Ed Pickens, MBA

Ed Pickens brings over 30 years of business leadership to his role as adjunct instructor. After starting his career in the US Air Force as an officer leading product development teams, he transitioned to the business world working for 4 Fortune 500 firms along with private equity and foreign owned firms. He’s held roles in product management, marketing, engineering and customer service leadership across the country and internationally in a broad range of industries from automation to cleaning chemicals. This breadth of experience allows him to show how theory gets applied in a wide range of businesses.

Ed holds a bachelors in Electrical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MBA from the University of Michigan. When not teaching he’s treasurer of both his church and HOA along with loving to cook and travel.