Jerry Engel
BSc from PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, MSc from The Wharton School,Faculty Director at The Lester Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation since 2009, Executive Director at The Lester Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation from 1991-2009.
| Headline: | Educator |
| Website: | http://entrepreneurship.berkeley.edu/main/engel.html |
| Skills: | Business, Entrepreneurship, Investment, Leadership, Litigation, Management, Negotiation, Public speaking, Writing |
| Location: | U. C. Berkeley |
| Groups: | 2011 UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition, 2012 UC Berkeley Startup Competition, Barcelona Innovation Zone HiT 2011, Global Entrepreneurship Competition-Hit Barcelona 2010, Growth Companies - HiT Barcelona 2010, UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition 2009-2010, [INACTIVE] UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition 2008-2009 |
| Interested in: | Helping friends, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities |
| Tags: | Entrepreneurship, Internet, IT, saas, silicon valley, sortware, Venture Capital |
| Schools: | Pennsylvania State University, The Wharton School |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | The Lester Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation |
| Position: | Faculty Director |
| Time period: | January 2009 - Present |
| Description: | Founded the Center in 1991 and has been continuously involved in its leadership. As Faculty Director, responsible for academic and executive education programs and cross-curricular and cross University collaborations. |
| Employer: | The Lester Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation |
| Position: | Executive Director |
| Time period: | December 1990 - Present |
| Description: | As founding Executive Director, responsible for the creation and ongoing leadership of one of the leading university based programs of entrepreneurship and innovation in the world. |
| Employer: | Walter A. Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley |
| Position: | Adjunct Professor |
| Description: | Instructs in both the School’s MBA and Executive Education programs specializing in Entrepreneurship and innovation, New Venture Finance, Corporate Innovation, Venture Capital and Private Equity. Chair of the Entrepreneurship Group at the Haas School. |
| Employer: | Monitor Venture Partners |
| Position: | General Partner |
| Description: | A venture capital firm, associated with The Monitor Group, investing in early stage technology ventures.
Board of Directors or Advisors of several privately held companies [below] Faculty Chair, U.C. Berkeley Venture Capital Executive Program Faculty Chair, Intel+Berkeley Technology Entrepreneurship Education Initiative Faculty Chair, Global Entrepreneurship Faculty Colloquium Faculty Co-Chair, Global Social Venture Competition Advisory Board, National Association of Corporate Directors, Northern California Faculty Advisory Board, Kauffman Fellows program Editorial Board, International Journal of Technoentrepreneurship (IJTE) Faculty Co-Chair, Price-Babson@Berkeley entrepreneurship education training program Entrepreneur-In-Residence, EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION. [2001-3] Faculty Director, Kauffman Foundation Lifelong Learning for Entrepreneurship Educators Program [LLEEP] 2002-3 |
| Employer: | Various |
| Position: | Industry experience |
| Description: | Representative examples of industry experience includes:
Internet and Telecom: Adaptive Planning (Business Intelligence SaaS), AllBusiness.com (Small Business Internet portal), Televoke (Mobile internet/GPS interface), Skyflow (Wireless Web Access) Instrumentation , Optics and MEMS: ElectrScan (Non-contact electrical measurement), IrisAO (Adaptive Optics), Nanomix (Nano-devices). Computers and Software: Autodesk (CAD), Fair Isaac Companies (Financial Services Decision Support), Brøderbund (Entertainment, Education, and Productivity), Maxis (Entertainment – The Sims). LeapFrog(Electronic Learning Aids - NYSE:LF) Jupiter Systems (Multi-panel display controllers). Health Care/Life Sciences: Gene Labs, Inc. (Therapeutics using Recombinant Techniques), Simborg Systems (Network Resident Integrated Hospital Management Information System), Salutar (Monoclonal Reagents for MRI Enhancement), American Shared Hospital Services (Shared Services Mobile MRI/CT), California Emergency Physicians (Health Care Services), MedAmerica (MSO) and MedAmerica OnCall (Telephone Triage, After Hours Care and Call Center Operations), CardioProfile (Cardiovascular disease diagnostic device) . Electrical Utilities: Southern California Edison, GPU, Potomac Electric, Philadelphia Electric, Virginia Electric, PJM Interconnection Other Significant Industry Experience includes: Retailing, Electronics, Computers and Computer Peripherals, Telecommunications, Consumer Products, Construction, Building Products and Food Processing, Business Valuation. |
| Employer: | Allbusiness.com |
| Position: | Co-Founder and CFO |
| Time period: | December 1996 - November 2000 |
| Description: | Co-founder and executive in several enterprises including ALLBUSINESS.com.[1997 – 2000]. CFO from formation of the company through its successful sale, returning over 10x to is investors. At the time of sale the Company had raised over $30million in venture financing and had over 130 employees. |
| Employer: | Kline Hawkes & co |
| Position: | Co-founder |
| Time period: | January 1995 - December 1998 |
| Employer: | UC Berkekely - The Lester Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation |
| Position: | Founder and Executive Director |
| Time period: | January 1991 - December 2009 |
| Description: | As founding Executive Director, responsible for the creation and leadership of one of the leading university based programs of entrepreneurship and innovation in the world. |
| Employer: | Ernst & Young |
| Position: | Capital Resources National Director |
| Time period: | January 1989 - December 1990 |
| Description: | Directed the services of Capital Resource professionals in twelve offices around the country, 1989-1990. |
| Employer: | Ernst & Young: Capital Resources |
| Position: | Bay Area Partner In Chrge and Director |
| Time period: | January 1989 - December 1990 |
| Description: | Provided capital formation and investment banking advisory services to middle market and principally high technology ventures in the Bay Area, 1989-1990. |
| Employer: | Ernst & Young: Entrepreneurial Services Group |
| Position: | Partner-in-Charge and Director: SF Bay Area |
| Time period: | January 1980 - December 1989 |
| Description: | Member - National Entrepreneurial Services Advisory Committee, 1980 -1989. Co-author of the firm's National Strategic Plan on Entrepreneurial Services. Founder and Partner-in-Charge for the San Francisco Bay Area practice, 1980-1989. |
| Employer: | Ernst & Young, San Francisco, CA |
| Position: | Public Accounting |
| Time period: | December 1979 - November 1990 |
| Description: | - National Director of Capital Resources. Directed the services of Capital Resource professionals in twelve offices around the country (1989-1990).
- Bay Area Director of Capital Resources. Provided capital formation and investment banking advisory services to middle market and principally high technology ventures in the Bay Area (1989-1990). - Partner-in-Charge and Director of Entrepreneurial Services Group. Member - National Entrepreneurial Services Advisory Committee (1980 -1989). Co-author of the firm's National Strategic Plan on Entrepreneurial Services. Founder and Partnerin- Charge for the San Francisco Bay Area practice (1980-1989). - Audit Partner. Full responsibility for conducting examinations of financial statements of many public and privately held companies including annual reports, SEC filings, initial and secondary public offerings, evaluation of systems of internal control, valuations, mergers and acquisitions (1982-1990). |
| Employer: | KPMG (formerly Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co.) |
| Position: | Tax Manager, Audit Staff, Prof in Residence NCCU, National Office - Prof Ed |
| Time period: | January 1970 - November 1979 |
| Description: | - Tax Manager specializing in services to emerging businesses (1977-1979).
- National Office division of Professional Education (1975-77). - Professional-in-Residence, North Carolina Central University (1974-75). - Audit Department professional staff (1970-1974). |
EDUCATION
| University: | The Wharton School |
| Time period: | 1970 |
| Degree: | MSc |
| University: | Pennsylvania State University |
| Degree: | BSc |
PUBLICATIONS
| Articles: | Global Networks of Clusters of Innovation: Accelerating the Internationalization of the Innovation Process, with Itxaso del-Palacio, Business Horizons, Indian University Press, Volume 52, Number 5, September-October 2009
Models of Innovation: Corporate v. Start-up Ventures, with John Freeman, California Management Review, November 2007 Start-Up & Emerging Companies, Chapter 20, Accounting and Related Tax Issues, with Marc Berger, Law Journal Press Technology Entrepreneurship Education: Theory to Practice with David Charron, Intel Corporation and the Lester Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, 2007 |
INFORMATION
| Memberships: | Member, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Member, American Accounting Association [past] Member, CA, NY and PA Institutes of Certified Public Accountants [past] Boards of Directors: MEDAMERICA, Inc., 1993 – Present ELECTRASCAN, Inc. 1992 - Present JUPITER SYSTEMS, Inc., 2000 – Present ADAPTIVE PLANNING, Inc. 2005 – Present KINFO Inc. Board Observer, 2008 - Present MAXIS CORPORATION, 1992 –1995 [Raised $8m in VC, IPO and sold to EA] ELLIOTT-PORTWOOD STUDIOS, 1992 - 1997. KLINE HAWKES CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC. 1995 - 1998 TRANSOFT TECHNOLOGY, 1995 - 1998. [Sold to HP] MICRONET TECHNOLOGY, 1995 - 1998. [Sold to Ampex] AMERICAN WHOLE HEALTH, Board Observer, 1996 - 1998. CENTRIC SOFTWARE, Board Observer, 1995 - 1998. ALLBUSINESS.COM, 1998 – 2000 [Raised $30m in VC and sold to NBC] MEDAMERICA OnCall, Inc., 1993 – 2001 Various Not-For-Profit organizations from time to time, including; Berkeley Entrepreneurship Laboratory, Chair, 2004 – Present |
| Awards: | National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance - Olympus Corporation Lifetime of Educational Innovation Award 2010
Outstanding Service Award, North Carolina Central University 1976 |
Jerry's Contacts (8)
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Sebastien Payen
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from University of California, MSc in Mechanical Engineering University of California (2005), Part-time Consultant at L2 Biometrics (2007), Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Fruition Sciences, Inc since 2006.
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Chardon Nicholas
Founder/CEO of B.T.I. Creative Management, 24 years old.
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Marc Guerrero
Marc Guerrero is a writer & journalist, editor & translator, historian & futurist, and media management entrepreneur for many years.