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Faculty

These talented individuals deliver the courses and undertake the research that establishes the foundation for entrepreneurship activities at CU and within the Deming Center. This upcoming year, our faculty will deliver over 25 courses to more than 800 students at undergraduate, MBA, and doctoral levels. These students find exciting entrepreneurial jobs with outstanding startup companies, and not infrequently are founders of new companies themselves.

The research of our faculty is published in top entrepreneurship journals, where it is internationally acknowledged for its relevance and rigor. Our doctoral alumni serve on the faculties of over a dozen top-ranked entrepreneurship programs in the U.S. and abroad, where they are collectively known as the “Colorado Mafia” because of their influence and impact. Working together with the staff of the Deming Center, these faculty scholars are central to making our entrepreneurship program one of the best in the country!

Stephen Lawrence,
Academic Director

         

Maw Der FooMaw-Der-Foo, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology- Assistant Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship.  Maw-Der teaches courses in high growth ventures, organizational behavior, and technology management.  His research interest include entrepreneurship. opportunity recognition process, and emotion management in organizations.
  
 FundBret R. Fund, Ph.D. Penn State University - Bret joined the Leeds faculty as an assistant professor in summer 2008. His passion for business is shown in his research and teaching through a commitment to help others understand more about entrepreneurship, strategic management and organizational theory.
  
 HaywardMathew Hayward, Ph.D. Columbia Business School- Assistant Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship.  He is the author of Ego Check: Why Executive Hubris is Wrecking Companies and Careers and How to Avoid the Trap.  Teaching interest are organizational behavior, entrepreneurship, negotiations, and strategic management.  Research interest include behavioral decision theory, emphasis on antecedents and implications of confidence in decision making.
  
 KornishLaura Kornish, Ph.D. Stanford University - Assistant  Professor of Marketing teaches courses in new product development and the marketing of technology. Her broad research interests include topics related to innovation and decision making under uncertainty.
  
 lawrenceStephen Lawrence, Ph.D. Carnegie Mellon University- Deming Center Academic Director, and Chair of the Management and Entrepreneurship Division.  Lawrence , Associate Professor of Operations Management, teaches entrepreneurship, international management, technology management, and supply chain management.  His research interest include technology and entrepreneurship, technology selection and aquisition, and commercialization of sustainable energy. 
  
 LeachJ. Chris Leach, Ph.D. Cornell University- Professor of Finance and Deming Professor of Entrepreneurship.  He has taught undergraduates, MBAs and executives at the Wharton School, Carnegie Mellon, and the Indian School of Business.  Leach is the co-author of the best-selling textbook Entrepreneurial Finance, 3rd edition that applies tools and techniques of corporate finance  to the entrepreneural venture.
  
 MatusikSharon Matusik, Ph.D. University of Washington- Assistant Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship.  She is Director of the doctoral program in Strategic, Organizational, and Entrpreneurial Studies and directs the honors course in Entrepreneurship for 2nd year MBAs.  Recently published works are related to venture capital and corporate entrepreneurshp.
  
 MelicherRonald W. Melicher, DBA Washington University in St. Louis- Professor of Finance and chair of the Finance Division.  He teaches entrepreneurial finance topics and venture valuation methods to undergraduates, MBAs, and in the executive MBA and executive education programs.  Melicher is the co-author of the best-selling textbook Entrepreneurial Finance, 3rd edition that applies tools and techniques of corporate finance to the entrepreneurial venture.
  
 MeyerG. Dale Meyer, Ph.D. University of Iowa- Professor Emeritus of Management and Entrepreneurship, is internationally reowned for his work as an entrepreneurship scholar.  In late 1980's, Dale was central in developing the entrepreneurship curriculum at the Leeds School, which eventually grew to become the Deming Center for Entrepreneurship.  During his career, he has been an inspiration to countless entrepreneurship students and a mentor to almost a dozen doctoral students.  Dale is a prolific scholar with well over 125 scholarly articles to his credit.  He has won two "best journal article" awards, five "best paper proceedings" awards.  In 1998, he received the CU Hazel Barnes award, the university's highest honor for teaching and research.  Now retired, Dale continues to promote the cause of entrepreneurship around the world in Eastern Europe and the Middle EAst, as well as here at home in Colorado.
  
 MoreauPage Moreau, Ph.D. Columbia University - Associate Professor of Marketing. She teaches courses in creativity, new product development, consumer behavior, entrepreneurial marketing, and principles of marketing. Her research interests are in the areas of consumer learning and knowledge transfer, new product development and acceptance, and creativity.sity- Associate Professor of Marketing.
  
 MoyesFrank Moyes, MBA University of Pennsylvania - Senior Instructor and Entrepreneurship Scholar-in-Residence at the Leeds School. Eighteen years in Europe as a senior executive with major companies provided Moyes the broad management and operations experience that allows him to focus on translating traditional business theory and practice into curriculum to aid aspiring undergraduate and graduate entrepreneurs.
  
 

Liz Snowden, MBA Harvard Business School - Lecturer in entrepreneurship and former member of the Deming Center Board. She was the co-founder of Access Health, a successful venture-backed startup company.

 

  
 Tong

Tony W. Tong, Ph.D. The Ohio State University - Assistant Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship. His research interests are firms’ corporate development activities and growth initiatives, such as alliances, acquisitions, venture capital, and market entry. Teaching interests include corporate strategy, international management, and entrepreneurial strategy.

  
 U.K>Sousan Urroz-Korori, Senior Instructor of Finance with more than 20 years experience in private and public sectors. Her teaching, research, and consulting interests include microfinance, financial infrastructure and capital market development, financial crisis management, currency valuation-protection, monetary integration, and dollarization. She has advised in macro/micro policy and worked as project director in many countries. She has taught at graduate and undergraduate college levels. Her recent work has concentrated on eliminating world poverty through entrepreneurship, especially for women in developing countries.
  
 Wiseman Eric Wiseman, Senior Instructor of Management and Entrepreneurship - His teaching focus is on entrepreneurship, strategy, leadership and change to undergraduates and MBAs. He is the faculty advisor for the annual Leeds Net Impact Case Competition. His professional experience assisted venture capital fi rms and organization in strategic planning and evaluating deal flow processes.
  
 Wobbekind Richard L. Wobbekind, Ph.D. University of Colorado- Director of the Business Research Division and Associate Dean for External Relations. The BRD develops an annual consensus forecast and conducts economic impact assessments of the Colorado economy. A quarterly Business Leaders Confi dence Index for Colorado and a quarterly economic indicator series for Boulder County are also produced.