Managing Director
Bill Aulet is a highly accomplished business leader with a 25-year track record of success. He has raised over $100 million in funding for his companies and has directly created hundreds of millions of dollars in market value. Aulet started his career with 11 years at IBM, culminating in being named a prestigious MIT Sloan Fellow in 1993.
For the next 10 years, Aulet was a successful serial entrepreneur; in 2005, he was appointed Senior Lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management and the Entrepreneur in Residence at the Martin Trust Center. He applies his knowledge and experience to help students, new ventures, and established firms associated with MIT become more successful.
Faculty Director
Fiona Murray works with a range of firms designing global organizations that are both commercially successful and at the forefront of science. These firms seek to leverage the ideas of a wide range of internal scientists, external innovators accessed through traditional research contracts, as well as “Open Innovation” mechanisms. Her recent engagements have focused on relationships that span the public and private sectors. She is particularly interested in new emerging organizational arrangements for the effective commercialization of science, including public-private partnerships, not-for-profits, venture philanthropy, and university-initiated seed funding.
Founder and Chair
A long-time expert on entrepreneurial endeavors, Edward Roberts has literally written the book on high-tech business creation and growth. 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. His own entrepreneurship is as prolific in academia as in industry. Roberts was a founding member of the MIT System Dynamics Group, is founder and chair of the Martin Trust Center, and was a founder and for over 30 years chaired MIT Sloan's Management of Technological Innovation and Entrepreneurship Group.
R. Colin Kennedy
Program Manager
Colin acts as the "primary care physician" for students looking to grow their entrepreneurial knowledge or to put entrepreneurship into practice.
Office: E40-160
Tel: +1-617-253-2182
Email: rck@mit.edu
Allison Munichiello
Senior Director, Executive Programs, Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program (REAP)
Allison works with Bill Aulet, Fiona Murray and Scott Stern to execute the Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program (REAP), a new Martin Trust Center initiative within MIT Sloan Executive Education.
Office: E40-160
Tel: +1-617-253-6695
Email: amuni@mit.edu
Audrey Dobek-Bell
Senior Administrative Assistant
Audrey has supported the growth of the Martin Trust Center since its inception in 1996. She provides valuable support and advice to the managing director in a wide range of initiatives—from research and curriculum development to community outreach, alumni relations, fundraising, and international partnerships. She joined MIT in 1979 and worked in the Corporation Office before joining the Martin Trust Center. She has lived, traveled, and worked extensively in several Spanish-speaking countries.
Office: E40-160
Tel: +1-617-253-8639
Email: dobek@mit.edu
Tel: +1-617-253-8639
Email: dobek@mit.edu
Pat Fuligni
Senior Administrative Assistant
Pat facilitates communication between a team of frequent-traveling faculty, staff, and students. She works with all entrepreneurship faculty and teaching assistants to administer a growing set of courses. She also plays a major role in coordinating the networking receptions for the Martin Trust Center and the design of our graphics. Prior to joining the Martin Trust Center, she worked in various administrative positions at the Hughes Communications Group and Polaroid Corporation.
Justin Adelson
Entrepreneurial Liason
Justin Adelson directs video production for the Martin Trust Center. He promotes entrepreneurship events and accomplishments through MIT media channels.
Office: E48-500
Tel: +1-617-254-0798
Fax: +1-617-258-9739
E-mail: jadelson@mit.edu
Vanessa Marcoux
Administrative Assistant
Vanessa handles information and administration related to our courses, including the MBA program's E&I Track. She also edits our weekly newsletter, and encourages you to add events to our calendar so that they will be added to the newsletter.
Office: E40-160
Tel: +1-617-253-9632
Email: vmarcoux@mit.edu
Chris Snyder
Program Coordinator
Chris is the webmaster of the Martin Trust Center and Digital Shingle Project websites, handles IT matters, and assists in writing and research projects.
Office: E40-160
Tel: +1-617-253-9401
Email: snyderc@mit.edu
Adam Cragg
Program Coordinator
Adam handles event planning and provides crucial support to the Martin Trust Center's senior staff.
Office: E40-160
Tel: +1-617-253-2435
Email: acragg@mit.edu