Ron Ashkenas is an executive-in-residence at the Haas Business School of UC Berkeley and a senior partner of Schaffer Consulting in Stamford, Connecticut.

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Ron Ashkenas is an executive in residence at the Haas Business School at UC Berkeley and a senior partner of Schaffer Consulting, a Stamford, Connecticut consulting firm.

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Ron Ashkenas is a senior partner of Schaffer Consulting, a Stamford, Connecticut consulting firm, and an executive in residence at the Haas Business School at UC Berkeley.

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Ron Ashkenas is a senior partner of Schaffer Consulting, a Stamford, Connecticut consulting firm and an executive-in-residence at the Haas Business School of UC Berkeley.

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Ron Ashkenas is a senior partner of Schaffer Consulting, a Stamford, Connecticut consulting firm and an executive-in-residence at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley.

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