The School of Systems and Enterprises announces the appointment of Jon Wade as Associate Dean of Research. Dr. Wade has an extensive background in leading research and development organizations and managing the development of Enterprise quality products. His experience will help to guide the School of Systems and Enterprises growing research portfolio, and clarify research priorities and strengths. Prior to joining Stevens, Dr. Wade founded AgilePower Systems, Inc. where he led research in the development of hybrid solar power technologies.

Previously, he was the Executive Vice President of Engineering at International Game Technology (IGT) where he created corporate vision, led product development, championed the development of a corporate architecture and system development practices, and managed corporate wide research and development. Before joining IGT, Wade spent 10 years at Sun Microsystems during which time he managed the development of the UltraSPARC V based Enterprise Server family and served as the Product Manager for high-performance interconnects. Prior to this, he led new system development at Thinking Machines Corporation.

Dr. Wade received his SB, SM, EE and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a Doctoral concentration in Device Physics and a minor in Business Administration. In addition to his publications, Wade has received 11 patents in the areas of integrated circuits, computer architecture, networked systems and internal combustion engines. He was elected to the Sigma Xi (Scientific Research), Tau Beta Pi (National Engineering), and Eta Kappa Nu (National Electrical Engineering) Honorary Societies. Wade has served on the Boards of a number of organizations including the Software and Systems Consortium, DigiDeal Corporation, and the Center for Excellence in Education.

For more information, please contact:

Beth DeFares
Director of Education
Babbio
Room 517
Phone: 201.216.5362
Fax: 201.216.5080
bdefares@stevens.edu