Kathy Pearson, PhD is a strategist and authority in decision-making. She is President and Founder of Enterprise Learning Solutions, a firm focused on executive development and learning across industries. Dr. Pearson has served as an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Operations and Information Management Department at the Wharton School. In this academic capacity, she taught operations management courses in the MBA and Executive Master of Technology Management programs, as well as other courses for the department and the University.
An award-winning educator, Dr. Pearson works extensively with mid- to senior-level executives, including high-potential individuals and executive teams. As Lead Faculty for many programs, she is responsible for overall curriculum design, integration of material, and educational quality of the engagement.
Dr. Pearson’s work with executives spans a wide range of industries and geographies, including extensive work in health care and life sciences. In addition to her executive development work, her industrial and consulting experience includes advising senior leadership teams in strategic formulation, leading under uncertainty, and strategic execution. She is the co-author of The Perceptive Leader: A Handbook for Leading in an Environment of Uncertainty.
Dr. Pearson earned her MS in Decision Sciences from Georgia State University and her PhD in Industrial Engineering, with a concentration in statistics, from Northwestern University.