Erik Gordon appointed Howe School associate dean for management programs
Professor will also serve as Shulman Family Chair of technology and business management
HOBOKEN , N.J. — R.M. “Erik” Gordon has been appointed as the Associate Dean for Management Programs in The Wesley J. Howe School of Technology Management at Stevens Institute of Technology. In addition, Gordon also was named the Shulman Family Chair Professor of Technology and Business Management.
As Associate Dean, Gordon will be responsible for the associated research and the academic, administrative, and financial operations of The Howe School’s Master’s programs in general management, technology management and business administration, as well as its graduate programs for experienced professionals.
Gordon has made significant scholarly and business contributions in the areas of marketing, intellectual property, technology commercialization, technology-based innovation, and technology venturing. He also has a stellar record of crafting and growing graduate edu cation programs across the board range of technology management disciplines.
Gordon will play a pivotal leadership role in The Howe School research and edu cation programs in technology innovation and entrepreneurship, which programs form the core of the Howe School strategy. He comes to Stevens from Johns Hopkins, where he was leading the Graduate Division of Business and Management. Prior to that, he served as the director of the MBA program at the University of Florida .
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.
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