Jo-Ellen Pozner joined Santa Clara University's Leavey School of Business in the fall of 2016. Before that, she was on faculty at the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley. She graduated with a PhD in Management and Organizations from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University and holds an MBA from the Stern School of Business, New York University; a Masters in Economics from the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University; and a BSFS in International Economics from the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University.

Her research focuses on questions of organizational ethics, corporate governance, social movements, and institutional change.  She has a particular interest in organizational misconduct, specifically the ways in which misconduct at the organizational level impacts top management and boards of directors at the companies involved.  She is also interested in impression management, organizational and individual reputation and legitimacy, and study ways in which people and organizations attempt to appear to conform to established institutional norms.  Finally, she has done work on social movements, including research on movements that promoted acceptance of organic food, and those that led to the creation of a low-power FM radio service in the United States.

Tammy L. Madsen (Ph.D., UCLA) is a Professor of Strategic Management, Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University, where she has received the University President’s Special Recognition Award. Integrating work in strategy, innovation, and organizational evolution, her research spans several themes: competitive heterogeneity, temporary advantage and cohort effects; the influence of economic and institutional shocks on organizational, industry and cluster evolution; and co-innovation platforms, ecosystem growth and interfirm collaboration. Tammy’s research has received various awards from the Strategic Management Division, Academy of Management, including the Glueck Best Paper Award, and appears in outlets such as: Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, Journal of Management Studies, Industrial and Corporate Change, Journal of Knowledge Management and International Marketing Review. She recently co-authored the fourth edition of Gordon Walker’s textbook, Modern Competitive Strategy (2016, McGraw-Hill Press).

Tammy serves on the editorial review boards of the Strategic Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, and Organization Science, and is a member of the Board of Editors, Strategic Management Review. She has been actively engaged in professional service throughout her career. For the Academy of Management, she has served as Assistant Program Chair, Program Chair and Division Chair of the Strategic Management Division, and also has served on the division’s executive and research committees. Early in her career, Tammy served in a similar leadership role for the College of Organization Science (INFORMS). For the Strategic Management Society, Tammy is the Associate Director of the Strategy Research Foundation’s Dissertation Grant Program, and has served on Competitive Strategy Interest Group’s executive committee. 

Tammy teaches in the areas of strategy and innovation in the MBA, Executive MBA, and Executive Development programs at SCU where she has received the Leavey School of Business’ Extraordinary Faculty Awards for her teaching, research and service contributions. She is currently a member of the Leavey’s School’s Dean’s Council and has previously served as Chair of the Management Department. Tammy also holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (UC Santa Barbara) and a M.S. in Systems Management (USC). Prior to joining SCU, she was member of the faculty at Southern Methodist University. She began her professional career as a test and evaluation engineer for the weapon control systems on the F14 aircraft. She subsequently worked as a design engineer and program manager at Delco Electronics, General Motors. In her downtime, you’ll find her surfing or ocean swimming.

Dr. Andy Tsay is Professor of Business and Analytics, in the department of Information Systems & Analytics (ISA) in the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University, where he teaches primarily in the MBA and Executive MBA programs for working professionals.  He served as Department Chair from 2010-2017.

He earned his Ph.D. at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business. He also holds degrees from Stanford in Engineering (MS) and Mathematical & Computational Sciences (BS).

Dr. Tsay has expertise in business analytics and quantitative modeling. He studies the management of design, manufacturing, and procurement in heavily outsourced supply chains (e.g., electronics, apparel, food). His work helps manufacturers better engage with suppliers and distribution channel partners.

He has more than 35 professional publications in leading academic journals such as Management Science, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Production & Operations Management, Interfaces, Journal of Retailing, and Journal of Supply Chain Management, and practitioner periodicals such as Supply Chain Management Review. He serves in senior leadership positions for several of these journals (see bottom of this page). In 2014 his book Designing and Controlling the Outsourced Supply Chain was published by NOW Publishers. Download a free PDF of this book and Dr. Tsay's other publications here. 

His publications have been cited more than 6000 times (according to Google Scholar). His 2008 paper in Journal of Supply Chain Management received a 2012 Emerald Management Reviews Citation of Excellence, awarded to only 50 articles worldwide across all business specialties.

He has consulted for large firms as well as startups in Silicon Valley and China. He has been interviewed extensively in the global media, by outlets such as The New York Times, ABC News, Voice of America, CCTV, and China Daily. He has lectured to academic and industry audiences throughout North America, Europe, and Asia.

He serves frequently as a visiting professor at Peking University, teaching in the Beijing International MBA program, which has honored him with its Teaching Excellence Award.

In 2007 the Production & Operations Management Society (POMS) recognized Dr. Tsay with the Wickham Skinner Award for Teaching Innovation. POMS is the premier international professional society for the study and practice of Operations Management, with more than 2,000 members in 60 countries. One such award is given each year.

He is an eight-time recipient of the Leavey School of Business Dean's Award for Extraordinary Performance in Research, Teaching, and Service. He has won dozens of other school-level awards.