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Mr. James I. Cash Jr., Ph.D
Emeritus James E. Robison Professor, Harvard Business School
Dr. Cash received a bachelor of science degree in mathematics from Texas Christian University; a master of science in computer science from Purdue University's Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences; and a doctor of philosophy in Management Information Systems (MIS) from Purdue University's Krannert Graduate School of Management. He joined the Harvard Business School Faculty in 1976, and has taught in all the major HBS programs – MBA, Program for Management Development (PMD), Program for Global Leadership (PGL), and Advanced Management Program (AMP). Among his administrative assignments he has served as chairman of the MBA Program from 1992 to 1995, during the school’s project to redesign the MBA Program – MBA: Leadership and Learning; and as Senior Associate Dean and Chairman of HBS Publishing from 1998 to 2003.
Before his graduate education and joining the Harvard Faculty, he worked as director of Data Processing for several years, which followed jobs as a systems analyst, systems programmer and application programmer.
His research is focused on the strategic use of information technology in the service sector and, specifically, the development of a performance measurement system for large information technology organizations.
Dr. Cash's non-academic activities include serving as a trustee or overseer for non-profit organizations and on the board of directors for several private and public companies including Walmart, General Electric, The Chubb Corporation and the National Association of Basketball Coaches Foundation. He is a former director of Microsoft Corporation and Phase Forward.
