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Nicholas M. Donofrio Executive Vice President, Innovation and Technology IBM Corporation Nick Donofrio is a champion for innovation across IBM and its global ecosystem and is the leader of IBM’s global technology strategy. In addition to his strategic business mission, Nick leads the development and retention of IBM's technical population and strives to enrich that community with a diversity of culture and thought. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Master of Science in the same discipline from Syracuse University. He also holds an honorary doctorate in Engineering from Polytechnic University, an honorary doctorate in Sciences from the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom, and an honorary doctorate in Technology from Marist College. In 2005, Nick was appointed by the U.S. Department of Education to serve on the Commission on the Future of Higher Education, a 20-member delegation of business and university leaders charged with developing a new national strategy for post-secondary education that will meet the needs of Americas diverse population and also address the economic and workforce needs of the country's future. |
Nick Donofrio Executive Vice President, Innovation and Technology, IBM Corporation |
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Tuesday, June 13, 2006
12:30 - 2
p.m.
Keynote
Luncheon Partnering Across Sectors – Close Encounters of a Flexible Kind
Dr. Priscilla
Nelson Dr. Priscilla Nelson joined NJIT in May 2005, leaving her position as Senior Advisor to the Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF). She had been at NSF since 1994, and served in many roles including Senior Advisor for the Engineering Directorate, Director of the Civil and Mechanical Systems (CMS) Division, Senior Engineering Coordinator, Program Director, and as Program Manager for the $82 million NEES (George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation) project that included CyberInfrastructure and earthquake engineering experimentation equipment.
From 1983 through 1996, Dr. Nelson
was on the faculty in Civil Engineering at The University of
Texas at Austin. She has received three earned advanced degrees
including Master's degrees in both Geology (Indiana University)
and Structural Engineering (University of Oklahoma). In 1983,
she received her PhD in Civil Engineering from Cornell
University. Dr. Nelson has a national and international
reputation in geological and rock engineering, and the
particular application of underground construction. She has more
than 15 years of teaching experience, has mentored and advised
many students, and has more than 130 technical and scientific
publications to her credit. |
Dr. Priscilla Nelson Provost, New Jersey Institute of Technology
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