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Saj-nicole A. Joni
Born1952
Cleveland, Ohio
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of California, San Diego
Occupation(s)Business Consultant, Confidential CEO Advisor, Speaker, Author

Dr. Saj-nicole Joni is an American business consultant, confidential CEO advisor, speaker, and author.

Personal life

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Saj-nicole was born in 1952 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. She was the second of four children. She left high school at the age of 16 before completing her high school requirements, so that she could accelerate her university studies. (While in her undergraduate years at college, she was awarded her high school diploma and later initiated into the Beachwood High School) Hall of Fame. Saj-nicole completed her B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. in Mathematics at University of California, San Diego. As a child, Saj-nicole studied piano at the Cleveland Institute of Music. During her university years, she also studied classical ballet and completed the dance requirements for the MFA in ballet during that time. In 1986, Saj-nicole received her Sho-dan (black-belt) in Aikido. Today, Saj-nicole resides in Cambridge, MA. She has returned to musical studies and is an accomplished pianist. She serves as a trustee of New England Conservatory.[1] She is also an avid gardener and loves to cook.

Career

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At the age of 24, having completed her Ph.D., Saj-nicole joined the applied mathematics faculty of MIT, working closely with Professor Gian-Carlo Rota.[2] Her studies and research in combinatorics contributed to the theoretical foundations of computation. At that time, she was the first woman in the history of MIT to serve on MIT’s applied mathematics faculty. (When she began at MIT, there were no women’s bathrooms in building 2 where the mathematics department was housed).[citation needed] Saj-nicole was also appointed to the mathematics faculty at Carnegie Mellon University,[3][4][5] and for several years, she divided her time between these two universities. In 1978, Saj-nicole was honored by Carnegie Mellon University for excellence in teaching.[3] In the early 1980s, Saj-nicole joined the newly forming Computer Science department at Wellesley College, and served as Chairman of that department for several years.[6]

From 1986 to 1998, Saj-nicole built her career as an executive in several high-tech companies, including a number of years building the commercial side of Microsoft,[7][8] and as a business strategy consultant, leading the financial services sector of CSC Index.[7]

In 1998, Saj-nicole established her CEO advisory company, Cambridge International Group, Ltd. Saj-nicole advises global CEOs and top leaders in the Fortune 500.[9][10][11][12] She is currently[when?] CEO of Cambridge International Group, Ltd.

Saj-nicole has served on both public and private boards.[13][14] She has served as a Senior Fellow at Katzenbach Partners,[9][15] a Senior Fellow at Booz & Company.,[16][17] a Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School's Center for Public Leadership,[18] and as an advisory board member of the Simmons School of Management.[19]

Publications

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Saj-nicole is a best selling author, whose most recent book, Get Big Things Done,[20] with co-author Erica Dhawan, Palgrave Macmillan, published in 2015, and The Right Fight,[21] with co-author Damon Beyer, Harper Collins, published in 2010. Saj-nicole’s first book, The Third Opinion,[22] published in 2004. A frequent speaker with a regular column featured on Forbes.com, Saj-nicole has appeared on National Public Radio Marketplace, and has appeared in publications including The Harvard Business Review and Fast Company.

References

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  1. ^ "Board of Trustees". New England Conservatory. Archived from the original on October 13, 2012. Retrieved October 13, 2012.
  2. ^ Joni, S.A.; Rota, G.-C. (1980). On Restricted Bases for Finite Fields. North-Holland Publishing Company. p. 215. ISBN 9780080867694. Retrieved October 13, 2012. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  3. ^ a b Carnegie Mellon University, "Julius Ashkin Teaching Award". Carnegie Mellon University. Archived from the original on October 17, 2012. Retrieved October 13, 2012.
  4. ^ Joni, S.A (July 1981). "Expansion formulas. II. Variations on a theme". Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications. 82. Carnegie-Mellon University: 1–13. doi:10.1016/0022-247X(81)90221-3.
  5. ^ Joni, S.A. (1979). "The multi-indexed partitional". Discrete Mathematics. 26 (2). Department of Mathematics, Carnegie-Mellon University: 145–163. doi:10.1016/0012-365X(79)90120-1.
  6. ^ "The Bulletin of Wellesley College [1983-1984]". Wellesley College Digital Scholarship and Archive. Wellesley College. 1983. p. 217.
  7. ^ a b Morris, Bob (October 10, 2011). "Saj-nicole Joni: An interview by Bob Morris". NetWorldingBlog. Retrieved October 13, 2012.[dead link]
  8. ^ Heffernan, Margaret; Joni, Saj-Nicole (August 1, 2005). "Of Proteges and Pitfalls". Fast Company. Retrieved October 13, 2012.
  9. ^ a b "Saj-nicole Joni, Ph.D. CEO Consultant, Advisor & Strategist and Founder & CEO, Cambridge International Group". Outlook Leadership 2010. 2012. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved October 13, 2012.
  10. ^ "Saj-nicole Joni, Internationally Renowned Business Strategist & Adviser to CEOs & High-Potential Leaders". Harper Collins Speakers Bureau. 2006. Archived from the original on January 25, 2013. Retrieved October 13, 2012.
  11. ^ Favaro, Ken; Joni, Saj-nicole (Autumn 2010). "Getting Tensions Right, How CEOs can turn conflict, dissent, and disagreement into a powerful tool for driving performance" (PDF). strategy+business magazine. Booz & Company Inc. Retrieved October 13, 2012.
  12. ^ Joni, Saj-nicole (August 3, 2011). "Right Fights: Making Conflict Productive" (PDF). ChangeThis. Retrieved October 13, 2012.
  13. ^ "Intervoice Strengthens Board of Directors with Two New Additions, Saj-nicole A. Joni, Ph.D. and Bob Ritchey to Play Active Roles in Company's Continued Growth and Strategy". PR Newswire. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 13, 2012.
  14. ^ "Saj-nicole Joni, President and CEO, Cambridge International Group, Ltd" (PDF). Simmons College. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 14, 2011. Retrieved October 13, 2012.
  15. ^ "Saj-nicole Joni". BusinessFinance. Archived from the original on December 14, 2010. Retrieved October 13, 2012.
  16. ^ "About the Author, Saj-nicole Joni". HarperCollinsPublishers. Retrieved October 13, 2012.
  17. ^ "Saj-nicole Joni Business Strategist & Advisor". American Program Bureau. 2011. Archived from the original on September 14, 2012. Retrieved October 13, 2012.
  18. ^ "How to Enhance Decision Making with "Outside Insight"". The Chief Executives Club of Rhode Island. October 2, 2008. Archived from the original on December 21, 2013. Retrieved October 13, 2012.
  19. ^ "SOM Business Advisory Council". Simmons School of Management. Retrieved October 13, 2012.
  20. ^ Joni, Saj-nicole (2015). Get Big Things Done: The Power of Connectional Intelligence. Palgrave Macmillan Trade. ISBN 978-1137279781.
  21. ^ Joni, Saj-nicole; Damon Beyer (2010). The Right Fight: How Great Leaders Use Healthy Conflict to Drive Performance, Innovation, and Value. HarperBusiness. ISBN 978-0061717161.
  22. ^ Joni, Saj-nicole (2004). The Third Opinion: How Successful Leaders Use Outside Insight to Create Superior Results. Portfolio. ISBN 978-1591840091.
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