturing and its predecessor, the Stanford Integrated Manufacturing Association, both as a funded investigator and as a member of its steering committee. Before joining the Stanford faculty, he taught at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has interests in the application of advanced quantitative tools to the analysis of production and supply chain systems, as well as manufacturing strategy. He has published more than 100 research articles and book chapters, and is a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics.
Strategic Management
	Robert A. Burgelman Edmund W. Littlefield Professor of Management Graduate School of Business Stanford University Dr. Burgelman is currently conducting field-based research on the role of strategy in firm evolution and the management of strategic business exit. He is also using computer simulation models to study organizational and managerial risk behavior. He is the co-author of Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation (Richard D. Irwin, Inc., 1987) with Modesto A. Maidique.
Finance and Accounting
	Robert Higgins Professor of Finance Marguerite Reimers Endowed Faculty Fellow Michael G. Foster School of Business University of Washington Dr. Higgins is a renowned Finance professor with over 40 years teaching finance around the globe including being an associate professor at Stanford before becoming the Academic Director of MBA Programs at the University of Washington, and later the Associate Dean for Academic Programs. He also was the Director of the Center for the Study of Financial Management and has been a consultant to Seafirst Bank, Wells Fargo Bank, and Bank of America. In addition to authoring the Analysis for Financial Management Dr. Higgins has written numerous publications and has served as managing editor of the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis as well as the Associate Editor for the Global Finance Journal. He was awarded the Executive MBA Excellence in Teaching Award in 2006.
	Henry E. Riggs President Emeritus and Chairman of the Board of Trustees Keck Graduate Institute Formerly Stanford's vice president for development and professor of industrial engineering and engineering management, Dr. Riggs specializes in engineering management with emphasis on managing in technical companies, industrial finance and control, and new-enterprise management. Prior to his tenure at Stanford he served as president and vice president of two technology companies and was a director of several technology-based companies. He is author of Accounting: A Survey (McGraw-Hill, 1981), Managing High-Technology Companies (Wadsworth, 1983), and Financial and Economic Analysis for Engineering and Technology Management (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2004).
Organizations
	Pamela J. Hinds Associate Professor, Center on Work, Technology, & Organization, Department of Management Science and Engineering Stanford University Pamela J. Hinds studies the effect of technology on groups. Pamela has conducted extensive research on the dynamics of geographically distributed work teams, particularly those spanning national boundaries. She explores issues of culture, language, shared identity, conflict, and the role of face-to-face meetings in promoting knowledge sharing and collaboration. Pamela also conducts research on professional service robots in the work environment, examining how people make sense of them and how they affect work practices.
Marketing
	Adrian B. Ryans Professor of Marketing and Strategy IMD, Lausanne, Switzerland Adrian Ryans, formerly Associate Professor of Marketing at Stanford's Graduate School of Business, has served as a consultant on marketing strategy to a number of leading technology-based companies in the United States, Canada and Europe, including General Electric, Hewlett-Packard, National Semiconductor and Fluke. He has taught in numerous in-company and public executive programs, including the Stanford Executive Program. His research is focused on marketing strategy and strategic market planning for technology-based businesses.
Operations
	Robert C. Carlson Professor, Department of Management Science and Engineering Stanford University Dr. Carlson has a demonstrated ability to relate advanced quantitative techniques to key technology operating and manufacturing issues. He is a specialist in manufacturing strategy, production, capacity planning, and inventory systems.
	Warren H. Hausman Professor, Department of Management Science and Engineering Stanford University Dr. Hausman specializes in operations management and is a recognized authority in the areas of production planning and inventory control. His current research involves integrated supply chain management and manufacturing/marketing interfaces. He is co-author of the extensively used Quantitative Analysis for Management (Irwin/McGraw-Hill), now in its ninth edition.
Negotiation
	Margaret A. Neale John G. McCoy-Banc One Corporation Professor of Organizations and Dispute Resolution Graduate School of Business Stanford University Dr. Neale's research covers bargaining and negotiation, the allocation of burdens and benefits, behavioral decision theory, the collaborative process, and the impact of relationships on organizational decision makers. She has published over 60 articles, is the co-author of three books, and serves on the editorial boards of five scholarly business journals. She has conducted seminars in the United States, Europe, and Asia for organizations ranging from public agencies to Fortune 500 corporations.
Innovation & Entrepreneurship
	Robert I. Sutton Professor of Organizational Behavior Department of Management Science and Engineering Stanford University Dr. Sutton is Professor of Organizational Behavior in the Stanford Engineering School, where he is Co-Director of the Center for Work, Technology and Organization, and Research Director of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program. He received his Ph.D. in Organizational Psychology from the University of Michigan and has been on the Stanford faculty since 1983. His current research seeks to understand how organizations influence and are influenced by individuals and groups, using direct observation and interviews and blends of psychological and sociological theory. His most recent book, written with Jeffrey Pfeffer, is currently titled The Knowing-Doing Gap: How Smart Companies Turn Knowledge into Action.
	Thomas H. Byers Institute Co-Director and Professor Department of Management Science and Engineering Stanford University Dr. Byers teaches and conducts research in high technology entrepreneurship and marketing. He is the Executive Director of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP), a unique work/study program with selected high technology start-ups for outstanding engineering students. Dr. Byers also does business consulting with high technology companies and serves on several corporate boards of directors. Prior to joining the Stanford faculty, his industry experience included positions at Andersen Consulting and Symantec Corporation.