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Dennis Roberson is Vice Provost and Executive Director of the Institute of Business and Interprofessional Studies, as well as Acting Director of the Jules F. Knapp Entrepreneurship Center and Research Professor of Computer Science at the Illinois Institute of Technology. In this capacity, he is responsible for its undergraduate business and related co-curricular programs and is concentrating on the entrepreneurship, leadership, and technology based projects. Professor Roberson is also responsible for assisting the university in technology transfer and the development of new research centers and business ventures.
Prior to IIT, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Motorola. Professor Roberson has an extensive corporate career including major business and technology responsibilities at IBM, DEC, AT&T, and NCR. He is and has been involved in leadership and public and private board roles in a wide variety of Technology, Cultural, Business and Youth organizations. He is a frequent speaker at technology meetings and conferences around the globe.
Professor Roberson has undergraduate degrees in Electrical Engineering and in Physics from Washington State University and an MSEE degree from Stanford. | 