In concert with the celebration of the geographical voyages of discovery of explorers in the Age of Discovery along the Hudson Valley, we should celebrate voyages of discovery of the human imagination resulting in progress for mankind: inventions, innovations and enterprises along the Hudson River Valley for the last 200 years. You would be surprised how inventive and entrepreneurial the residents of the Hudson Valley have been in the last 200 years.
All the way from New York City to Schenectady and across all industries: Information Technology, Electrical, Transportation, Defense, Pharmaceutical, and Medical and many more. Some inventors are hard to categorize like the immortal Buckminster Fuller. This presentation will use a "did you know that?" style that invites audience participation. Maybe you are an expert in the Hudson Valley. Come and show us!
Dr. Andres Fortino has been associate provost of Polytechnic Institute of New York University and dean of the University’s Westchester campus since 2006. In his role, Dr. Fortino leverages his expertise in engineering, technology and management to bring graduate education to the greater New York area companies.
Dr. Andres Fortino was previously Dean of the AACSB-accredited School of Management at Marist College in 2004-2006. Prior to this he served as Associate Dean for Academic Development as well as director of the MBA and the Technology Management programs at George Mason University from 1998-2007.
He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering from the City College of New York and received his PhD in electrical engineering from the City University of New York. Dr. Fortino has lectured extensively on technology worldwide and has led more than 180 high technology seminars for Learning Tree International over seventeen years with the company. He also worked for IBM Corp. in its advanced technology division where he was awarded two patents and ten invention disclosures and received IBM’s First Invention Level Award for his work in semiconductor research.
Dr. Fortino is a member of the Society for Information Management, the Academy of Management, a Senior Member of IEEE, and the Technology Management Educational Association. He is a Visiting Professional Fellow at Cambridge Fitzwilliam College and a Fulbright Senior Technical Specialist. Dr. Fortino served as CIO for a mid-sized non-profit organization for twelve years.
The author of eight books, Dr. Fortino has practiced the application of information technology to solving business problems for the past 30 years. His scholarship has also focused on innovation management, information systems development, intellectual property management, data networks, CIO education and the diffusion of innovation. He has published over forty papers and made over eighty technical presentations.