George Geis

Biography

George T. Geis teaches at UCLA Anderson in the areas of mergers & acquisitions, financial modeling, entrepreneurship, and accounting. He has been voted Outstanding Teacher of the Year at UCLA Anderson five times, the most recent honor being given by the MBA class of 2012. Geis has also served as Associate Dean and Faculty Director of UCLA Anderson''s Executive MBA program. He is currently Faculty Director of Anderson''s Mergers and Acquisitions Executive program.

Geis has taught mergers and acquisitions at the Haas School, UC Berkeley. He has been a visiting professor at Bocconi University in Milan, Italy as well as at the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia.

Dr. Geis is an expert on M&A activity in technology, communications and media markets.  His latest book, Semi-Organic Growth, provides an in-depth analysis of Google''s innovative approach to M&A -- see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzEC852BIC4 for a video interview on this book. Geis'' research interests include market modeling for M&A-related strategies as well as venture initiation and growth processes. His seminar "Analyzing Google''s Acquisitions" can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeCf3C86IBU&feature=youtu.be.

A National Science Foundation and Woodrow Wilson Honorary Fellow, Dr. Geis has extensive consulting experience and has published dozens of professional articles and six books. He is the recipient of the Financial Executives Institute Award for outstanding achievement in finance. In 2013, Geis was a Batten Fellow at the Darden School, University of Virginia.

Dr. Geis taught in the LEAD Summer Institute for minority youth for more than 10 years. He has provided management education for directors of Head Start programs nationwide as well as for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans in UCLA’s Entrepreneurs’ Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities. His 16- tape lecture series on “Statistical Analysis in Business” appeared as part of the Teaching Company’s Super Star Teacher series.

Geis writes an M&A blog at http://maprofessor.blogspot.com/ and a biotech corporate development blog at http://biopharmatop.blogspot.com/.

Geis received a B.S. "summa cum laude" and with "honors in mathematics" from Purdue University , an M.B.A. from University of California, Los Angeles, and a Ph.D. from University of Southern California.

Education

Ph.D. Educational Psychology, 1977, USC
MBA Finance, 1981, UCLA
B.S. Mathematics, 1966, Purdue University

Interests

Mergers and Acquisitions, High Technology, Biotechnology Industry, Digital Media, Entrepreneurship and Venture Initiation

Published Papers

• George T. Geis. (2015). Semi-Organic Growth: Tactics and Strategies Behind Google's Success. Hoboken: Wiley, 256 pp.
  
• George T.Geis, and George S. Geis. (March/April 2002). Partnering and Deal Making in the Digital Age. Ivey Business Journal, pp. 11-14.
  
• George T.Geis, and George S. Geis. (2001). Digital Deals: Strategies for Selecting and Structuring Partnerships. New York: McGraw-Hill, 303 pp.