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The University of Texas at Austin

Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs

Kevin  Bacon

Kevin Bacon

Adjunct Professor of Public Affairs

Contact Info:
Phone: 512-471-4280
Email: kevin.bacon@mail.utexas.edu
Office: SRH 3.344

Office Hours:
Fall 2009: Monday 12:15 to 2:30 pm or by appointment

Kevin Bacon has over 25 years of experience providing consulting services to public sector organizations. He recently retired from IBM Business Consulting Services where he was a Vice President in its public sector consulting practice. Prior to joining IBM, he was a senior partner and consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in their government consulting practice.

He has consulted with public agencies at the Federal, state and local levels, as well as with several international organizations. He has led large projects designed to improve the quality, cost, and timeliness of public services. Consulting projects gave him the opportunity to work in 15 states, several foreign countries, major metropolitan areas, and a wide range of government program areas such as transportation, education, electric and water utilities, education, veteran’s affairs, social services, and consumer protection. In his management role with PwC and IBM, he was responsible for developing consulting staff, oversight of major client accounts, marketing and sales efforts, and quality and risk management functions for a $500 million consulting business.

Mr. Bacon has a BA in Political Science from the University of California at Davis and a Master of Science in Economics from the London School of Economics. Prior to his career in consulting, he was a senior consultant to the California Legislature on tax and public finance issues.

Education

Current Positions

Previous Positions

Courses

SemesterCourse
Spring 2010P A 388L - Advanced Topics in Management: Ideas & Techniques for Managers
Fall 2009P A 384C - Public Management
Spring 2009P A 384C - Public Management
Fall 2008P A 384C - Public Management
Fall 2008P A 388L - Advanced Topics in Management: Ideas & Practical Skills for Every Manager's Toolkit
Spring 2008P A 384C - Public Management
Spring 2008P A 682B - Policy Research Project: Why Some Good Ideas Fail (and some succeed): Mastering the Execution Challenge
Fall 2007P A 682A - Policy Research Project: Why Some Good Ideas Fail (and some succeed): Mastering the Execution Challenge
Fall 2007P A 384C - Public Management
Spring 2007P A 384C - Public Management
Fall 2006P A 384C - Public Management