LSU - Key Persons
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- Assistant Director - Accommodation Programs
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- Assistant Dean for Academic Programs
- Assistant Dean for Academic Programs, Office of Business Student Success
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- Business Partnership Professor
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- Associate Dean of Students & Director of Disability Services
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- Member of the Advisory Board
- Director / Postlethwaite & Netterville
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- Member of the Advisory Board
- Program Advisor
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- Assistant Dean
- Member of the Academic Department & Program Leaders Team
- Director, Flores MBA Program
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- Staff Director
- Director, External Relations
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- Member of the Advisory Board
- Audit Partner / PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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- Member of the Advisory Board
- Tax Partner / Grant Thornton
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- Chief of Staff, U.S. Senator John Kennedy
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- Associate Director - Accommodation Advocacy & Guidance
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- Assistant Dean - Finance & Administration
- Assistant Dean, Budget & Finance
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- Member of the Executive Leadership Team
- Dean Endowed Chair
- Professor and Dean Endowed Chair
Education
PhD Public Administration, University of Georgia, 2007
MPA University of Texas at Austin, LBJ School of Public Affairs, 1999
BA English, Loyola University, 1996
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- Member of the Academic Department & Program Leaders Team
- Chairman, Stephenson Department of Entrepreneurship & Information Systems
- Department Chair, Professor, & Undergraduate Advisor
- Professor and Chairman of the Stephenson Department of Entrepreneurship & Information
Ed Watson is Professor and Chairman of the Stephenson Department of Entrepreneurship & Information Systems. Since 2015 he has led the effort to transform the department, introducing a new suite of Entrepreneurship programs, revamping the Stephenson Entrepreneurship Institute, updating the BS ISDS program and MS Analytics program, and introducing new online degree programs including the Certificate of Analytics, Information Technology Minor, BS ISDS, and MS Analytics. He teaches Operations and Supply Chain in the MBA program and manages the internship programs for the department. Previously he served as Associate Dean and Flores MBA Director and managed the delivery of a nationally ranked MBA program across four formats: traditional, professional, executive, and online. He led the MBA faculty team that developed and rolled out the online MBA program, the first of its kind in Louisiana. Prior to that, in 2002, he founded and managed the SAP University Competency Program at LSU, hosting over twenty academic subscription fee programs around the country following a novel cloud-based enterprise computing paradigm. This effort brought to LSU over a million dollars in funding to support teaching, research, and outreach activities.
Prior to joining LSU in 1994, he worked as an engineering consultant building computer models and analyzing the performance of complex systems for many large organizations, including General Motors, Xerox, Whirlpool, PPG, Tennant, Coca-Cola, and Gates Rubber.
He earned his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Industrial and Management Systems Engineering from Penn State, and his B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from Syracuse University. He has published over 50 articles and book chapters in Technology and Operations Management outlets. He is a member of various professional organizations and has been a regular contributor, speaker, and organizer at several conferences and workshops.
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- Member of the Advisory Board
- Partner / Ernst & Young
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- Member of the Academic Department & Program Leaders Team
- Chairman, Department of Economics
- Department Chair and Professor
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- Member of the Advisory Board
- Tax Partner / Grant Thornton
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- Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority ( CPRA )
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- Member of the Advisory Board
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- Co - Investigator ) . Analysis and Projection of Medicaid Enrollees
- Co - Investigator ) . Evaluating Impact of Medicaid Expansion on the State Budget
- Co - Investigator ) . Service Learning Project for Act 3
- Principal Investigator ) . Data Analysis for East Baton Rouge Housing Plan
- Principal Investigator ) . Housing Needs Assessment and the Future of Housing in Louisiana
- Principal Investigator ) . LHC Community Needs Assessment Guide
Helmut Schneider received his Ph.D. from the Free University of Berlin . He taught statistics at the Free University in Berlin from 1978 to 1983. He visited the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. In the Fall of 1985, Professor Schneider joined the College of Business Administration, now called the E. J. Ourso College of Business. Since 1994 he has been the chairman of the Information Systems and Decision Sciences Department at Louisiana State University. He has published two books and over 50 articles in refereed journals and is a member of several professional organizations including the Association for Information Systems, the Information Systems Audit and Control Associations, the American Statistical Association and the American Society for Quality. He teaches courses in quality management, systems auditing and statistics.
Former Louisiana governor Huey P. Long poses with cadets of the Ole War Skule, who fought valiantly for our country.
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- Assistant Director - Accommodation Advocacy & Guidance
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- Dean
- Dean, E. J. Ourso College of Business
Jared J. Llorens is dean of the LSU E. J. Ourso College of Business, the state's flagship school of business.
An expert in public management focusing on compensation and recruitment, Jared came to LSU as an assistant professor of public administration in 2009. In 2015, he became chair of the Department of Public Administration. Following a term as interim dean, Jared began his service as the college's ninth dean on November 1, 2020.
Jared was also named a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration in 2020. He serves as an associate editor for the Public Administration Review. His research has been published in various academic outlets, and he is a co-author of a popular textbook.
Before beginning his academic career, Jared was a human resources analyst with the U.S. Office of Personnel Management and the U.S. Department of Labor. A Baton Rouge native, Jared received his BA in English from Loyola University of New Orleans, his MPAff from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin, and his PhD in Public Administration from the University of Georgia's School of Public and International Affairs.
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- Member of the Executive Leadership Team
- Dean, E. J. Ourso College of Business
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- Member of the Advisory Board
- Audit Partner
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- Member of the Advisory Board
- President & Managing Partner / Personnel Consulting Group
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- Member of the Advisory Board
- Audit Partner / Deloitte
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- President of DAC, Scott Agosta
John Watson serves as president of DAC, Scott Agosta serves as vice president, and Claire Cagnolatti serves as the immediate past-president.
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- Performance Chief & Deputy Performance Improvement Officer, U. S. Office of Personnel Management
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- Office of Research and Economic Development
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- Accommodation Coordinator
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- Executive Assistant to the Vice President
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- Secretary, Louisiana Department of Revenue
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- Member of the Advisory Board
- Assistant Department Chair & Undergraduate Advisor / Department of Accounting
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- Walton Education Coalition
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- Member of the Advisory Board
- Partner / KPMG LLP
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- Senior Director of Development
- Staff Director
- Senior Director, Office of Advancement
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- Governor 's Chief of Staff, State of Louisiana
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- New York City Economic Development Corporation
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- Member of the Advisory Board
- Senior Vice President Finance & CAO
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- Member of the Academic Department & Program Leaders Team
- Director, Executive Education
- Director, LSU Executive Education
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- President, NRK Construction
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- Human Resources Representative, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
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- Director, BREC 's Baton Rouge Zoo
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- Member of the Academic Department & Program Leaders Team
- Chairman, Department of Finance
- Department Chair and Professor
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- Alumni Endowed Chair of Business Administration
Education
PhD Marketing, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 1999
MBA Business, The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, 1987
BS Ceramic Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, 1982
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- Lead Recruiter, Office of the Controller of Currency
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- CEO
- Executive Director
- Member of the Advisory Board
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- Member of the Academic Department & Program Leaders Team
- Chairman, Department of Marketing
- Department Chair and Professor
- Professor
Ronald W. Niedrich is Professor and Robert S. Greer Chair in Marketing, E. J. Ourso College of Business, Louisiana State University. Professor Niedrich has been employed by LSU since 1999 and currently serves as the Department Chairman. He also served as the Director of the Professional Sales Institute from 2013 to 2015, the Marketing Department Ph.D. Advisor from 2008 to 2012, and the Behavioral Research Lab Administrator from 2000 to 2008. His research focuses on the judgment and decision processes that consumers employ in constructing brand choice, brand attitudes, price judgments, and other responses. His work regularly appear in prominent marketing journals, including Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Journal of Retailing, and others. Professor Niedrich teaches an undergraduate, MBA, and Ph.D. seminar in Consumer Behavior as well as The Applications of Marketing Theory Ph.D. seminar. He was recognized with the E. J. Ourso College of Business Research Excellence Award in 2011 and the LSU Tiger Athletic Foundation Undergraduate Teaching Award in 2007 and 2013. Professor Niedrich has a BS in Engineering from Clemson University, an MBA from the College of William and Mary, and a Ph.D. in Business Administration from the University of South Carolina.
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- President & CEO, Louisiana Lottery Corporation
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- Member of the Academic Department & Program Leaders Team
- Chairman, Department of Public Administration
- Department Chair
The Rucks Fellows represent the highest level of academic achievement among senior management majors. Each academic year, 10 students are recognized as Rucks Fellows. These students receive opportunities to interact with faculty and business leaders, designation as Rucks Fellows at graduation, and a cash award upon graduation. To qualify, a senior management major must have a grade point average in the top 10 of all graduating seniors in the management curriculum.
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- Member of the Advisory Board
- Audit Partner / Ersnt & Young
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- Chief of Staff, U.S. Senator John Kennedy
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- Assistant Dean, Institutional Effectiveness
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- Assistant Director - Accommodation Advocacy & Guidance
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- Endowed Chair of Business Administration
Education
PhD Accounting, Georgia State University, 1984
MS Accounting, Louisiana State University, 1977
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- Member of the Academic Department & Program Leaders Team
- Member of the Advisory Board
- Chairman, Department of Accounting
- Department Chair and Professor, Department of Accounting
- Department Chair, Professor
- Professor and Chair
Dr. Phillips is Department Chair, Professor, and holds the Thomas H. Daigre Endowed Chair. His academic research includes The Accounting Review, Behavioral Research in Accounting, Accounting, Organizations & Society, and others, as well as professional journals such as the Journal of Accountancy and The CPA Journal. Phillips is a past President of the LCPA (state) and has served on the AICPA Council.
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- Vice President, Whiteboard Advisors
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- Member of the Academic Department & Program Leaders Team
- Chairman, Rucks Department of Management
- Department Chair & Professor
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- Vice President of the Division of Inclusion, Civil Rights & Title IX
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- Member of the Advisory Board
- Partner / Faulk & Winkler LLC
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- Member of the Advisory Board
- Student Representative / E. J. Ourso College of Business