Steven C Wheelwright

After graduating from Stanford with an MBA and PhD, Wheelwright spent a year on the faculty at INSEAD, a business school in Fontainebleau, France, and then spent the remainder of his academic career working between two institutions, Harvard and Stanford. It was at Harvard that he crossed paths nearly 30 years ago with former dean of the Harvard Business School and current president of BYU-Idaho, Kim Clark. Prior to his retirement from Harvard in the fall of 2006, Wheelwright was a Baker Foundation professor and senior associate dean and director of Harvard Business School’s publication activities. In that role, he served as the chairman of the HBS Publishing Company. He also oversaw major on-campus construction projects. In his years away from Harvard, he was the Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers Professor of Management at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Wheelwright is a Limited Partner at J. Devien Capital, LLC. Dr. Wheelwright serves as Senior Advisor at NaviMed Capital Advisors, LLC. He has been a Director of Zions Bancorp. (UT) since May 3, 2004 and Allegheny Ludlum Corporation, since 1988. He serves as a Director of O.C. Tanner Company and CheckSum LLC. Dr. Wheelwright served as a Director of Heartport Inc., since January 1995 and TJ International Inc., since 1980. He served as Director of Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from May 2006 to November 29, 2007. He served as Director of Harvard Business Publishing Corporation. Dr. Wheelwright served as a Director of Quantum Corporation, Hard Disk Drive Group since February 11, 2004 and also served as its Lead Independent Director. Previously, he also served as a Director of Millennium Pharmaceuticals and Franklin Covey Corp. Wheelwright grew up in Salt Lake City and is a cowboy at heart. He owned a cattle ranch in Star Valley, Wyoming, and currently keeps horses and cattle at his home in Oakley, Utah. He and his wife are the parents of 5 children and have 15 grandchildren.