Richard B. McAndrew
Professor and Executive in Residence
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Richard B. McAndrew
Mr. McAndrew, Executive-in-Residence at California Lutheran University (CLU), has been providing technology and leadership education for over 25 years. Richard designed the Information Technology Management (ITM) Emphasis for CLU’s MBA Program. He also designed and teaches CLU’s Leadership Workshop Series for MBA & ADEP students.
Additionally, Richard is adjunct faculty at FH Joanneum University in Graz Austria and Emphasis Leader, where his current assignment is the redesign of both the graduate and undergraduate I.T. emphasis. He is also an instructor at Joanneum for the International Management Program at the School of Business.
Prior to CLU, Richard spent 11 years at Dun & Bradstreet Software (DBS) as a Vice President and Regional Manager. DBS provides enterprise application solutions to Fortune 1000 companies with an emphasis on the Financial Services Industry. His responsibilities included sales, professional services, customer support & operations. During Richard’s technology career he has had responsibilities for over 400 large-scale software implementations for major corporations.
Richards Financial Services Industry background in I.T. provides students with the right blend of real world experience combined with theory and methods. His passion is to help grow tomorrow’s leaders. Richard believes Managers are a commodity. Leaders are in short supply. My reward is seeing today’s new leaders achieve professional & personal success.
Areas of Expertise
- Information Technology: I.T. concepts and practices for Business Managers.
- Leadership Workshops: The soft skills required for career success to include:
- Project Management
- Negotiating for Win/Win
- Critical Thinking
- Business Presentations Skills
- Supervision Basics for the new manager
- Relationship Selling
Resumé
Executive with over 30 years demonstrated success in both education & management. Extensive background in the information technology industry in sales, consulting, application development and customer service with focus in the Financial Services Industry.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
CALIFORNIA LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY
1989-Present
Thousand Oaks, California
PROFESSOR AND EXECUTIVE IN RESIDENCE
Information Technology Management for CLU's Graduate School of Business. Also responsible for CLU's Leadership Workshop Series for the School of Business.
FH-JOANNEUM UNIVERSITY
2002-Present
Graz, Austria
ADJUNCT FACULTY AND I.T. EMPHASIS LEADER
Instructor at Joanneum for the International Management program at the School of Business. Responsible for the Information Technology Management program. Additional assignment is the redesign of both the graduate and undergraduate I.T. emphasis.
CANDLE CORPORATION
2000-2001
El Segundo, California
GENERAL MANAGER Ð WEST/SOUTHWEST AREA Responsibility for the sale of business integration solutions (software & services) for a $9M+ business unit. Territory responsibility for six (6) account executives covering 15 states. Candle Corporation is a recognized leader providing eBusiness & EAI solutions to fortune 1000 enterprises.
SYSTEM SOFTWARE ASSOCIATES, INC. (SSA)
1997-2000
Westlake, California
DIRECTOR - WESTERN AREA
Area Director with P&L responsibility for the sale and delivery of enterprise application software & consulting services for a $30M+ business unit that covers the western half of the U.S. SSA is a leading provider of world-class enterprise application software (BPCS) solutions (AS400/Client Server) for the industrial sector.
DIRECTOR - BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Responsibility for the strategy, development and implementation of SSA’s Global Business Intelligence solution. Also responsible for development and implementation of SSA’s Integration Services strategy for North America Professional Services.
INDUSTRY DIRECTOR - NORTH AMERICA
Responsibility for the North America General Manufacturing consulting and services practice. Projects include both U.S. and global implementations.
Full Time Faculty
Somnath Basu
Bruce Gillies
Sandra Grunewald
Ronald Hagler
Susan Murphy
Charles T. Maxey
Jamshid Damooei
Harry Domicone
Harry Starn
Executive Faculty
Christine De Rosa
Sid Mittra
Daniel Moisand
Robert Powell
Marv Tuttle
Steve Vernon
Richard Wagner
David Yeske
Richard Hoe
Marcee Yager
Elizabeth Jetton
Richard Weber
Adjunct Faculty
Lisa Bradway
Todd Dooling
Mark Edwards
Steve Finch
Cindy Grether
Thomas Hardy
William Klepper
Valeria Makarova
Richard McAndrew
Harry McCracken
Jeffrey Schleien
Lee Schuh
Nathan Tierney
Jeremy Witbeck
Janet Davis
