Portrait of Michael Jordan

Michael Jordan

Director, Center for Sustainable Business Practices | Professor of Practice
Affiliations: Management, Center for Sustainable Business Practices
mejordan@uoregon.edu
Office: Lillis 455A

About

Biography:

Michael Jordan is a professor of practice at the University of Oregon's Lundquist College of Business and director of its Center for Sustainable Business Practices. He is also the founder of Left Coast Advisors, a client service firm that helps organizations with strategic planning and operational improvements.

Jordan is a former Fortune 500 executive, having led consulting and account teams for Jones Lang LaSalle and served in operations leadership roles at CBRE and Sun Microsystems. He founded an early internet startup called OnGuide.

He is a sought after industry speaker and author on sustainability, corporate performance management, and risk management. His coauthored book, Six Sigma for Sustainability, details how businesses can integrate proven sustainability strategies with Six Sigma business improvement techniques.

Degree History:
  • MBA, University of Colorado, 2006
  • BA, University of Oregon, 1990

Professional Credentials:

  • Six Sigma Master Black Belt
  • Six Sigma Black Belt
  • LEED Accredited Professional
  • Sustainability and Climate Risk Certification, Global Association of Risk Professionals
  • Change Management, LaMarsh Global
Previous Positions:
  • Founder and Principal, Left Coast Advisors LLC
  • Executive Director, CBRE Electric Vehicle Services
  • Executive Director, Sustainability Client Success, West Division, JLL
  • Global Account Executive, JLL
  • Consulting Practice Leader, People, Process, and Sustainability Strategy, JLL
  • Senior Vice President, People and Process Consulting Practice, JLL
  • Operations Director, Workplace Resources, Sun Microsystems
  • Operations Director, Professional Services, Sun Microsystems
  • Six Sigma Black Belt, Corporate Marketing, Sun Microsystems
  • IT Systems Administrator and Trainer, Bracewell & Patterson LLP
  • Professional Staff, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on House Administration

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Areas of Expertise

  • Business sustainability
  • Communications and change management
  • Corporate services and corporate real estate
  • Management systems
  • Operating models
  • Operational risk management
  • Performance management
  • Sales and business development
  • Team development

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Publications

Journal Articles:

Jordan, Michael, Tom McCarty, and Brian Velo. "Performance Management in Corporate Real Estate." Journal of Corporate Real Estate 11, no. 2: 106-114. https://doi.org/10.1108/14630010910963142.

May 2009
Books:

McCarty, Tom, Michael Jordan, and Daniel Probst. Six Sigma for Sustainability. Chicago: McGraw Hill Education.

July 2011
Book Chapters:

Jordan, Michael E., and Thomas McCarty. "Scorecards." In Encyclopedia of Statistics in Quality and Reliability, edited by Fabrizio Ruggeri, Ron S. Kenett, and Frederick W. Faltin. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons. https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470061572.eqr423.

March 2008

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In the News

Michael Jordan
Leading Sustainable Business's Next Chapter
The Lundquist College of Business is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael Jordan as the new director of the Center for Sustainable Business Practices.

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