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Leadership in the management of technology and innovation in business.
Welcome. EMTM InSITE is for prospective and current students, sponsors, alumni and others interested
in Penn's Executive Master's in Technology Management (EMTM). In each issue, we cover timely admissions information, program
highlights and personal perspectives from EMTM students, alumni and faculty. We appreciate your interest and welcome your
feedback and suggestions.
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The Future is Calling: 4G and the New Age of Wireless
How can a technology that doesn't officially exist, and for which there is as yet no technical definition, be the future
of wireless? It depends who you're talking to — or, in other words, which part of the elephant is being felt by which
blind man. EMTM faculty and graduates discuss the widely varying technology and socio-economic forces that will shape this
significant 'disrupter' of wireless as we know it.
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EMTM Profiles: Transforming Careers
Read how five graduates of the EMTM program — whether through sponsorship or paying out of their pockets — profoundly expanded
their goals, capabilities and opportunities to transform their careers and themselves. In the words of one alumnus, EMTM "encouraged me
to seek the greatness in myself and those around me."
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Nanotechnology: Small Science, Big Business
A panel of experts discusses the fascinating range of products possible thanks to this tiny technology — from sunscreen to
drug delivery to energy transmission — and examines the hurdles encountered along the road to commercialization. For the promise
of nanotechnology to be realized, the "yawning gap" between academia and industry must be narrowed and crossed.
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Curriculum Redesign: Management of Technology
Over the summer, faculty came together to redesign this key course with the goal of shedding light on the process of managing
new technology innovation. Focusing on organizational structure, finance, M&A, innovation, and the evolution of technology
markets, the redesign has garnered positive reviews from students.
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Giving Back: Creating Their Legacies
If life after EMTM is a transformed career, what comes after this personal journey upward? For three alumni, the next phase of
their journeys was outward to their communities — specifically, to young people in need of their own opportunities. Read
how John Fisher ('01), Curtis Jenkins ('01) and David Smith ('07), turned the skills and experience gained in EMTM to create
personal legacies of giving and empowerment.
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