Ken Sagendorf

Dr. Ken Sagendorf is the Founding Director of The Innovation Center, a Professor and the Program Director of the MBA in the Anderson College of Business & Computing at Regis University. Ken’s work focuses on designing educational environments that foster deep and transformative student learning.  Ken puts strategic planning, management and leadership skills honed over twenty years within and outside of academe into action through innovation.  He started the Regis Innovation Challenge business competition and built both the Innovation Incubator and the Magis Factory Accelerator to work with students and the community to start and run sustainable businesses.  

He is the author/editor of four books on improving education and has founded four businesses in both the for-profit and non-profit space.  He has consulted and presented around the world on identifying and creating innovative, structural, and aligned solutions for institutions, companies, and individuals and serves on multiple boards.  His research focuses on aligned leadership and organizational culture.  Dr. Sagendorf holds a Ph.D. from Syracuse University and a postdoc from the University of Florida in marketing and management.