Chip York
Background
Kieran York "Chip" is in his fourth year at Fisher teaching the Consulting concentration under the Industry Immersion program of Fisher ULEO. After graduating from OSU in 1995, Chip founded, grew, and sold a fundraising software firm as well as holding technical practitioner roles related to database development (MS Access, SQL, VBS) and infrastructure management (MS NT, Novell) for Siemens. Over the next twenty years Chip held increasingly responsible roles in global technology consulting firms based in both Western Europe and South Asia. He has managed organizations with a downline of up to 200+ employees and has overseen P&L up to the 40M p.a. level. Together with his high performance team members he has captured over $2B in total contract value under large scale long term operational outsourcing agreements with Global 2000 ranked clients.
Outside of his lecturer role in Fisher, Chip currently manages the Americas Region Growth Alliances group for a $9B global systems integrator. His classroom time in the Consulting Immersion Lab (BUSADM3630.06/BUSADM3632.06) is his most cherished vocation.
His current areas of research interest are:
- Ethical Business Consulting
- Future Models of Strategy and Operational Consulting
Areas of Expertise
Entrepreneurship
Industries
- Banking
- Healthcare
- Manufacturing
- Retail
Information Technology
International
Strategy
Education
The Ohio State University, Knowlton School City & Regional Planning, B.A. by PSP, 1995
Courses
- BUSADM 3630.06 - Business Industry Cluster
- Exploration of current interdisciplinary best business practices in industry. Students will work across business specializations to learn strategy and implementation details from current industry professionals. Prereq: Admission to Business Industry Cluster Program, or permission of instructor.
- BUSADM 3632.06 - Business Industry Cluster Project Experience
- Hands-on experience in the execution of industry business practices to fill a need articulated by an operating public or private organization. Prereq 3630.06, and enrollment in Business Industry Cluster Program; or permission of instructor.
- BUSML 4223 - Foundations of Strategic Sales
- Examines the basics of business-to-business professional selling and provides core sales management building blocks. Emphasizes the importance of building relationships and adding substantial value to business customers while providing a theoretical and practical overview of the selling and buying process, salesforce structure, and sales tools. Prereq: BusML 3250 or 3250H, and BusMHR 2292 or 2292H; or BusML 3150. Not open to students with credit for 4220 and 4221.