Paul Myers

Current

• Assistant Professor of Management at Simmons School of Management
• Organizational Consultant at self-employed

Past

• Owner/Operator & Head Baker at Paul's Bake Shop & Café (Boulder, CO)
• Director, New Product Development at ICEX, Inc.
• Manager at Ernst & Young

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Education

• Harvard University
• Harvard University
• Yale University

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Connections

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Industry

Higher Education

Paul Myers’s Summary

Adept business leader, highly accomplished academic professor and driven practitioner with diverse expertise necessary to help executives and managers better understand themselves and their organizations in order to achieve exceptional performance.

Proven leader and teacher focused on developing organizational tools for individuals and teams to excel across multiple industries.

Hands-on management consulting experience with Fortune 100 companies, small start-up companies and non-profit organizations.

Focus on helping managers build organizations that align business, operations, and IT strategies and foster employee commitment and excellence.

Skilled case study discussion leader. Research and teaching include corporate governance, leadership, social entrepreneurship, sustainability, knowledge management, and technology & operations management. Also interested in business school curriculum and policy development and implementation.

Paul Myers’s Specialties:

Continuous Process Improvements • Corporate Mission • Benchmarking • Executive Leadership • Cost Reductions • Corporate Culture Change • Participative Management • Strategic Development • Executive Training • Tactical Planning • Curriculum Development • Process Reengineering • Organization Development • Corporate Communications • Leadership Development • Alliances and Joint Ventures

Paul Myers’s Experience

• Assistant Professor of Management

  Simmons School of Management

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  January 2000 — Present (9 years 7 months)

  Lead classes for undergraduate and graduate business students including Operations and Technology Management, Knowledge Management and other modules on operations management for executive education programs. Teach students in MBA capstone course – Leadership, Governance and Accountability. Create innovative and relevant material, syllabi and case studies. Serve as faculty-affiliate advisor and mentor of nationally-ranked Entrepreneurship Certificate Program. Research and develop new academic theory and management practice applications specializing in social entrepreneurs’ professional networking, behavioral dynamics of managing alliances and women’s service on corporate boards. Serve as member of MBA admissions committee, lead team assigned to develop new process for assessing student information literacy and technology competencies. Review and evaluate peer submissions to professional conferences. Delivered Supply Chain Management and Project Management modules for custom-designed executive education program.

• Organizational Consultant

  self-employed

  (Management Consulting industry)

  January 2000 — Present (9 years 7 months)

  Develop proposals, research and interview organization and deliver recommendations or presentations for successful implementation of recommendations. Guide business/organization through implementation process. Prepare curriculum for executive education including materials, technical presentations and interactive sessions. Receive clients through referrals from other organizations.
  • Challenged to improve profitability and growth while maintaining customer satisfaction for small business – slashed operating expenses by 15%, improved internal communication and delivered higher customer satisfaction as measured by response forms.
  • Developed unique set of case studies central to executive leadership development program utilized by large retailer facing organizational integration and performance difficulties from series of acquisitions.
  • Reviewed financials, developed pro formas, and recommended process changes for fast growing veterinary practice to reverse negative cash flows.

• Owner/Operator & Head Baker

  Paul's Bake Shop & Café (Boulder, CO)

  (Food & Beverages industry)

  January 2002 — February 2003 (1 year 2 months)

  Initiated, developed, financed, launched and ran small neighborhood bakery and restaurant with broad line of homemade pastries, cakes and desserts. Built business from recruiting and hiring staff to product development and store décor and furnishings. Maintained financial management, marketing and advertising functions and daily operations.

• Director, New Product Development

  ICEX, Inc.

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  July 1996 — December 1999 (3 years 6 months)

  Led product team to develop an innovative set of practical implementation tools delivered via the Internet for IT managers. Led all aspects of launching new Web-based line of business, including product development, marketing, customer support, and e-commerce-enabling corporate web site. Managed research projects to produce reports and electronic tool kits distributed via an alliance with CIO Communications; lead participant in all phases of product development including survey design, data analysis, and production. Conducted leading practice research for clients on topics including: project management; customer service in Internet-based businesses; retaining customer loyalty; knowledge sharing and innovation in new product development; technological innovation among retailers. Recruited, supervised, and mentored junior-level researchers.

• Manager

  Ernst & Young

  (Partnership; 10,001 or more employees; Accounting industry)

  October 1993 — February 1996 (2 years 5 months)

  Designed, conducted, and managed research projects on business process innovation, business change implementation, and managing organizational knowledge and learning. Edited "Knowledge Management and Organizational Design" (Butterworth-Heinemann, 1996). Wrote case studies, working papers, and other thought leadership pieces for use by Ernst & Young management consultants and clients. Delivered presentations and facilitated client discussions.

Paul Myers’s Education

• Harvard University

  Ph.D. , Organizational Behavior , 2007

  Dissertation: Strategic and Operational Autonomy in the Governance of Multiparty Ventures
  
  Harvard Business School Prize Fellowship

• Harvard University

  M.A. , 1988 — 1990

• Yale University

  B.A. , Sociology , 1982 — 1986

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