Executive MBA Program: Faculty Profiles

Top faculty from three universities. One strong program.

Top faculty from three universities. One strong program.

SPECIAL INVITATION. EXPERIENCED LEADERS.

The Oregon Executive MBA program invites top faculty from the University of Oregon (UO), Oregon State University (OSU) and Portland State University (PSU) to teach one course each year. We also invite experienced business leaders into our program as faculty. This healthy cross section of talent ensures that the topics, methods, strategies and context for all Oregon Executive MBA courses remain current and dynamic.

ACTIVE RESEARCH. SEASONED INSTRUCTORS.

The professors we select bring a wealth of experience to the classroom. Generally, they possess the following experience and talents:

Some courses are team-taught or include guest lecturers from industry. Occasionally, we invite adjunct faculty with special expertise to teach. This brings real-world, real-time knowledge and a breadth of experience to the classroom.

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Leslie Anderson (PSU)

Professor Emeritus of Finance

Degrees:Ph.D., Finance and Economic Theory; M.S., Economics; B.S., University of Wisconsin

Course:

  • Financial Strategy

Boris "Bill" Becker (OSU)

Professor Emeritus of Marketing

Degrees:Ph.D. and B.S., Business; M.B.A., Marketing, University of California at Berkeley

Course:

  • Business Project Advisor

Jim Goes (Consultant)

Instructor

Degrees:Ph.D., Strategic Management, University of Oregon; M.B.A. , University of Utah; B.A. and B.S., Idaho State University

Course:

  • Strategy Formulation

Susan Golicic (UO)

Assistant Professor

Degrees:Ph.D. and M.B.A., Logistics and Marketing, University of Tennessee; B.S., Chemical Engineering, Wayne State University

Business Project Advisor

Academic Committee Member

Janet Hamilton (PSU)

Associate Professor

Degrees:Ph.D., Finance, Michigan State University; B.A., Economics, University of Washington

Courses:

  • Financial Strategy
  • Financial Analysis

Business Project Advisor

Del Hawkins (UO)

Charles H. Lundquist Professor of Marketing

Degrees:Ph.D., M.B.A. and B.A., Business Administration, University of Texas

Workshop:

  • Case Analysis, Residency

Ping-Hung Hsieh (OSU)

Associate Professor of Quantitative Methods

Degrees:Ph.D., Statistics and Management Science; M.A., Applied Economics; M.A., Statistics, University of Michigan; B.A., Statistics, Fu-Jen University, Taipei, Taiwan

Course:

  • Applied Statistics

Bryan Johnston (Consultant in Negotiation, Mediation, Arbitration, Ethics, and Crisis Management)

Instructor

Degrees:J.D., Loyola University of Chicago; B.A. Northern Illinois University

Courses:

  • Negotiations
  • Business Ethics

Steve Lawton (OSU)

Associate Professor Emeritus of International Business

Degrees:M.B.A., Cornell University; post-graduate fellowship, University of Leuven, Belgium; B.S., Business Administration, Southern Methodist University

Business Project Advisor

Academic Committee Member

Charla Mathwick (PSU)

Associate Professor of Marketing and Advertising

Degrees:Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology; M.B.A. and B.A., Mass Communication, University of South Dakota

Course:

  • Strategic Marketing

Brian McCarthy (Achievemark)

Instructor

Degrees:M.B.A. and B.A., University of Washington

Course:

  • Marketing Management

Oregon Executive MBA Associate Academic Director

Nagesh Murthy (UO)

Associate Professor

Degrees:Ph.D. and M.A., Operations Management, M.S., Mechanical Engineering, The Ohio State University; Master of Management Studies, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India; B.E. (Honors), Mechanical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science

Course:

  • Operations Strategy

Dale Morse (UO)

Professor of Accounting

Degrees:Ph.D., Stanford; M.B.A. and B.A., University of Oregon

Course:

  • Managerial Accounting

Rick Mowday (UO)

Professor Emeritus

Degrees:Ph.D. and M.S., University of California at Irvine; B.S., San Jose State University

Course:

  • Motivation and Leadership

Mark Phelps (UO)

Senior Instructor of International Business Law

Degrees:J.D., M.B.A, B.S., Finance and Business Environment, University of Oregon

Course:

  • The Legal Environment of Business

Academic Committee Member

Donna Philbrick (PSU)

Professor

Degrees:Ph.D. Accounting, M.B.A., Cornell University; B.S., Accounting, University of Oregon

Course:

  • Financial Accounting & Reporting

Academic Committee Member

Tom Potiowsky (State of Oregon)

Oregon State Economist

Degrees:Ph.D., Economics, University of Colorado; M.S., Economics, B.S., Business Administration, Ohio University

Course:

  • Managerial Economics

Neil Ramiller (PSU)

Associate Professor

Degrees:Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles; M.B.A., University of California at Berkeley; B.A., Anthropology and B.S., Chemistry, Sonoma State University

Course:

  • Information Systems

Sully Taylor (PSU)

Professor

Degrees:Ph.D., University of Washington; M.A., Pennsylvania State University; B.A., Southern Methodist University

Course:

  • Global Business Environment

James Terborg (UO)

Professor

Degrees:Ph.D., Organizational Psychology, Purdue University; M.S., Eastern Michigan University; B.A., Calvin College

Course:

  • Managing Organizations

Gerardo Ungson (San Francisco State University)

Professor

Degrees:Ph.D., Business Administration, M.B.A., Pennsylvania State University; B.S., Management Engineering, Ateneo University, Philippines

Course:

  • Global Business Environment

Edward Warnock (The Cumulus Group)

Instructor

Degrees:M.A., Organizational Systems Renewal, Antioch University; B.S., Aerospace Engineering (Honors-High Distinction), University of Arizona

Courses:

  • Implementing Strategy
  • Innovation and Change

Zeke Zeliff (Inclusivity Consulting Group)

Team Coach and Mentor

Degrees:E.M.B.A., Emory University; B.S., Business Administration, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Workshop:

  • Team Building-Residency

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