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2015
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Dr. Linda M. Pittenger is recognized as a leading industry expert and thought leader on
Human Capital. She has had a successful career as an executive in academic and large corporate environments, and conceptualized, launched and sold a business to a Fortune 500 company. Currently, Dr. Pittenger is Associate Professor of Leadership at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University and actively consults with executives of Global 100 companies. Her transformation work at a global investment bank was the subject of a MIT case study.
Dr. Pittenger has been published in many industry and national publications and is a frequent speaker at major conferences. She is the recipient of many awards and has implemented several programs that exceeded benchmark standards and directly impacted AT&T winning the Malcolm Baldrige Award. IEEE recognized her research paper on the distinguishing competencies of superior performing IT professionals in the top 15 technology management papers of 2011 in the world. Additionally, Dr. Pittenger served as a Commissioner for President Obama's Tech America initiative, REAL, (Recommendations for Education and Advancement) responsible for recommending policy agenda for "Digital Promise”.
Previous to her appointment at Embry-Riddle, Dr. Pittenger was Associate Dean of Graduate Programs and Distinguished Professor at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ. At Stevens, she launched the first master’s program in Business Intelligence & Analytics in the tri-state area and the nation’s first master’s degree in Enterprise Project Management.
Until its bankruptcy, Dr. Pittenger was Managing Director, Global HR at Lehman Brothers, responsible for Human Resources, Campus and Lateral Recruitment, and Training for the Global Technology organization. She assisted in the closure of the largest bankruptcy in corporate America. Previously, Linda was Founder, CEO and President of people3, the world’s leading authority on IT human capital. Securing $5M in venture capital to grow the company, people3 delivered consulting, software solutions and industry-leading research focused on the people and organization issues of IT. Gartner (IT, NYSE) acquired people3 in June 2002. Dr. Pittenger retired from Gartner as President, Human Capital in June 2005.
Before starting her company, Dr. Pittenger was CIO, of AT&T’s Sales and Marketing
Systems, responsible for ensuring technological superiority for the business long distance business delivering industry leading sales, marketing, and executive information systems for more than 22,000 sales and marketing personnel. She supported $35B in revenue, managing an expense and capital budget of over $400M. Linda also served as Vice President, HR for AT&T’s Network Services Division, managing strategic planning, policy and operations, labor relations, cultural transformation and technical training for 23,000 employees.
Dr. Pittenger received a Doctorate in Management from Case Western Reserve University. She attended Wharton’s Executive Management Program and earned a BS and MBA from Jacksonville University.
