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Robin Athey
Research Director, Organizational Performance ,  Deloitte Services LP
Robin Athey leads Deloitte’s research on the human aspects of organizational performance. Her studies investigate the links between organizational knowledge, learning, leadership, collaboration, and performance. She has led a bi-annual Sales Executive Forum with partners from Columbia University and INSEAD, and produced studies and articles on diverse topics, such as knowledge and content management, privacy, and the mobile enterprise, teaming with faculty from MIT and Harvard Business School. Her current series on Talent Management will be offered in five parts. Internally, Robin has served as advisor to Deloitte’s knowledge management group. Externally, she has sat on councils at the Conference Board and Harvard, and served on the board of the UN Association. Prior to joining Deloitte Research, Ms. Athey spent ten years as a manufacturing consultant and senior executive, living and working in eight countries across Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the former Soviet Union. She holds a B.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Florida and a M.A. in International Economic Policy from Columbia University.