Hultin to speak at Potomac Institute for Policy Studies on the topic of military transformation & business reform

Jerry Hultin, Dean of the Wesley J. Howe School of Technology Management at Stevens Institute of Technology and former Under Secretary of the Navy, will speak on "Military Transformation and Business Reform: 7 'Easy' Steps for Success" as part of the Potomac Institute for Policy Issues' Executive Lecture Series. Hultin's talk is set for May 7 during a luncheon at the Potomac Institute in Arlington, Virginia.

Prior to his appointment at Stevens, Hultin served the nation as Under Secretary of the Navy in the Clinton Administration. A former Naval Officer, Hultin also led an extensive study of the impact of globalization on national security and Naval forces. This program included an evaluation of how major advances in communications and computing technologies, along with the rise of the global corporation, is changing the nature of the global economy and national defense. His "Revolution in Business Affairs" initiatives broke new ground and are expected to serve as platforms for conducting both day-to-day and strategic business affairs within the Department of the Navy in the first decade of the 21st century.

Before entering government service, Hultin spent more than 25 years in the private sector. His work included a law practice and work as a consultant in areas involving technology, health care, and the environment. He was chief consultant to the CEO of Sallie Mae, the nation's largest secondary market for student loans, and the manager of two businesses that developed, manufactured, and marketed hydraulic systems throughout the United States and Canada.

Hultin received his Juris Doctor degree from Yale University Law School in 1972. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in political science, history, and economics from The Ohio State University in 1964.

Today Hultin leads the Howe School of Technology Management at Stevens, which delivers some 500 classes a year. It offers master's programs in management, information systems, and telecommunications management; an executive master's in technology management, a doctoral program with concentrations in technology management and information management, and a new bachelor of science in business and technology.

The school's programs are developed with advisory boards made up of academics and industry leaders who meet regularly to make sure the programs are fresh and relevant. In the near future, for example, cybersecurity will be added to the offerings.

Stevens began as a respected East Coast engineering school in the late 19th century, but has since evolved to be much more. The buzzword at Stevens these days is "Technogenesis®," a term the university recently trademarked to describe its new strategic direction for teaching: encouraging students, faculty and industry to work together to bring new products or services all the way from initial idea to marketplace implementation.

"Our distinct competence is our understanding of the innovative human and organizational processes involved in the continuum we call Technogenesis," says Dean Hultin. "We contribute the essential management perspective to the Technogenesis research and educational programs at Stevens."

About Stevens Institute of Technology

Founded in 1870, Stevens Institute of Technology is one of the leading technological universities in the world dedicated to learning and research. Through its broad-based curricula, nurturing of creative inventiveness, and cross disciplinary research, the Institute is at the forefront of global challenges in engineering, science, and technology management. Partnerships and collaboration between, and among, business, industry, government and other universities contribute to the enriched environment of the Institute. A new model for technology commercialization in academe, known as Technogenesis®, involves external partners in launching business enterprises to create broad opportunities and shared value.

Stevens offers baccalaureates, master’s and doctoral degrees in engineering, science, computer science and management, in addition to a baccalaureate degree in the humanities and liberal arts, and in business and technology. The university has a total enrollment of 2,150 undergraduate and 3,500 graduate students, with about 250 full-time faculty. Stevens’ graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America. Additional information may be obtained from its web page at www.stevens.edu.  

For the latest news about Stevens, please visit StevensNewsService.com.