Ph. D, University of Washington

MBA, Ohio State University

B.A. Ohio State University

Corporate Strategy, Mergers and Acquisitions, Strategic Management

David B. Jemison is the Foster Parker Centennial Professor of Management and Finance and Director of the Texas Executive MBA Program (Option II) at the McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin, where he teaches in the Strategic Management area. He has served as Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and as Chair of the Management Department at the McCombs School. Jemison has been a member of the faculty at Stanford University and at Indiana University and a Visiting Professor at INSEAD. Before joining academe, he worked in planning and finance at Cummins Engine Co., Inc. and has served as a Procurement Officer in the U.S. Air Force.

Jemison's research focuses on the strategic management process in diversified firms. His current research is focused on business combinations as a vehicle for strategic renewal and how firms learn from their combined activities.

He is the author of numerous articles, book chapters, monographs, and books on the subjects of general management, strategy development, strategy implementation, the management of diversified firms, and mergers and acquisitions. His articles and research have appeared in a variety of journals including Strategic Management Journal, Harvard Business Review, Academy of Management Review, Management Science, and Sloan Management Review.

Dave has extensive executive education and consulting experience in North America, Asia, Europe, and Latin America and works with a variety of international firms on issues of strategy development, strategy implementation, mergers and acquisitions, corporate partnerships, and organization design.