After a successful career in the aerospace and defense industry, both as a producer and manufacturer of defense products and as a consultant to the Department of Defense, Dr. Dennis Reilly transitioned from the boardroom to the classroom. Dr. Reilly was president of Jenoptik Defense Inc., responsible for building a US presence for the German-based international corporation in Jupiter, FL, and International Defense Security Solutions in Leesburg, VA. Before that role, Dr. Reilly was a vice president of General Dynamics Mission Systems, a significant supplier of high-tech optical products to the DoD and DHS. Dr. Reilly has worked and lived in Europe for 15 years, leading global, multicultural, high-tech corporations.
Before joining the Castleton University College of Business, Dr. Reilly taught graduate and undergraduate courses in International Business, Organizational and Strategic Leadership, Organizational Change Management, and Organizational Strategy in the Global Environment at Colorado State University, Palm Beach Atlantic University, South University, and Southern New Hampshire University. Dr. Reilly holds a Doctorate in Strategic Leadership from Regent University, a Master’s Degree in International Management from Colorado State University, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Management and Technology from Charter Oak State College in CT.
- Business
- Leadership
- Management
Undergraduate Courses:
- International Business
- Principles in Management
- Organizational Behavior
- Global Marketing
- Leadership
- Leading Organizational Change
- Leadership & Ethics
- International Management
- Strategic Business Management
- Global Leadership & Ethics
- Issues in Global Business
Graduate Courses:
- Organizational Strategy in the Global Environment
- Government Impacts on Business
- Leading Diverse Teams
- Leading Organizational Change
- Vision and Transformation: Leading Forward
- Examination of Modern Leadership Theories
- Capstone in Organizational Leadership
- Strategic Leadership
- Book Endorsement, In “Why Your Leadership Sucks: Identifying and Treating Toxic Leaders” by Dr. Ricardo Booden. Published in the Spring of 2023.
- “How Organizational Culture Influences Organizational Climate,” manuscript ID: JLOS-A-19-491, 11/25/2022; Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies.
- Authored a chapter for an upcoming book, “The Unsung Leader.” Currently in pre-publication with authors Dr. Dirk van Dierendonck, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, and Dr. Kathleen Patterson, Regent University, VA. Publishing planned for 2023/2024.
- Conference Presentation: “Transforming Lives Through Servant Leadership”;
- Regent University’s 2019 Leadership Research Roundtable Conference.
- Conference Presentation: “Servant Leadership; Utilizing Patterson’s Seven Constructs in Substance Abuse Recovery”;
- Regent University 2018 Leadership Roundtable Conference.
- “Servant Leadership Guides the Politics of Germany” for consideration by Servant Leader Theory & Practice Journal; http://www.sltpjournal.org/.
- “How to Become a Successful Innovator” for consideration by Regent University, Journal of Strategic Leadership (JSL).
- “Does Servant Leadership Theory Support Higher Organizational Ethics?” for consideration by Journal Society of Christian Ethics (JSCE).
- “Responsible Leadership and the Global Refugee Crisis” for consideration by Leadership Advance Online (LAO).
- “Are You a Risk-Taking Leader” published 23 September 2017, Linkedin.
- “The 21st Century Leader” published 27 August 2017, Linkedin.
- “Cross Your Fingers and Hope for the Best – Cross-Cultural Leadership” for consideration by INC Magazine.
- “The World Needs Leaders with Cultural Agility” published 4 February 2017, Linkedin.
- “Leadership and Communications Begin at Home” published 23 May 2016, Linkedin.
- “Discovering Servant Leadership” published 21 December 2015, Linkedin.
- “Are Business Relationships Becoming Irrelevant?” published 10 October 2014, Linkedin.
