Background

Ball, Leslie David was born on December 27, 1944 in Amesbury, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Russell Wilbur and Helen Frances Ball.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Northeastern University, Boston, 1969. Master of Business Administration, Boston College, 1971. Doctor of Philosophy, University Massachusetts, 1975.

Career

Assistant to president, Ernst Associations, Arlington, Massachusetts, 1965-1967; teacher, Arlington School System, 1967-1969; teacher, Control Data Corporation, Burlington, Massachusetts, 1969-1971; professor information systems, Arizona State University, Tempe, 1975-1977; professor information systems, Babson College, Wellesley, Massachusetts, 1977-1988; consultant, Index Group, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1988-1993; senior partner, Kendall Group, Scituate, Massachusetts, since 1993. Visiting professor International Business Machines Corporation, LaHulpe, Belgium, 1985.

Achievements

• Leslie David Ball has been listed as a noteworthy international consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Society for Information Management, Boston Society for Information Management (founder 1977, president 1981, board directors 1981-1986, executive board since 1984).

Interests

• Avocations: skiing, boating.

Connections

Married Martha Ellen Merrill, August 14, 1965. Children: Jennifer Leslie, Gregory David.

Father:

Russell Wilbur Ball

Mother:

Helen Frances Ball

Spouse:

Martha Ellen Merrill

child:

Jennifer Leslie Ball

child:

Gregory David Ball