Paul Sullivan

Paul R. Sullivan is a consultant and adjunct professor, teaching global business in a number of university MBA and Executive Education programs. Paul received his B.S. in Engineering and his MBA from the University of Michigan. He has also completed the Program for Health Systems Management presented by Harvard University's Schools of Business, Public Health, and Medicine.

In addition to teaching Paul is a senior fellow with the William Davidson Institute where his recent assignments have been in Pakistan, Tunisia and Sri Lanka. Paul was the Founder and Managing Director of Global Partners, Inc., an international business development consulting firm. With 40 years of experience in research, management consulting, and management education, Mr. Sullivan frequently travels to Europe, Asia, and Latin America to help corporations develop business development plans and expand their world markets. He has worked in 50 countries and developed, and presented seminars on global management, business-to-business marketing and sales to thousands of managers from over 100 countries.

Before founding Global Partners, Paul was a Senior Vice President of Harbridge House, Inc. an international management consulting firm, and a member of its Management Board and Strategic Planning Committee.

Paul has worked with many Fortune "Global 500" companies including ABB, Abbott Laboratories, ALSTOM, AT&T, Areva, Boston Scientific, General Electric, General Dynamics, McDonald's, Raytheon, Rockwell International, STMicroelectronics, United Technologies, Volvo and Xerox as well as government organizations including the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Departments of Defense, Energy and Health and Human Services.

He has written numerous articles including"Strategies for Playing the Global Game," "Six Traits of Global Managers," "Are You Developing Global Leaders?" and is co-author of the book "Measuring Hospital Inflation."

Paul has taught Winning Global Business, Managing in a Global Organization and Project Management for Global Leaders in the Ross School's Executive Education program.