graduate: Faculty
- Title:
- Adjunct Professor, EMBA
- Department:
- Business
- Campus:
- San Francisco
415-442-6500
LouAnn Conner received her MBA in International Business from The Johns Hopkins University, Carey School of Business. She is the Founder and CEO of SagaciousThink, which was founded in 2008. SagaciousThink supports companies by offering operations excellence either as interim management, or in a project or consulting capacity. She especially enjoys helping companies understand their challenges and opportunities as they seek to expand internationally. She is on the board of directors for the California Spain Chamber of Commerce. Ms. Connor works with global governments seeking to send SMEs to the US to understand best practices in business planning and leadership. She also advises startups, co-chairs the Clean Tech committee for Astia, and has mentored companies participating in the Clean Tech Open. Prior to SagaciousThink, Conner held senior leadership positions at Booz Allen Hamilton, Honeywell- TSI, and Pricewaterhouse Coopers. She teaches entrepreneurship at UC Berkeley Extension and serves on the dean’s advisory board at the Carey Business School and on the executive committee of the Alumni Council at JHU. In her spare time, she can be found traveling and exploring foods and cultures.
RESEARCH INTERESTS AND AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
Global Strategic/Operational Planning
Strategic Business Partnership Development
International Management Experience
Contract Negotiations
Capital Investment Planning and Financial Modeling
Forecasting and Budgeting (Revenue, Operations, Capital)
Business Process Improvement and Re-engineering
Cost Reduction and Profit Optimization
EDUCATION
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MBA (International Business), The Johns Hopkins University
BS (Civil Engineering), Iowa State University
MBA (International Business), Iowa State University
Project Management Professional Certification (PMP), Project Management Institute
Master Certification in Business Process Management, Association of Information and Image Management
Six Sigma Training, Pricewaterhouse Coopers
PROFESSIONAL AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2008 - Present
Founder & CEO, SagaciousThink
Present
Adjunct Professor, Golden Gate University
Present
Adjunct Professor, UC Berkeley Extension
2006 - 2008
Governance - Sr. Manager/Director, Pricewaterhouse Coopers
2005 - 2006
Senior Manager of Program Support, Honeywell - Technical Services, Inc.
2003 - 2005
Program Manager, Booz Allen & Hamilton
2000-2001
Director of Engineering and Operations, Metromedia Fiber Network, Inc.
1999-2000
Senior Project Manage, Teleglobe, Inc.
1992-1999
Senior Project Manager, MFS Network Technologies, Inc.,
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
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Dean’s Alumni Advisory Board (DAAB) The Johns Hopkins University, Carey School of Business
Alumni Council, The Johns Hopkins University
Co Chair of Astia Advisory Board on Clean Technology
Mentor and Advisor, Astia Clean Tech Open