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Ed Roberts Ed is the David Sarnoff Professor of Management of Technology at MIT where he long chaired the Sloan School's Management of Technological Innovation & Entrepreneurship research and education programs. He co-founded and co-chaired until 1999 the MIT Management of Technology Program, and co-directed the School's International Center for Research on the Management of Technology. Over the past 45 years Ed has become known for his studies and active involvement in many aspects of technology management, including technology strategy, corporate venturing, product innovation management, and technology-based entrepreneurship. He spearheaded the MIT Alumni Entrepreneurship Seminar Program which led to the formation of the MIT Enterprise Forum which he co-founded, and founded and chairs the MIT Entrepreneurship Center. Ed has been a co-founder of 8 emerging technology companies and a director of numerous others (including Pugh-Roberts Associates, Medical Information Technology (Meditech), SofTech, Advanced Magnetics, Inverness Medical Technologies, Pegasystems, PR Restaurants, Sohu.com, and NETsilicon) as well as Zero Stage Capital. He also advises several high-tech startups, and has authored over 160 articles and 11 books. | 