Ruth Gilleran brings over 20 years of industry experience to the classroom including 16 years in the software and 5 years in the consumer goods industry. Prior to joining Babson College in 2001, Ruth worked for Computer Associates where she was an Assistant Vice President of Development in their business application division. While at Computer Associates, she was responsible for the development of mainframe and midrange Business Intelligence, eCommerce, and ERP systems. Ms. Gilleran also worked for Cullinet Software where she was a Software Product Manager responsible for the launch of mainframe financial applications. Before entering the software field, Ms. Gilleran worked for the Gillette Company as the North American and Asia Pacific Internal Audit Supervisor and during that time period she earned her CIA, Certified Internal Auditor certificate.
Ms. Gilleran currently serves as Co-Chair of the Babson Teaching Innovation Fund committee. The mission of this committee is to encourage and facilitate the development of new and innovative world class teaching materials by the Babson faculty. In order to increase the public visibility and teaching reputation of the college, the committee is also chartered with the publicizing this material both on and off campus.
While at Babson, Ms. Gilleran has shown tremendous teaching versatility. Not only has she taught in the Undergraduate, Graduate, and Executive Education programs but with respect to the Graduate program, she has taught in the One Year MBA, Fast Track MBA, and the Masters of Accounting programs. Ms. Gilleran teaching courses in information management studies, general business and entrepreneurship. Prior to joining Babson College, she taught accounting courses at Northeastern University and conducted several IT training sessions for middle and senior-level managers.
Within the area of Information Technology Management, Ms. Gilleran's areas of expertise are Social Business, Business Intelligence, Software Project Management, and Systems Design and Implementation. Most recently, she has been involved in delivering virtual seminars on business intelligence, end-to-end computing, and social business.