Michael Cooper

Dr. Cooper is Dean of Kean University, and is an accomplished entrepreneur, strategist, and champion for innovation in global education. He was the former Dean of the College of Business of Bryant University and the Rutgers Business School where one of his major contributions was developing a new Business School identity adding vision, differentiation, strategy and clarity of direction with the Rutgers Business School: “Business, Science & Technology”. Dr. Cooper’s efforts toward this new identity have significantly increased the communication and cross-networking of Business, Science and Technology.

Dr. Cooper was former Chairman of Patient Passport, a provider of electronic patient health records. Dr. Cooper has twenty-five years of leadership experience in senior officer positions he has held in international market research, marketing services, management consulting, technology companies and Universities. He was Chairman, President and CEO of Opinion Research Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCI) for ten years. At ORC he completed a management buyout, turned the company around – strategically, operationally and financially, repositioned it, took it through a successful public offering (IPO), and significantly grew the revenue and profit organically and through acquisition. Prior to President and CEO of ORC for ten years, he was President of Hay Research for Management and Senior Partner of The Hay Group for ten years.