Kenneth C. Bardach has been named associate dean and director of ExecEdge Corporate Education at the Olin School of Business, announced Stuart I. Greenbaum, Ph.D., dean and Bank of America Professor in the Olin School.
Bardach joins WUSTL from Case Western Reserve University, where he served as associate dean of executive education programs at the Weatherhead School of Management.
Bardach brings more than 30 years of academic and corporate experience to his post, having twice served in executive education director positions at Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management, and having directed corporate management education and development programs for numerous organizations.
“I have had the privilege of working with Ken Bardach off and on for the past 30 years,” Greenbaum said. “I know he is a consummate professional, a leader in the world of executive education and a man of uncompromising integrity. His presence at the Olin School will add luster to all we do.”
As associate dean and director of executive education at Kellogg (1995-2002), Bardach doubled annual total programs, participant enrollments and program revenues, increasing profits by 120 percent. He developed 15 senior-level executive programs.
He served as associate dean and director of the master of business administration program at the Eli Broad Graduate School of Management at Michigan State University (1993-94) and as associate dean of masters’ programs at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute School of Management (1987-1993).
At Rensselaer, he helped design and launch the Management and Technology M.B.A. Program and a new Executive M.B.A. Program. He also designed and delivered customized programs for IBM, General Electric, General Motors, Union National Bank, and the New York State Office of Mental Health.