Chaplin Tyler Executive Leadership Lecture Series
The Chaplin Tyler Executive Leadership Lecture Series brings leaders from the business, non-profit and government sectors to the University of Delaware campus to share their experiences and insights with students, faculty and the business community. Several times each year, the Lerner College’s Graduate and Executive Programs office invites these leaders to spend a day engaging in an open exchange of ideas and perspectives.
The series, which is supported by the Chaplin Tyler Endowment Fund, is dedicated to the memory of Chap and Elizabeth Tyler, their commitment to education and their determination to help young people achieve success in the business world.
Speakers over the past five years are listed below. For speakers prior to that, please visit the Tyler Lecture Archives.
April 24, 2013
Purnell Hall, Room 115
3:00-4:00 Lecture
4:00-4:30 Q & A
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David Robertson is a Professor of Practice, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania where he teaches Innovation and Product Development in Wharton’s undergraduate, MBA, and executive education programs. From 2002 through 2010, Robertson was the LEGO Professor of Innovation and Technology Management at Switzerland’s Institute for Management Development.
Robertson is the author of Brick by Brick: How LEGO Rewrote the Rules of Innovation Conquered the Toy Industry, and co-author of Enterprise Architecture as Strategy. Prior to IMD, Robertson was a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, a consultant at McKinsey & Company for 5 years, and an executive at four enterprise software companies. David received his MBA and PhD from MIT and BS from the University of Illinois.
2012
Lance T. Shaner serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Shaner. A graduate of Alfred University, he provides the business strategy and entrepreneurial spirit for multiple companies. Under Lance’s leadership, the companies have completed over one billion dollars in transactions and have grown into a highly respected business group with over 2,500 employees.
2011
John Partilla, Chief Operating Officer, Dentsu Network West and a 1986 graduate of the University of Delaware, spoke on his media company’s unique position in today’s shifting communications landscape in a talk, “An Overview of the Dentsu Network.”
2010
Dipak C Jain, Professor, Kellogg School of Management on “The Future of Business Schools in an Era of Global Economic Crisis”
2008
Thomas L. Saaty, Chair University Professor, University of Pittsburgh on “Creative Thinking and Problem Solving: Decision Making in a Complex Environment, Why We Need More than Discussion to Understand Complexity and the Babel of Words about what to do in Iraq”
2007
Kenneth C. Whitney, Senior Managing Director, Blackstone Group on “Challenges in Growing a Start-up in Investment Management”
Tony P. Zook, President and CEO, AstraZeneca NA on “Prescription of Success – What Pharma Can Do for You”
View more at the Tyler Lecture Archives.
