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, Dr. Pearson taught operations management courses in the MBA program 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 potentials and executive teams. As Lead Faculty for many programs, she is responsible for overarching curriculum design, integration of the material, and the overall educational quality of the engagement.
Dr. Pearson’s work with executives spans a wide variety of industries and geographies, including extensive work in health care and life sciences.
In addition to her executive development work, Dr. Pearson’s industrial and consulting experience includes advising senior leadership teams in the areas of strategic formulation, leading under uncertainty, and strategic execution. She is the co-author of the book The Perceptive Leader: A Handbook for Leading in an Environment of Uncertainty.
Dr. Pearson Kathy received her MS degree in Decision Sciences from Georgia State University, and her PhD in Industrial Engineering (concentration in statistics) from Northwestern University.