Profile

Jill Klein

Executive in Residence
Department of Information Technology

  • Professor Klein brings more than 30 years of IT and banking management experience to the classroom. She currently directs the Professional MBA program and serves as an Information Technology Executive in Residence at the Kogod School of Business. She teaches at the graduate and undergraduate level, and enjoys developing courses that provide students with “live client” projects and resources. She co-chairs the Kogod Information Technology Executive Council, comprised of 20 corporate and government CIOs. Prior to joining Kogod, Professor Klein worked at JP Morgan, IBM, Riggs Bank, The Advisory Board and managed her own IT consulting firm.

  • Degrees

    Bachelors, Economics/History, Cornell University; Masters in Business Administration, Finance, American University

  • Favorite Spot on Campus:

    Benches on Quad- enjoying lunch on a sunny day

    Book Currently Reading:

    "Serve the People" by Jen Lin-Liu

  • OFFICE

  • KSB - Information Technology
  • Kogod - 34
  • Tuesday 4:00pm - 6:00pm and Wednesday 3:00pm - 7:00 pm

  • CONTACT INFO

  • (202) 885-1856
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  • FOR THE MEDIA

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    news story, call AU Communications
    at 202-885-5950 or submit a request.

Partnerships & Affiliations

Teaching

  • Spring 2013

    • GNED-234 Sophomore Seminar Areas 3 4: Global Digital Citizenship
    • Description

  • Fall 2013

    • GNED-234 Sophomore Seminar Areas 3 4: Our Digital Planet
    • Description

Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities

Executive Experience

CIO, Riggs National Bank, NA Client Executive, IBM Corporation Managing Director, The Advisory Board Company

AU Expert

Area of Expertise: Information technology, information systems, e-business, emerging information technologies, women and leadership

Additional Information: Jill Klein teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in the management of information systems, impact of emerging information technology, business analysis, and project management. She serves as the faculty advisor to Kogod's American Information Society and the Kogod Women in Business.  She cochairs the Information Technology Executive Council (ITEC), which consists of 20 industry executives who advise on curriculum, career awareness, and faculty research.
 
During the past 25 years, Klein has led IT organizations and influenced major business decisions through the design and implementation of information technology. In the early 1990s Klein, then CIO at Riggs Bank, implemented an outsourcing relationship with IBM that established many of the strategic outsourcing standards adopted in transactions during the past decade. Klein’s diverse career includes for-profit research, business consulting, IT sales, and entrepreneurship. Klein is an active member of the Society for Information Management (SIM), a national and regional professional organization fostering a management exchange among IT corporate, government, academic leaders, and Women In Technology, where Klein serves on the Leadership Foundry and works with the Young Professional Special Interest Group. Klein also serves on the board of directors for the Data Interchange Standards Association (DISA), an association dedicated to developing cross-industry standards for electronic data interchange. Klein’s professional affiliations keep her close to leading-edge e-business events.

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