Carla Pavone

Associate Director at Carlson School of Management

Schools

  • Carlson School of Management

Expertise

Links

Biography

Carlson School of Management

As Associate Director of the Holmes Center for Entrepreneurship and Program Director of MIN-Corps, Carla Pavone facilitates technology commercialization by designing and delivering education and coaching to University of Minnesota STEM students, faculty and researchers interested in bringing their innovations to the market. She also teaches entrepreneurship, strategy and leadership courses, primarily at the MBA level. Dr. Pavone has a BA in biology from the University of Pennsylvania, an MBA from Harvard Business School, and a PhD in business administration from the Carlson School of Management. She has had three careers: in magazine and software publishing (primarily at start-ups), in financial services (mainly leading internal corporate start-ups and turnarounds) and in academia.

Education

  • Master of Business Administration Harvard Business School
  • Bachelor's Degree University of Pennsylvania
  • Regents Diploma Woodlands Middle High School

Companies

  • Angel Investor Groove Capital (2022)
  • Associate Director, Holmes Center for Entrepreneurship University of Minnesota - Carlson School of Management (2014)
  • Senior Lecturer - Strategic Management & Entrepreneurship University of Minnesota - Carlson School of Management (2011)
  • Adjunct Professor UMKC (2011 — 2012)
  • Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship UMKC (2008 — 2011)
  • Instructor Carlson School of Management (2002 — 2008)
  • VP, Retail Bus. Dev. Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC. (2000 — 2002)
  • VP, Field Comp. and Admin. Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC. (1997 — 2000)
  • VP, Specialty and Emerging Services Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC. (1997 — 2000)

Skills

  • Executive Coaching
  • Small Business
  • Organizational Development

Other

Change Management, Staff Development, Customer Service, Consulting, Business Planning, Management Consulting, Business Development, Program Management, Leadership Development, Coaching, Nonprofits, Teaching, Research, Marketing, Business Strategy, Strategic Planning, Management, Start-ups, Leadership, Strategy, Entrepreneurship

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