Claremont Graduate University

Harper Hall Board of Trustees Room

150 E. Tenth Street

Claremont, CA 91711

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Email: Sheshe.Todd@cgu.edu or Call: 909.607.3674

Jerry Thode is currently the President and founder of the J. Paul Group, LLC. He is also West Sector President of InSORS Integrated Communications, an emerging technology video conferencing and collaboration company. Prior to this, Mr. Thode was the Ernst & Young Area Managing Consulting Partner and Pacific Southwest Area Vice President for Cap Gemini Ernst & Young consulting. He has over 25 years of consulting experience in a variety of information systems areas including information systems strategic planning, large scale custom systems design, development and integration, package selection and implementation, knowledge management, and other emerging technologies. He has performed consulting projects for a variety of clients including Fluor Corporation, Jacobs Engineering Group, Sempre Energy, Capital Group, J.D. Power and Associates, GM Hughes Electronics, Rockwell International, Nissan Motor Corporation, ARCO Division of British Petroleum, AT&T Wireless, Walt Disney Company, Paramount Pictures, AmeriSource Bergen Corporation, and Port of Los Angeles.

He has been a guest lecturer at the UCLA Anderson Graduate School of Management, University of Southern California, Loyola Marymount Graduate Management School and the Claremont Graduate School of Management. He also is a member of the Board of Visitors Claremont Graduate University School of Information Science.

He holds a B.S. in Mathematics and an M.S. in Computer Science from the Illinois Institute of Technology, and a Masters degree in Business Administration Management from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.

Prior to his consulting experience, he was employed by Motorola Inc. (7 years), FMC Corp (2 Years), and Morton International (3 Years) and held various technical, project management and managerial positions at those companies.