NCR PDI 2020

Leif C. Ulstrup
Adjunct Professor, Kogod School of Business, American University
American University


Leif Ulstrup is an experienced senior executive with a proven track record adapting emerging technology and management innovations to achieve significant business and mission results. His experience spans from general management of very large enterprises to consulting to senior executives faced with critical business and mission transformation challenges. Mr. Ulstrup’s management experience includes founder of Primehook Technology, VP and General Manager at Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), partner at Deloitte Consulting, VP at Touchstone Consulting, and VP and GM at American Management Systems (AMS). The scope and scale of Mr. Ulstrup’s experience ranges from the launch of a new line of business for cloud computing to general management of a 4500 person, $1.5B/year business unit. He started his career as a computational physicist and systems engineer at TRW.
Mr. Ulstrup is an executive-in-residence at American University’s Kogod School of Business where he teaches MBA students how to leverage information and Information Technology (IT) to gain strategic advantage and capitalize on opportunities for profitable customer growth. He also serves on the Kogod IT Executive Council and is a former co-chair. He is a member of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Engineering Systems Division alumni advisory board.
Mr. Ulstrup’s current efforts are focused on business strategy, lean thinking, data science, open source, cloud computing, cybersecurity, and the internet-of-things (IoT) applied to the needs of the public sector and healthcare. His strategic thinking, management experience, and leadership ability enable him to attract and energize top talent and empower them to achieve their goals.
Mr. Ulstrup is a graduate of MIT and The General Manager Program (TGMP), Harvard Business School (HBS).

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