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Jerry I. Porras

Jerry Ignacio Porras

1091 Cathcart Way
Stanford, California
(650) 493-5630
(650) 996-2511 (cell)
Graduate School of Business
Stanford University
Stanford, California 94305
(650) 723-2850
Fax: (650) 725-1625
email:

Education

1974 Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, California
1968 MBA Cornell University, Ithica, New York
1960 BSEE University of Texas, El Paso

Professional Experience

Academic

2001-Present Stanford University Graduate School of Business
Lane Professor of Organizational Behavior and Change, Emeritus.
1972-2001 Stanford University Graduate School of Business
Assistant/Associate/Professor/Fred H. Merrill Professor of Organizational Behavior and Change/Lane Professor of Organizational Behavior and Change. Taught courses in Visionary Companies, Leadership, Interpersonal Dynamics, and Organization Development and Change.
1988-1992 Stanford University School of Education
Professor of Education, by Cortesy.

Editorial Review Boards

1991-1999 Journal of Organizational Change Management 1984-1988 Academy of Management Journal
 1984-1988 Business Review
 1979-1984 Journal of Applied Behavioral Science
 1978-1982 Academy of Management Review

Administrative Assignments

1991-1994 Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Graduate School of Business,
Stanford
1989-1993 Chairman, Minority Summer Institute Advisory Committee,
AACSB/GMAC
1989-1990
1999-2000 President, Pacific-10 Conference Council

1988-2001 Stanford University Faculty Athletics Representative to Pacific-10 Conference & NCAA
1982-1998 Director, Executive Program: Leading and Managing Change, (Formerly Executive Program in Organization Change) Graduate School of Business, Stanford University

Professional Associations

1976-2001 Academy of Management
 1976-1999 NTL Institute for Applied Behavioral Science

Board of Trustees

1984-1988 Institute of Transpersonal Psychology
 1997-Present Chairman, Board of Trustees, Cecilia and Tony Burciaga Community Award Foundation

Board of Directors

1998-Present State Farm Automobile Insurance Company
 1997-Present State Farm General Insurance Company
State Farm Life Insurance Company
 1997-Present Quaker Fabrics
 2000-2004 ReloAction

Board of Advisors

2002-Present Cadence Corporation

Consulting

1970-Present Organizational Development consultant to a variety of public and private organizations. A sample of past clients, includes United Airlines, Hewlett Packard, Argonaut Insurance, and FEMSA (Mexico), Grupo Industrial de Saltillo (Mexico).

Corporate Presentations

1994-Present Presentations on visionary organizations and planned organizational change to senior executives of over 200 organizations such as Pfizer, Merck, Deutche Bank, Bechtel, Bain, Jose Cuervo, Maytag, CB Richard Ellis, Express, 3M, Allstate, Cummins Engine, Ford, Four Seasons Hotels, Johnson & Johnson, Lockheed-Martin, Proctor & Gamble, Prudential, and Washington Mutual.

Industrial

1964-1966 General Electric Company - Contract administration, sales analysis, budget forecasting, and systems programming and analysis for process computer applications.
1963-1964 Lockheed Missiles and Space Company - Design engineer
1960-1963 U.S. Army - Explosive Ordnance Disposal Officer
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