Faculty Bio
Rick Myers
Executive-in-Residence
Eller MBA Programs
Chief Operating Officer
Critical Path Institute
Rick Myers directs the Coalition Against Major Diseases (CAMD). After 25 years of service, he retired from the IBM Corporation, as Vice President of Development, Storage Systems, where he was also a member of the Chairman's Senior Management Group. An engineer by training, Myers led a research and development facility with 1,600 scientists developing innovations in mass data storage and retrieval technologies.
Post-IBM, Myers has been very active in the state and local community as a member of several boards, including Science Foundation Arizona, Tucson Airport Authority, Women's Foundation of Southern Arizona, National Advisory Board for The University of Arizona Science Center, and the Arizona State Commerce Global Network Board. He is the immediate past Chair of the Southern Arizona Leadership Council, an association of local CEOs focused on improving Tucson and Southern Arizona.
Myers is recognized for his leadership skills, team building, and organizational systems. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Alabama.
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