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David J. Collis, Ph. D.

ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER, VIVALDI

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617‐495‐6768

dcollis@hbs.edu

www.davidjcollis.com

Harvard Business School   
Morgan Hall 211          
Soldiers Field 

Boston, MA  02163 

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EXPERIENCE

Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration
2002 - Current
1986 - 1997
  • Thomas Henry Carroll Ford Foundation Adjunct Professor of Business Administration within Strategy Unit – only the second fulltime Adjunct Professor appointed at HBS.

  • Research and case writing on corporate and international strategy, and industry analysis, particularly higher education.

  • McKinsey Award winner for best article in Harvard Business Review, 2009
    Rated top teacher among all strategy faculty by MBAs in 2013, and by MBAs and executives in other years. 

  • Developed new elective MBA courses on “International Strategy” that rated 6.6 / 7.0 and “Corporate Strategy” both of which were taken by over 200 students.

Yale University,
School of Management
New Haven, CT
1997 - 2002
 
  • Frederick Frank Adjunct Professor of International Business Administration.

  • Research and case writing focused on corporate strategy and global competition.

  • New “International Strategy and Competition” course was highest rated out of all 102 MBA courses in 1999.

  • Introduced a new general management course, and jointly developed a novel integrative course to conclude first year MBA curriculum

  • Second highest rated teacher among all faculty in 1998. Chosen “Class Speaker” by Class of 1999.  

Columbia University, 
Graduate School of Business
2003 - 2005
1985 - 1986
 
  • Professor under contract with Management Division with responsibility for first year developing and teaching core strategy course for MBA and EMBA students (by whom rated 4.9/5.0). Raised strategy teaching group ratings by one point in 2003.

  • Previously Assistant Professor of Business Policy, Management of Organization Faculty. Teaching and joint development of core Business Policy course. Research in corporate strategy and industrial policy. 

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