Sara Beckman
With over 30 years of industry and academic experience, Sara Beckman is the director of the Management of Technology Program at the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley. In addition to teaching courses in her areas of expertise, which include new product development and manufacturing as well as operations management, Beckman has also initiated innovative new courses in design, new product development, and entrepreneurship.
Since joining the Haas faculty in 1988, Beckman has been consistently recognized for her excellence in teaching by her MBA students and has received Berkeley's most prestigious teaching honor, the Distinguished Teaching Award.
Prior to and concurrent with her position at Haas, Beckman was the director of the product generation change management team at the Hewlett-Packard Company. In this position, she was responsible for supporting strategic decision-making, workforce planning and design, manufacturing education and training and environmental, health and safety management throughout the company. Before joining H-P, Beckman worked in the Operations Management Services practice at Booz, Allen and Hamilton. She has also taught at Stanford, MIT, and Pepperdine University.
Beckman holds B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management and an M.S. in Statistics at Stanford University.
With over 30 years of industry and academic experience, Sara Beckman is the director of the Management of Technology Program at the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley. In addition to teaching courses in her areas of expertise, which include new product development and manufacturing as well as operations management, Beckman has also initiated innovative new courses in design, new product development, and entrepreneurship.
Since joining the Haas faculty in 1988, Beckman has been consistently recognized for her excellence in teaching by her MBA students and has received Berkeley's most prestigious teaching honor, the Distinguished Teaching Award.
Prior to and concurrent with her position at Haas, Beckman was the director of the product generation change management team at the Hewlett-Packard Company. In this position, she was responsible for supporting strategic decision-making, workforce planning and design, manufacturing education and training and environmental, health and safety management throughout the company. Before joining H-P, Beckman worked in the Operations Management Services practice at Booz, Allen and Hamilton. She has also taught at Stanford, MIT, and Pepperdine University.
Beckman holds B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management and an M.S. in Statistics at Stanford University.
