Ron Duren Jr. joined the Engineering Management Program as an instructor in 2015, after spending 18 years in the corporate world with a Fortune 500 company as a Mechanical Engineer in the data storage industry. He has extensive experience managing outsourced global project teams in Asia. As a design Engineer, he is the owner of four design patents. He now owns a Leadership Coaching and Consulting practice, in addition to his teaching. He specializes in Leadership development and training executives to perform at their very best under stressful situations. A personal area of interest is performance psychology, in sports and business. His belief is that owning your “mental game” is the secret to being a warrior in whatever endeavor you pursue.