January, 2011 Curriculum Vitae MEL HORWITCH Addresses Central European University Business School Frankel Leo ut, 30-34 H-1023 Budapest Hungary Tel: +36-1-887-5050; [email protected] I. Education Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, Boston, MA (1971-1975): Degree: Doctorate in Business Administration (June, 1975) Awards & Honors: Harding Fellowship, two Doctoral Fellowships, and Bowne Prize Department: Corporate Strategy, Policy and Planning Title of Doctoral Thesis: “Technological Evaluation and the Rise of a Societal Issue: A History of Sonic Boom Decision Making in the US/SST Program,” June, 1975. Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, Boston, MA (1967-1969): Degree: Masters in Business Administration [MBA] (June, 1969) Harvard University, Cambridge, MA: East Asian Studies (1966-1967) Awards & Honors: Woodrow Wilson Scholar in East Asian Studies Princeton University, Princeton, NJ (1960-1964): Degree: AB in History (June, 1964) Awards & Honors: Magna Cum Laude, Dean's List, and Woodrow Wilson Fellowship. II. Some Principal Fields of Interest Digital-Based/e-Business and “Hybrid” (Physical-Digital) Innovation; Global Innovation; Impact of Homeland Security on US Innovation; Management of Technology; Management and Decision Making in the Information, Telecommunications and Networking Sectors; Top-Level General Management in a Technology-Intensive and Knowledge Settings; Development of Advanced Learning Platforms and Methods and Advanced Learning Technologies for High- Level Management Education; Research and Learning at the Interdisciplinary Intersection of Management and Technology, Urban Regions as New Innovation Clusters and “Smart” Communities; Technology Policy; Innovation in Management Education, Interdisciplinary- Based Higher Education; Innovation in the Cluster comprising Clean Technology; Cleantech, Renewable Energy and Sustainability Innovation. III. Professional Experience January, 2011-Present Central European University, Budapest Hungary • Dean and Professor 2 1996-December, 2010 Polytechnic Institute of New York University, New York City • Professor of Technology Management • Academic Dir. & Steering Committee Member, CleantechExecs Prog., Sept., ‘09-present (drafted CleantechExecs proposal that was awarded $130,000 from NYSERDA; First cohort launched in Feb., ‘10; second cohort will start in Summer, ‘10 semester) • Designed new course, Managing Cleantech & Renewable Energy Innovation; approved by entire NYU-Poly faculty in Feb., 2010; to be offered in Summer, ‘10 • Chair, Department of Technology Management, Jan 1, 2006-Aug. 31, 2009 (Note: recent accomplishments include (while maintaining a full teaching load): generating annual revenues of about $10 million; tripling enrollment from Fall, 06 to Fall 08 (from about 250 graduate course seats in Fall 06 to over 840 course seats in Fall 08 at the Poly Brooklyn MetroTech campus alone; leading rapid growth of the Dept. so that it is currently (Fall, 08) the second largest graduate Dept (after the EE Dept.) at Polytechnic Institute of NYU; significantly increasing profitability of the Dept (the Dept.’s profit margin is over three times the Dept.’s direct expenses); introducing a new MBA- Innovation & Technology Management Program (see below); restructuring three other Master’s-level graduate programs; officially changing name of the Dept. to “Dept. of Technology Management” (thereby signaling to relevant constituencies the Dept’s explicit and differentiated mission); designed & offered several new courses (see below); developing academic and corp. advisory boards (current activity); launching fund raising campaign (current activity); & developing & implementing a three-phase strategy for Dept. (i.e. I. Turnaround (completed); II. Building Toward Excellence (current phase lasting through June,’11); & III. Achieving Excellence (starting July, ‘11)); • Interim Director of the BS-BTM Program, MSM Program and MBA-Innovation &Technology Management Program; Co-Director of Executive Master’s in Management of Technology [MOT] and Telecommunications & Information Management [TIM] Programs, Jan 1, 2007-present • Led Design and Implementation of New Polytechnic MBA-Innovation & Technology Management Program (Note: this program was approved by entire Polytechnic Faculty on April 25, 2007 and by New York State in August, 2008; the first Poly MBA – Innovation & Technology Management Program class entered the University in January, 2008; Designed the following specific MBA Courses: Intercultural Dimensions of Global Management, Strategy for the Modern Enterprise, Ethical Dimensions of Modern Management, MBA Capstone Project Course, Special Immersion Module on Leadership, Global Decision Making and Innovation. The MBA-Innovation & Technology Management Program, now in its second semester, currently has about 75 students) • Designed Following New Graduate Courses and Modules (Note: All courses were approved by the entire Polytechnic Faculty on April 25, 2007; by completion of the 08-09 academic all will have been offered at least once): (1) New Courses in Entrepreneurship Area: Entrepreneurial Finance, Managing Growing Enterprises, Corporate Entrepreneurship, Managing Intellectual Property and Intellectual Capital, and Entrepreneurial Sales and Marketing; (2) Other Courses Designed and Approved: Services Innovation, Managerial Analytics • Director of the Institute for Technology & Enterprise (Note: recent ITE activities include bringing to Polytechnic the annual Intelligent Community Forum (as co-host and co- sponsor; the May 09 ICF Conference will be the fifth ICF Conference held at 3 Polytechnic), as well as holding and sponsoring several workshops, seminars and research and curriculum development projects, many of which are associated directly with the MOT-IM Executive Master’s Programs—all of which take place at 55 Broad Street in Manhattan.) • On Sabbatical, September 1, 2004-May 31, 2005 • Professor of Technology Management (1996-Present) • Founding Director, Institute for Technology and Enterprise at 55 Broad Street, New York City (1997-Present) (www.ite.poly.edu) • Founding Director, Othmer Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies (December, 2001-June 30, 2004) • Chair, Honors College Faculty Governing Board (April, 2003-June 30, 2004) • Co-Academic Director, Management of Technology [MOT] and Telecommunications and Information Management [TIM] Executive Master’s Programs (July, 1997-Present) (www.mot-tim.poly.edu) • Chair, Department of Management (1997-2001) • Member, University Tenure & Appointments Committee (July 1, ‘02-June 30, ‘04) • Technology Transfer Director, Member of Leadership Group, Wireless Internet Center for Advanced Technology [WICAT] (funded by NYSTAR} (June, 2001-Present) • Chair, Department of Management (July, 1997-July, 2001) • Member of Steering Committee for Wireless Innovation Program (2000-2001) • Various ITE Round Tables and Workshops at 55 Broad Street and in Israel and Taiwan • Member of E-Commerce Steering Committee for the University • Member of Various Other University Committees Fall Semester, 2010 MIT-Sloan School, Cambridge, MA USA Visiting Scholar (on sabbatical) August, 2008 New Economic University, Hanoi, Vietnam Visiting Scholar and Professor 1996-2000 London Business School, London, UK Visiting Professor of Management 1990-1996 Theseus Institute, Sophia Antipolis, France Professor of Management (1990-1996) Founding Dean of Management (1990-1994) Director of the Theseus Research Center (1990-1993) Member of the Theseus Board of Directors (1990-1994) Member of the Theseus Scientific Advisory Board (1990-1996) Theseus Chairman of the Twenty-First Century Networked Corporation Project (with the Sloan School at MIT) Co-Chairman of the Executive Workshop on: “The 'Emergent' Corporation: Radical Change, Evolution, and Complex Adaptive Systems in Business” (with Coopers & Lybrand as the key financial sponsor and with technical and software support from Lotus Development Corporation) 4 Led overall development, design, and coordination of the entire management curriculum and faculty in the Theseus MBA Program, Co-Director of the New Enterprise Project (with INSEAD and Lotus Institute) July, 1994 INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France Co-Director of INSEAD's Global Information and Telecommunications Industries [GiTi] Program, in which Theseus collaborated with INSEAD. July, 1993-August, 1994 Alfred P. Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Cambridge, MA. Visiting Scholar Focused on developing materials, courses, and a Workshop associated with the Twenty-First Century Networked Corporation Project. September, 1991 University of Paris-Dauphine, Paris, France Visiting Professor of Management. Offered advanced seminars on Strategy and Technology Strategy and worked with doctoral students at the University of Paris-Dauphine 1988-1989 Templeton College, Oxford University, Oxford, UK John M. Olin Distinguished Fellow. Also established the Oxford Program on Global Technology Strategy. Taught in the Oxford Master's Program and various Templeton executive programs. 1980-1988 Alfred P. Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA. Associate Professor of Management in the Corporate Strategy, Policy and Planning Group (1983-1988) Assistant Professor of Management in the Corporate Strategy, Policy and Planning Group (1980- 1982) 1975-1980 Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, Boston, MA Assistant Professor of Production and Operations Management. 1975-Present