Michael L. Koenig

Summary

Michael is the associate dean for innovation initiatives and executive director of executive education at the Rice University Jones Graduate School of Business. His innovation position brings technology and transformative business education together internally and externally. His role in executive education will drive program and business model innovation, focusing on continuing to build a technology-enhanced portfolio of net revenue-generating programs with local, national, and global impact and stature. He was formerly senior assistant dean for degree programs and the first executive director of program innovation at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business. As an entrepreneur, Michael has business startup experience as employee No. 4 at Logictier Inc., a Silicon Valley-based Internet infrastructure company, leading the planning and implementation of a national staffing effort that took the company from four employees to 220 employees in 20 months. Before joining Logictier, he was senior manager for professional education at the Stanford Center for Professional Development. Michael received a bachelor’s in political science from Miami University of Ohio and a master’s in international political affairs from the University of Kentucky. Associate Dean Koenig specializes in opportunities and challenges at the nexus of technology and higher education. His professional experience includes entrepreneurship, digital program design and delivery through organizational development, building high-performance business systems, educational services, and higher education operations.