Larry Pate

Dr. Larry Pate has more than 25 years’ experience in executive and management education as a professor, researcher, administrator, and consultant to multinational companies and governments throughout the world. He is Co-Founder and Chief Learning Officer of ImagineACES, an education, training, and consulting business dedicated to helping people make better decisions and achieve their dreams in their professional and personal lives. Before forming ImagineACES, Larry held the Rod and Barbara Burwell Endowed Chair in Entrepreneurship and was Professor of Entrepreneurship and Chair of the Entrepreneurship Department, at the University of North Dakota. His BA, summa cum laude, and MS degrees are from the University of California, Irvine, and his Ph.D. in organizational behavior is from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

TEACHING INTERESTS

Strategic Management, Management and Organizational Behavior, Imagination and Creativity and Critical Thinking Skills, Decision Making and Problem Solving, Leadership and Motivation, Ethics and Social Responsibility, Consulting Skills, Management Skills/Effectiveness, Managerial/Executive Decision Making

EDUCATION

• PhD, University of illinois, 1979
  Major/Concentration: Business Administration
• Master, UC Irvine, 1973
  Major/Concentration: Administration
• Bachelor, UC Irvine, 1971
  Major/Concentration: Psychology

EXPERIENCE

Academic

• University of North Dakota (2009 - 2012) Professor of Entrepreneurship and Rod and Barbara Burwell Endowed Chair of Entrepreneurship
• Loyola Marymount University (2002 - 2008) Visiting Professor of Management; Director of Research, Center for Executive Learning
• University of Wisconsin-Madison (1997 - 2001) Visiting Professor of Management and Human Resources
• University of Utah (1993 - 1998) Professor of Management and Organizational Behavior; Director, Institute for Human Resource Management
• International Management Centers (1992 - 1993) International Visiting Professor of Organisational Management
• USC (1988 - 1991) Visiting Professor of Management & Organization; Director of Executive Programs; Director, Managerial Policy Institute; Professor of Clinical Entre.
• University of Kansas (1978 - 1981) Assistant Professor of Organization and Administration
• University of Wisconsin-Madison (1977 - 1978) Visiting Assistant Professor of Management and Human Resources
• University of Nebraska-Lincoln (1975 - 1977) Visiting Assistant Professor of Management
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1973 - 1975) Research Assistant/Teaching Assistant
• Public Policy Research Organization (PPRO), University of California System (1972 - 1973) Research Assistant
• McDonnell Douglas Astronautics (1972 - 1973) Engineer Schedules Analyst