Sergey Ivanov is an Associate Professor of Management at the University of the District of Columbia, School of Business and Public Administration. His research and practice are in the area of designing high-performance organizations, including corporations, military, and government. He received Ph.D. from The George Washington University’s School of Business, working under the leadership of Dr. Elliott Jaques on systemic theories in organizational science. Dr. Ivanov’s interests and works include research and published papers in the field of organizational science, such as Why Organizations Fail: A Conversation About American Competitiveness.
Dr. Ivanov developed new systemic methodology to analyze large organizations rapidly, including large multi-national corporations and departments of the U.S. federal government. This method enables analysis of work of classified organizations, without learning and revealing the proprietary work nature of these organizations, yet uncovering optimization opportunities.
His recent assignments included the U.S. Army Headquarters/Pentagon, Deputy Under Secretary of the Army for Business Transformation, and Army CIO/G-6 Business Transformation. In these roles, he advised Army Senior Leadership on organizational design of the U.S. Army organizations.
Professor Ivanov has taught management courses at the University of the District of Columbia, as well as at The George Washington University’s School of Business for over ten years, and has collaborated with the most respected scholars and authors in the organizational science field. Dr. Ivanov is actively engaged with the U.S. and International Standards Boards, and is a voting member of the ANSI/ISO 9000 Committee on Quality Management and Quality Assurance, and InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards on Database.
Dr. Ivanov enjoys invitations to speak on the topics of management, organizations, and societal changes. He also serves on the Board of The Cambridge Institute For Applied Research (CIfAR).