Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> February 19, 2001
JAMES OTTEN, PhD, has served as President and Chief Operating Officer of
Argosy Education Group since February 2000. As a career educator,
primarily in the for-profit sector, Dr. Otten's has moved Argosy toward
a unique breed of university-continent-wide in scope, focused on quality
teaching, dedicated to graduate and undergraduate education in a narrow
band of professional fields. From 1995 to 1999, he served as Regional
Vice President at DeVry Inc. in Chicago, Ill., where he oversaw a group
of college campuses with a combined student population of more than
10,000 students. Dr. Otten served as President for two degree-granting
independent colleges, Brown Institute in Minneapolis, Minn. In 1995 and
The Katharine Gibbs Schools in Boston, Mass. From 1991 to 1995. He
served as Regional Vice President of Bryant & Stratton Inc. in Buffalo,
NY, a degree-granting, independent system of colleges from 1985 to 1991.
Dr. Otten also served as Manager of Business Development at ITT
Education Services (1980 to 1985) as well as an Assistant Professor at
Purdue University from 1976 to 1978. He received his Doctoral degree in
Philosophy from the University of Rochester, MBA in Marketing from
Indiana University, an MA in Political Philosophy from Bowling Green
State University and a BA in Philosophy from the University of
Cincinnati. Profile
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Dr. Otten: The company began 25 years ago when Chairman Michael
Markovitz, PhD, recognized a need for a
