KENNETH E. HOMA

Distinguished Teaching Professor

McDonough School of Business

Georgetown University

Washington, DC 20057

homak@georgetown.edu

Ken Homa has a diverse background that includes consulting, strategic planning, marketing, operations, information technology, and academia. He has an undergraduate degree in economics from Princeton University and an MBA from the University of Chicago, where he was a lecturer in marketing and strategic planning.

He worked as a systems consultant with Arthur Andersen and as an operations analyst for a capital goods manufacturer and a major food retailer before joining McKinsey & Company as a management consultant specializing in consumer goods and marketing. He was General Manager of Product Marketing for General Electric's Major Appliance Business Group and General Manager of Marketing for G.E. Housewares. When Black & Decker acquired G.E. Housewares, Ken was appointed Vice President of Marketing for the Household Products Group. In that position, his responsibilities focused on transferring the equity of the General Electric brand and establishing Black & Decker as the leading brand of household products. Ken was Vice President - Group Logistics and Business Systems for Black & Decker with responsibility for Distribution, Customer Service, and Worldwide Information Services. In this role, he was responsible for the development and deployment of business systems worldwide, with particular emphasis on Supply Chain process reengineering.

Currently, Ken is on the faculty of Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business teaching graduate courses in marketing strategy and operations. He has earned several teaching and service awards including the MBA Class of 1998 Distinguished Service Award,  "Most Popular Professor" in the 2000 Business Week Graduate School of Business Survey, the MBA Class of 2001 Distinguished Teaching and Distinguished Service Awards, the MBA Class of 2002 Distinguished Teaching and Distinguished Service Awards, the MBA Class of 2003 Distinguished Service Award, and the MBA Class of 2004 Distinguished Teaching and Distinguished Service Awards, and the MBA Class of 2005 Distinguished Service Award,.  He was featured in a New York Times article titled "Tough Love" as an 'uncompromising teacher who takes his mission seriously and expects mountains of work.'

Mr. Homa was on the founding Board of Sequoia Software (acquired by Citrix Software).and on the Board of Directors of SIRVA, Inc. (a Clayton, Dubilier & Rice portfolio company).  He is Chairman of the Board of Directors at Navigauge (formerly IQStat), a technology-based media measurement company. He serves on the advisory boards of several start-up businesses.

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