David Owens, Ph.D., Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University
David Owens serves on the faculty at Vanderbilt University's Graduate School of Management in the area of organizational behavior. Specializing in strategic innovation in business, Professor Owens teaches graduate-level business courses in strategic management and innovation, product design and development, and organizational design. He also delivers executive education programs and consulting services to a wide range of clients in the U.S. and Europe. His work has been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, London Guardian and San Jose Mercury News, as well as on NPR's Marketplace. His education and consulting clients include Kimberly Clark, LEGO, NASA, Bristol Meyers Squibb, Corning World Kitchen, Alcatel, Daimler Benz, the Tennessee Valley Authority, Baptist Hospital, and the Vanderbilt Technology Corporation, among others. Prior to becoming a professor, Professor Owens worked as a product designer and design engineer at IDEO, a premiere global product-development firm. Professor Owens holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University in industrial engineering with an emphasis in organization studies; and an M.S. degree from Stanford in product design. A dynamic teacher, Professor Owens consistently receives top teaching ratings from students in his executive programs and at Vanderbilt University.
