Please note that faculty are subject to change and not all faculty teach in each session of the program.

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  Donald Lessard

  EPOCH Foundation Professor of International Management
  Professor of Global Economics and Management
  Professor of Engineering Systems
  

  Donald R. Lessard is the EPOCH Foundation Professor of International Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management. His research interests are on project management and global strategic management, with an emphasis on managing in the face of uncertainty and risk. He currently teaches courses on global strategy and organization and strategic opportunities in the energy sector... ... (more)

  Donald R. Lessard is the EPOCH Foundation Professor of International Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management. His research interests are on project management and global strategic management, with an emphasis on managing in the face of uncertainty and risk. He currently teaches courses on global strategy and organization and strategic opportunities in the energy sector.

  Lessard has been at MIT since 1973, and from 1998 to 2004 served as Deputy Dean with responsibilities for research, international programs, and executive education. At MIT he is co-chair of the Energy Education Task Force and is faculty director of the BP Projects and Engineering Academy, a major executive education program for major project leaders that spans management and engineering. From 1998-2003, he also led the MIT-Merrill Lynch Partnership, MIT's first large-scale collaboration with a financial services firm.

  A leader in international management education, Lessard is a past president of the Academy of International Business and Dean of the Fellows of the Academy. He is a Senior Advisor to the Brattle Group and has led major consulting assignments with firms, banks, and government agencies throughout the world. (less)

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  José Santos

  Visiting Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management
  Affiliated Professor of Practice in Global Management, INSEAD
  

  José F.P. dos Santos is a visiting professor at MIT Sloan School of Management and a professor at INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France, where he focuses on research and executive teaching. Santos also has lectured as a guest or visiting professor in Brazil, Italy, Portugal, and Slovenia. Although he started an academic career in the 1970s, Santos moved into the managerial world a few years later... ... (more)

  José F.P. dos Santos is a visiting professor at MIT Sloan School of Management and a professor at INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France, where he focuses on research and executive teaching. Santos also has lectured as a guest or visiting professor in Brazil, Italy, Portugal, and Slovenia. Although he started an academic career in the 1970s, Santos moved into the managerial world a few years later. His 20-year career as an executive included nearly all forms of international business and international management—from licensing agreements and joint ventures to cross-border mergers and acquisitions, to the top management of a multinational corporation. When Santos retired from his executive career in 1994, he had held for ten years the position of MD at an Italian multinational. From 1995 on, he again devoted himself to an academic career. Santos regularly presents in conferences around the world and to top management teams of multinational corporations from Europe, America, and Japan. His research centers on the multinational organization, including innovation, knowledge management, and global customer management. His most recently published work includes the book "From Global to Metanational: How Companies Win in the Knowledge Economy" (with Yves Doz, and Peter Williamson, November 2001, Harvard Business School Press), and an article on global innovation that appeared in the MIT Sloan Management Review in 2004. Born in Porto, Portugal, Santos speaks four languages and has traveled extensively since his youth. He holds a degree in chemical engineering from the University of Porto and an MSc, with distinction, in management science from London Business School, University of London. (less)