Paul Friga
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

• SMS Teaching Initiative Task Force

Paul N. Friga is an Associate Professor at the Kenan-Flagler School of Business at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he teaches courses in management consulting and strategy. He also serves as the Director of the Consulting Concentrations for undergraduates and MBAs. He researches strategic decision-making, knowledge transfer, intuition, management consulting processes and entrepreneurship and has presented at numerous conferences throughout the world. He is currently researching experiential learning methodologies (consulting projects and case competitions), team problem solving, and measuring knowledge transfer. He is the recipient of the IU Trustee Teaching Award (2008), IU Kelley School of Business Innovative Teaching Award (2006), and the UNC Kenan-Flagler Ph.D Teaching Award (2001). He was appointed to the Strategic Management Society task force on teaching strategy (2008 - present).

Paul Friga’s work has been published in The Academy of Management Learning and Education, Research ? Technology Management, and two books by McGraw-Hill, The McKinsey Mind (2001) and The McKinsey Engagement (2008). He served as an editor on the Editorial Board of The Academy of Management Learning and Education and his work has been cited in the Economist, CFO Magazine, and other top journals. He completed his Ph.D. and MBA at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Beta Gamma Sigma) and previously worked as a management consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers and McKinsey & Company. Paul Friga’s undergraduate degree (Honors Program) is from Saint Francis University, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude with a double degree in Management and Accounting. He has also earned CPA and CMA designations.