- Edward B. Roberts
Edward B. Roberts is an American technology writer and academic figure, and a high-tech entrepreneur and investor. His "Entrepreneurs in High-Technology: Lessons from MIT and Beyond" (Oxford University Press, 1991) won the Association of American Publishers Award for Outstanding Book in Business and Management. Roberts is Founder and Chair of the MIT Entrepreneurship Center, …
- Jay Wright Forrester
Jay Wright Forrester (born 14 July 1918, Climax, Nebraska) is a pioneer American computer engineer and systems theorist. Born on a farm near Anselmo, Nebraska, Forrester was educated at MIT in electrical engineering, where he spent his entire career. During the 1940s and early 50s, he did research in electrical and computer engineering, heading the Whirlwind project and developing the "Multi-coordinate digitally information storage device" (coincident-current system), …
- Kenneth French
Kenneth R. French (born March 10, 1954) is the Carl E. and Catherine M. Heidt Professor of Finance at the Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College. He has previously been a faculty member at MIT, the Yale School of Management, and the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. Along with contributing articles to major journals such as the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Financial Economics, the Review of Financial Studies, the American Economic Review, …
- Joseph Nacchio
Joseph P. Nacchio (born June 22, 1949), in Brooklyn, New York, was chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Qwest Communications International from 1997 to 2002. He was convicted of 19 counts of insider trading in Qwest stock on April 19, 2007.
- Preetish Nijhawan
Preetish Nijhawan is an entrepreneur known for co-founding internet company Akamai Technologies in 1998. Preetish now works for game-advertising startup NeoEdge Networks in Palo Alto, California as Vice President of Strategic Alliances where he leads the development of the company's most important partnerships and distribution relationships.
- José Tribolet
José Tribolet is a full professor of the Computer Engineering Department at the Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) of the Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal. Tribolet holds a Sc.D. from MIT and earned his MBA as a Sloan Fellow from the MIT Sloan School of Management. He is chairman of INESC.
- Riva Poor
Riva Poor was a management consultant who lobbied for a compressed workweek. Poor received an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management in 1970, when she started a public relations campaign calling for a work week which compressed its working time into fewer days. Her immediate goal, which was ultimately achieved, was repeal of the 8-hour workday provisions in the Walsh-Healey Act, a 1936 law requiring minimum labor standards in the production of goods, under contract, …
- Jeff Stibel
Jeff Stibel is currently the President and a member of the Board of Directors of Web.com (NASDAQ: WWW). Mr. Stibel was part of the founding management team at United Online (NASDAQ: UNTD), a technology company that owns and operates leading web services, including NetZero, Juno, and Classmates.com. Prior to United Online, Mr. Stibel was founder, Chairman and CEO of Simpli.com, a search and marketing technology company currently owned by ValueClick (NASDAQ: VCLK).
- Dan Ariely
Dan Ariely is the James B. Duke Professor of Behavioural Economics at Duke University and a visiting Professor at MIT's Media Lab. He is an expert on how people actually act (irrationally)-and why they act-in all kinds of business and economic environments, and what this means for business innovation, strategy and marketing. Ariely is the author of the New York Times Best Seller Predictably Irrational . Few heavy thinkers are as funny or as engaging as he is.
- Thomas L. Magnanti
Thomas L. Magnanti is an Institute Professor and the Dean of the School of Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His teaching and research interests are in applied and theoretical aspects of large-scale optimization and operations research. Professor Magnanti received an undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering from Syracuse University (1967) and master's degrees in both Statistics (1969) and Mathematics (1971) from Stanford University, …
- Alan G Spoon
- Cuneyt Ozveren
- Filippo Carlo Cattaneo
- Jarrett Goetz
If you found me, then get in touch!
- Michael Cusumano
Probably not as smart as I think I am.
- Michael Treacy
Mr. Treacy.s presentation will, in part, draw on his personal experiences building a firm that creates new product innovations for large American firms using science and technology sourced from Russia and Eastern Europe. Is this company outsourcing and offshoring R&D jobs or onshoring intellectual property that creates a multitude of new jobs? And which workers and firms are harmed and helped in the process?
- Med Yones
International Institute of Management (IIM) is an advanced management research and education institute. IIM has 41 universities and research partners in 16 countries. One of our main objectives is to build a worldwide knowledge network to research, develop and disseminate management best practices. IIM partners leverage the network to share professional and business development opportunities. I welcome connection requests and collaboration proposals. Website: http://www.iim-edu.org; . . .
- Josep Mitjà
- Barry J.H. Groenewald
- Mitchell Kapor
Mitchell Kapor , who also serves as a board member for Level Playing Field Institute, donated the funds after attending the IDEAL Recruitment Reception on April 9, 2006: "The impact IDEAL has made in the lives of these students is enormous. It feels great to be able to support this program and to be in a position to allow more students access to the crucial resources it provides.”
- Aaron Rackoff
Entrepreneur and strategy consultant focused on high tech, mobile, and alternative energy, seeking opportunities to work with growing companies.
- Mary V. Gelinas
Mary V. Gelinas , Ed. D. - mgelinas@gelinasjames.com Mary V. Gelinas is a Managing Director of Gelinas James, Inc. She has more than 20 years of experience as a consultant to or leader of organizations. Her experience includes acting as a principal of a national consulting firm, directing operations for a behavioral research and development company, and managing a team of consultants for a national training and consulting center.
- Regina F. Burch
Professor Regina F. Burch brings Capital University Law School diverse academic, legal and business experience. Previously, she was a visiting professor of law at DePaul University College of Law where she taught Business Organizations and Intellectual Property Transactions for corporate attorneys.
- Stefano M. Bacci
Stefano M. Bacci joined Palamon Capital Partners in May 2000 and became a Partner in January 2002. He is an Italian national fluent in English and German with a working knowledge of French. Prior to joining Palamon, Dr Bacci spent ten years as a strategic management consultant at Boston Consulting Group and in international marketing management at Ciba-Geigy, Ltd. Dr Bacci graduated with a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Politecnico di Milano, Italy.
- James Carter Williams
Corporate venture capitalist focused on commercializing technology and finding technology for aerospace products and services.
- Dr. Earl R. Smith II
In my engagements, I take the role of Chairman of the Board. I help founders build their ideas into successful businesses. I support entrepreneurs as a full member of their team; as an owner and a decision maker. A good example of how this works is SafeGuard Guaranty. See the endorsement from John Logan, SafeGuard's CEO, below. I help to incubate startups. In that role, I provide leadership and experience. I invest my time, and, in return, I receive an equity stake in the business. . . .
- Steve McGrady
IT executive with CIO, GM & consulting experience in telecom (RBOC & wireless), internet (info service for health care industry), software (Business Intelligence) & hardware (storage). Big 5 IT strategy practice for incumbent and emerging landline and wireless carriers. Analytic Applications start-up success--from $0 to $20M in 2 years, beating Wall Street expectations.
- Vijay B. Samant
- James Geshwiler
James Geshwiler , Managing Director, Common Angels James is Chairman of the Angel Capital Education Foundation and works with angel investors, venture capitalists, academic leaders and entrepreneurs around the country to foster better understanding of patterns and practices in angel investing. He is the former chairman of ACEF's sister organization, the Angel Capital Association, which is a trade group formed to promote angel groups and their best practices.
- Grant F. Lenahan
Grant F. Lenahan Vice President, IMS Service Delivery Solutions Telcordia Mr. Lenahan is responsible for defining product and market strategies. As part of these responsibilities, he leads the specification of Telcordia's next generation of OSS, service platforms, and technologies that will enable wireless and cable operators to offer content-rich, IP-based converged networks.
- William Steven Elkus
Bill Elkus , Managing Director, Clearstone Venture Partners Bill Elkus is the Founder of Clearstone Venture Partners, with offices in Santa Monica, Menlo Park & Mumbai. Clearstone has over $650 million in committed capital for early stage technology investments. Clearstone‚s successes include PayPal, Overture, PeopleSupport, and United Online. Bill was recognized as a top 100 VC by Forbes in its Midas List in 2004-06.
- Stephen Brobst
Stephen Brobst Chief Technology Officer, Teradata Corporation Stephen Brobst is the chief technology officer for Teradata. He is widely regarded as a leading expert in data warehousing and joined Teradata in October of 1999.
- David Chan
I fall too fast and feel too much. Laughs bellow when I'm tickled. Sweat drips when I'm on my bike. Sighs and swoons come easily if you are the one. You don't need a hammer and a vise to get into my heart. I believe there is goodness in all people. There's nothing that I won't try twice. I was never bored because I was never being boring. I walk where angels fear to tread. I always stick up for my friends even if they're wrong. I say what I mean and do what I say.
- Gus Tai
Gus Tai , General Partner, Trinity Ventures; Chairman, CSPA Gus Tai is a General Partner at Trinity Ventures, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm founded in 1986 and focused on building leading-edge software, communications, and enterprise systems companies. Mr. Tai specializes in software investing and is currently an active Board member for a number of companies including Aventail, Blue Nile, Modulus Video, PlayFirst and Amalfi Semiconductor.
- Mark Graban
Industrial and Mechanical Engineer, with MBA from MIT Sloan Leaders for Manufacturing Program. My strongest professional interests are in Lean Manufacturing, Quality Improvement, and Supply Chain Management. I have worked in the auto industry (GM, as an employee, and Johnson Controls, as a consultant), the PC industry (Dell Computer, as an employee), and industrial products (Honeywell, as an employee). Since August 2005, I have worked in the "lean healthcare" world, where I . . .
- Donna Bastien
Donna Bastien , Director of Marketing, Communications Solutions, Agilent Technologies Donna is responsible for Agilent Technologies' worldwide outbound marketing across Agilent's instrument and OSS assurance portfolios. Previously, Donna was worldwide outbound marketing manager for Agilent�s OSS business and Strategic Marketing Manager; she was Telecommunications Strategy Manager at HP, performing strategic planning and business development.
- Alex McDonnell
McLaw & Associates are a group of dedicated senior management practitioners who share a single passion, to assist Senior Management Teams achieve extraordinary results, now and in the future. We work with senior managers in service/people intensive industries to develop their operational/execution competencies. We guarantee to improve the productivity of new clients by a minimum of 15% with typical results to date in the 20-40% range. Our methodology is a blended learning & . . .
- Yossi Sheffi
Dr. Yossi Sheffi has been appointed Director of MIT's Engineering Systems Division, effective Nov. 15, 2007.
- Debra Hofman
Debra Hofman - Research Director Debra Hofman brings over 20 years of experience in the research and advisory business to her position as a research director at AMR Research. Her research focuses on supply chain excellence and the effective use of metrics and measures in optimizing performance.
- Fareena Sultan
Fareena Sultan , Associate Professor, Marketing Group . Professor Sultan is the Robert Morrison Fellow, and the MBA Marketing Career Track Chair at the College of Business Administration, Northeastern University, Boston. Professor Sultan holds a PhD from Columbia University, an MS from MIT, and BS and MS degrees from the University of Karachi.