Ernest Owens

at Opus College of Business

Biography

Opus College of Business

Ernest L. Owens, Jr. EdD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Management at the University of St. Thomas Opus College of Business. He currently serves on the University Senate and University Faculty Affairs Committee. Owens previously served on several committees, including St. Thomas Executive Committee and Policy Advisory Committee, and as a chair of Faculty Affairs Committee and as the faculty chair for the Opus College of Business. He currently teaches both the undergraduate and graduate courses in project management, and delivers project management training to working professional and executives.

Owens specializes in project, strategic and operations management. He has taught undergraduate, graduate and professional development courses since 1991. He’s been an adjunct member of the Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota and the University of Wisconsin River Falls, teaching management, operations and strategic information systems. Owens is a visiting professor at the Universite of Caen in Normandy, France where he teaches leadership and project management to English-speaking students.

His industry experience includes roles as director of strategic planning at Unisys, cost engineer at IBM, industrial engineer at Johnson and Johnson and Mass General Hospital, as well as methods analyst at Melville Shoe Corporation.

As a consultant, Owens has developed project management training programs for Donaldson Company, Imation, PaR Systems, Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Ameriprise Financial, NRP, Aspen Research, E-Funds, Tenant Corporation, Fairview South Hospital, Fair Isaacs, and PMI Minnesota.

Owens has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the “Eleven Who Care” from KARE 11 and the “Good Neighbor” from WCCO for his community service. In recognition for his public service and volunteer work, Owens received “The Jefferson Award” and the “Leon H. Sullivan Award” from Opportunities Industrialization Center of America.

EDUCATION

  • B.S., Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University
  • Ed.D., Educational Leadership, University of St. Thomas
  • M.B.A., Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Finance, University of St. Thomas

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