Edward B. Roberts
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Edward B. Roberts is an American technology writer and academic figure, and a high-tech entrepreneur and investor. His Entrepreneurs in High-Technology: Lessons from MIT and Beyond (Oxford University Press, 1991) won the Association of American Publishers Award for Outstanding Book in Business and Management.
Roberts is Founder and Chair of the MIT Entrepreneurship Center
, and for over 30 years chaired the MIT Sloan School of Management
's Management of Technological Innovation and Entrepreneurship Group. He co-founded and co-chaired for nearly 20 years the mid-career MIT Management of Technology (MOT) Program. Over the past forty years Dr. Roberts has become internationally known for his research, teaching and active involvement in many aspects of technology management, including technology strategy, corporate venturing, product innovation management, and technology-based entrepreneurship. He served as co-director of the MIT International Center for Research on the Management of Technology.
Roberts is a co-founder, board member and angel investor
in many high-tech start-ups. He co-founded and was CEO of Pugh-Roberts Associates, an international management consulting firm specializing in system dynamics, strategic planning and technology management, now a division of PA Consulting Group
. He co-founded and is a director of Medical Information Technology, Inc., commonly known as MEDITECH
, a leading producer of healthcare information systems, and also co-founded and is a director of Sohu.com, Inc., a leading Chinese internet firm. He also sits on the advisory board of H5
, a firm specializing in electronic discovery
for legal cases.
In addition Roberts co-founded and was for 20 years a General Partner of the Zero Stage Capital and First Stage Capital Equity Funds, a group of venture capital funds investing in early-stage technology-based firms. He has been a co-founder and/or director of numerous emerging technology companies, including at present Advanced Magnetics, Pegasystems
, PR Restaurants, Interactive Super Computers, and Visible Measures Corp.
He has authored 160 articles and eleven books, the most recent being Innovation: Driving Product, Process and Market Change (Jossey-Bass/Wiley, 2002). Roberts holds an S.B. and S.M. in electrical engineering from MIT, a Master's degree in Management (M.B.A.) from the MIT Sloan School of Management
, and a Ph.D.
in economics from MIT.
Roberts is Founder and Chair of the MIT Entrepreneurship Center
MIT Entrepreneurship Center
The MIT Entrepreneurship Center is one of the largest research and teaching centers at the MIT Sloan School of Management, the business and management school at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...
, and for over 30 years chaired the MIT Sloan School of Management
MIT Sloan School of Management
The MIT Sloan School of Management is the business school of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Cambridge, Massachusetts....
's Management of Technological Innovation and Entrepreneurship Group. He co-founded and co-chaired for nearly 20 years the mid-career MIT Management of Technology (MOT) Program. Over the past forty years Dr. Roberts has become internationally known for his research, teaching and active involvement in many aspects of technology management, including technology strategy, corporate venturing, product innovation management, and technology-based entrepreneurship. He served as co-director of the MIT International Center for Research on the Management of Technology.
Roberts is a co-founder, board member and angel investor
Angel investor
An angel investor or angel is an affluent individual who provides capital for a business start-up, usually in exchange for convertible debt or ownership equity...
in many high-tech start-ups. He co-founded and was CEO of Pugh-Roberts Associates, an international management consulting firm specializing in system dynamics, strategic planning and technology management, now a division of PA Consulting Group
PA Consulting Group
PA Consulting Group is a global management and IT consulting and technology and innovation organisation with specialist expertise across the defence, energy, financial services, government and public services, healthcare, automotive and consumer goods, telecoms, and transport and logistics sectors...
. He co-founded and is a director of Medical Information Technology, Inc., commonly known as MEDITECH
Meditech
Medical Information Technology, Inc., commonly known as MEDITECH, is a Massachusetts-based software and service company selling information systems, which are installed in health care organizations throughout the world. The company was founded in 1969 by Chairman A. Neil Pappalardo.-Company...
, a leading producer of healthcare information systems, and also co-founded and is a director of Sohu.com, Inc., a leading Chinese internet firm. He also sits on the advisory board of H5
H5 (US company)
H5 is a privately held company specializing in information retrieval systems for the legal industry, with offices in San Francisco and New York. Founded in 1999, H5 combines advanced proprietary information retrieval technologies with professional expertise in linguistics, statistics, computer...
, a firm specializing in electronic discovery
Electronic Discovery
Electronic discovery refers to discovery in civil litigation which deals with the exchange of information in electronic format . Usually a digital forensics analysis is performed to recover evidence...
for legal cases.
In addition Roberts co-founded and was for 20 years a General Partner of the Zero Stage Capital and First Stage Capital Equity Funds, a group of venture capital funds investing in early-stage technology-based firms. He has been a co-founder and/or director of numerous emerging technology companies, including at present Advanced Magnetics, Pegasystems
Pegasystems
Pegasystems Inc. is a provider of Business Process Management software solutions and a Business rules Platform based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.-History:Pegasystems was founded in 1983 by Alan Trefler...
, PR Restaurants, Interactive Super Computers, and Visible Measures Corp.
He has authored 160 articles and eleven books, the most recent being Innovation: Driving Product, Process and Market Change (Jossey-Bass/Wiley, 2002). Roberts holds an S.B. and S.M. in electrical engineering from MIT, a Master's degree in Management (M.B.A.) from the MIT Sloan School of Management
MIT Sloan School of Management
The MIT Sloan School of Management is the business school of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Cambridge, Massachusetts....
, and a Ph.D.
Ph.D.
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in economics from MIT.