Saj-nicole A. Joni

Saj-nicole A. Joni
Born
Joni Abbey Shapiro

1952 (age 73–74)
Cleveland, Ohio
OccupationsBusiness Consultant, Confidential CEO Advisor, Speaker, Author
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of California, San Diego
ThesisPolynomials of binomial type : and the Lagrange inversion formula (1977)
Adriano Mario Garsia

Saj-nicole A. Joni (born Joni Abbey Shapiro, 1952) is an American author and business consultant.

Education and academic career

Joni received her B.A. in 1973, her M.A. in 1975, and her Ph.D. in math in 1977 from the University of California San Diego.[1][2] She was a doctoral student of Adriano Mario Garsia.[3] Her dissertation was titled Polynomials of binomial type : and the Lagrange inversion formula.[4]

At the age of 24, having completed her Ph.D., Joni joined the applied mathematics faculty of MIT, working closely with Professor Gian-Carlo Rota.[5] She was instructor of applied mathematics from 1977–1978.[2] As of 1980 she was a Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics.[6] She was ranked as an assistant professor at MIT from 1980–1981.[2]

Joni was also appointed to the mathematics faculty at Carnegie Mellon University as an assistant professor from 1978–1980,[2][7][8][9] and for several years, she divided her time between these two universities. In 1978, Joni was honored by Carnegie Mellon University for excellence in teaching.[7] For a number of years beginning in 1981, Joni was Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics at Wellesley College.[1][2]

As a professor, her interests included "formal languages; combinatorial and algebraic solutions to automata-theoretic problems; [the] integration and intersection of feminist theory and mathematics computer science; [and] artificial intelligence."[2]

Career in business

From 1986 to 1998, Joni built her career as an executive in several high-tech companies, including a number of years building the commercial side of Microsoft,[10][11] and as a business strategy consultant, leading the financial services sector of CSC Index as of 1997 as managing director of financial services.[10][12][13]

In 1998, Joni established her CEO advisory company, Cambridge International Group, Ltd. Joni advises global CEOs and top leaders in the Fortune 500.[14][15][16][17] She is currently CEO of Cambridge International Group, Ltd.

Publications

Joni is an author, whose most recent book was Get Big Things Done with co-author Erica Dhawan, was published in 2015.[18] It was nominated for an Audie Award in 2016.[19] Previously, she wrote The Right Fight, with co-author Damon Beyer, Harper Collins, published in 2010.[20][21] Joni’s first book, The Third Opinion was published in 2004.[22][23] A frequent speaker with a regular column featured on Forbes.com, Joni has appeared on National Public Radio Marketplace, and has appeared in publications including The Harvard Business Review and Fast Company.

References

  1. 1 2 "Faculty". The Bulletin of Wellesley College. 72 (1): 207. 1982–1983.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Saj-Nicole Joni". American Men and Women of Science 1989-1990. Vol. 4 (17th ed.). New York, NY: Bowker. 1989. p. 140. ISBN 0835225720.
  3. ↑ "Saj-Nicole Joni - The Mathematics Genealogy Project". Math Genealogy Project. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
  4. ↑ "Dissertation "Polynomials of binomial type : and the Lagrange inversion formula" / by Joni Abbey Shapiro". UC Library.
  5. ↑ Joni, S.A.; Rota, G.-C. (1980). "On Restricted Bases for Finite Fields". Combinatorial Mathematics, Optimal Designs, and Their Applications. North-Holland Publishing Company. p. 215. ISBN 9780080867694. Retrieved October 13, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Notes". The Tech. 25 November 1980. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
  7. 1 2 "College Awards". Carnegie Mellon University. Retrieved 2026-03-24.
  8. ↑ Joni, S.A (July 1981). "Expansion formulas. II. Variations on a theme". Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications. 82. Carnegie-Mellon University: 1–13. doi:10.1016/0022-247X(81)90221-3.
  9. ↑ Joni, S.A. (1979). "The multi-indexed partitional". Discrete Mathematics. 26 (2). Department of Mathematics, Carnegie-Mellon University: 145–163. doi:10.1016/0012-365X(79)90120-1.
  10. 1 2 Morris, Bob (October 10, 2011). "Saj-nicole Joni: An interview by Bob Morris". NetWorldingBlog. Retrieved October 13, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  11. ↑ Heffernan, Margaret; Joni, Saj-Nicole (August 1, 2005). "Of Proteges and Pitfalls". Fast Company. Retrieved October 13, 2012.
  12. ↑ "MIT Media Lab, 2B1 Foundation seek "have-not" educators from Third World to break down economic barriers via computers". MIT News. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 13 June 1997. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
  13. ↑ Rifkin, Glenn (16 December 1996). "Re-engineering Firm Tries Some of Its Own Medicine". The New York Times.
  14. ↑ "Saj-nicole Joni, Ph.D. CEO Consultant, Advisor & Strategist and Founder & CEO, Cambridge International Group". Outlook Leadership 2010. 2012. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved October 13, 2012.
  15. ↑ "Saj-nicole Joni, Internationally Renowned Business Strategist & Adviser to CEOs & High-Potential Leaders". Harper Collins Speakers Bureau. 2006. Retrieved October 13, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  16. ↑ Favaro, Ken; Joni, Saj-nicole (Autumn 2010). "Getting Tensions Right, How CEOs can turn conflict, dissent, and disagreement into a powerful tool for driving performance" (PDF). strategy+business magazine. Booz & Company Inc. Retrieved October 13, 2012.
  17. ↑ Joni, Saj-nicole (August 3, 2011). "Right Fights: Making Conflict Productive" (PDF). ChangeThis. Retrieved October 13, 2012.
  18. ↑ Joni, Saj-nicole (2015). Get Big Things Done: The Power of Connectional Intelligence. Palgrave Macmillan Trade. ISBN 978-1137279781.
  19. ↑ "The Audies® 2016". AudioFile. 25 (1): 26–31. Jun–Jul 2016. ISSN 1063-0244.
  20. ↑ Joni, Saj-nicole; Damon Beyer (2010). The Right Fight: How Great Leaders Use Healthy Conflict to Drive Performance, Innovation, and Value. HarperBusiness. ISBN 978-0061717161.
  21. ↑ Reviewed in
  22. ↑ Joni, Saj-nicole (2004). The Third Opinion: How Successful Leaders Use Outside Insight to Create Superior Results (review). Portfolio. ISBN 978-1591840091.
  23. ↑ Reviewed in
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