Hybrid MBA Faculty

The Leeds Hybrid MBA program bring expertise from world-class faculty whose research is applied to solve real business challenges around the globe. Our faculty have PhDs from universities such as Harvard Business School, Stanford, Northwestern, Berkeley and University of Chicago. Leeds faculty believe in helping students manage their personal and professonal lives while recieving an MBA education with the more flexible schedule offered in the hybrid mga program. Profiles of our academic thought leaders include:

Hybrid MBA Faculty

Meet our award-winning faculty, recognized for their innovative teaching approach and their cutting-edge research in top academic journals.

Henry Laurion

Assistant Professor

ACCOUNTING

Henry Laurion is an Assistant Professor of Accounting and holds a PhD, Business Administration (Accounting) from the University of California at Berkeley, Haas School of Business (2018). He is also a Certified Public Accountant, Colorado (2008 – Present).

Lori Seward

Teaching Professor

STRATEGY, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND OPERATIONS

Lori E. Seward is a senior instructor and teaching professor of Operations Management and faculty director of the MBA program in The Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado in Boulder. She earned her Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Industrial Engineering at Virginia Tech. After several years working as a reliability and quality engineer in the paper and automotive industries, she earned her Ph.D. from Virginia Tech and joined the faculty at the Leeds School in 1998.

Edward D. Van Wesep

Professor

FINANCE

Edward D Van Wesep is a Professor of Finance at the Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado at Boulder. He received an Sc.B. in Applied Mathematics - Economics from Brown University in 2003, and a Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University in 2007. He studies financial compensation, primarily of rank-and-file employees, but also executives. Past research has concerned the use of signing bonuses, severance pay, incentive pay, stock options, and pay timing as motivation, retention, and screening devices. He currently studies the effect of tenure/employment guarantees on productivity, and methods to improve the measurement of productivity for employees working in teams. Other research interests are corporate governance, short sales, shareholder voting.

Ramiro Montealegre

Professor

ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND INFORMATION ANALYTICS

Ramiro Montealegre is a Professor of Information Systems at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He received his doctorate in business administration from the Harvard Business School in the area of management information systems. His master’s degree in computer science is from Carleton University, Canada. He holds a Bachelor in Engineering degree from the Francisco Marroquín University, Guatemala. Dr. Montealegre has been invited lecturer at the Indian School of Business (Hyderabad), University of Toronto, Case Western Reserve University, Beijing Jiaotong University, Universidad Torcuato DiTella in Argentina, INCAE Business School in Costa Rica, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey in Mexico, ESAN Business School in Perú, and IE Business School in Spain. He is a recipient of five consecutive annual teaching excellence awards for outstanding teaching at the University of Colorado: the Boulder Faculty Assembly Excellence in Teaching, the Tony Tisone Teaching Excellence Award, the Joseph Frascona Excellence Award, the Graduate Professor of the Year Award, and the MBA Professor of the Year Award.

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