Faculty Insights
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Organizations access internationally ranked faculty whose research is shaped by active scholarship and industry experience, connected to the issues leaders face now. Executive education partners apply research-driven insight from the classroom to real business challenges.
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Faculty Expertise
Mays Business School faculty are engaged in cutting-edge research across strategy, finance, leadership, technology, and operations. We bring the right combination of faculty expertise, research insight, and experienced practitioners to your challenge. The experts featured below represent a sampling of our broader faculty network whose insights help organizations navigate uncertainty and drive performance.
Len Berry
University Distinguished Professor of Marketing
Leonard L. Berry is a University Distinguished Professor of Marketing whose research helped define the modern field of services marketing. His work gives leaders a powerful lens for thinking about service quality, customer experience, and the human side of organizational performance.
Shrihari Sridhar
Senior Associate Dean of Mays Business School
Hari Sridhar studies how marketing decisions translate into business results, with research focused on growth, profitability, and the strategic impact of marketing investments. His current work also explores how organizations can close the gap between AI capability and AI results.
Rogelio Oliva
Associate Dean for Research and Scholarship
Rogelio Oliva’s research examines how organizational behavior and technical systems interact to shape operational performance. His work is especially relevant for leaders focused on execution, complexity, transformation, and the challenge of making change work in practice.
Rajan Varadarajan
University Distinguished Professor and Distinguished Professor of Marketing
Rajan Varadarajan is a leading scholar in marketing strategy whose work has influenced how firms think about innovation, market position, and long-term competitive advantage. His research helps leaders connect strategic thinking to growth and performance in dynamic markets.
Ben Welch
Program Director for Executive Education
Longtime executive education leader and relational connector who helps design cohesive programs and builds the trust and relationships that keep sponsors and participants engaged.
Matthew Call
Associate Professor of Management
Expert in talent and performance who studies the link between individual and firm results, employee retention, and star employees; he helps organizations turn that insight into better talent decisions.
Bridgette Chambers
Executive Professor of Management
Practitioner, CEO, and turnaround leader who helps connect learning to execution, transformation, and real-world leadership challenges.
Faculty Stewardship
For more complex or custom engagements, we may assign a faculty champion to help steward the experience from design through delivery. This role strengthens continuity across faculty, sessions, and learning objectives — shaping program design, aligning faculty around outcomes, connecting content areas across modules, and reinforcing application to participants’ real business challenges.
Research That Transforms Healthcare
Dr. Leonard Berry’s research proves that better hospital design is both good for people and good for business. Investing 3% more in evidence-based design recovers costs within two years and generates over $100 million in savings over a decade — improving patient outcomes, staff retention, and organizational performance simultaneously. His 20-year body of work has shaped how hospitals worldwide approach design, demonstrating that the right environment is both a clinical and business imperative.
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Whether you’re navigating a specific business challenge or exploring how Mays Executive Education can support your organization’s goals, we’re here to help. To get started, please contact Tim Reazor, director of strategic partnerships, at 760.583.9935.