Tom Byers (professor)
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| Nationality | American |
| Education | University of California, Berkeley BA, Industrial Engineering (1975) MBA, (1980) PhD, Management Science (1982) |
| Relatives | Brook Byers |
Tom Byers is a professor at Stanford University in the United States. He concentrates in the area of high-technology ventures and serves as the faculty director for the Stanford Technology Ventures Program.[1][2]
Career
Byers was an early employee at
Singularity University, and lectures there on topics related to entrepreneurship and new technology ventures.[3]
Byers serves on the Board of Directors for Reactivity, MyThings, and Flywheel Ventures. He also serves on the following advisory boards and committees:
NFTE
) for inner-city youth.
Honors and awards
Byers holds the McCoy University Fellow in Undergraduate Education endowed chair at
ASEE Kauffman Award for excellence in engineering and technology entrepreneurship education, the 2005 USASBE Entrepreneurship Educator of the Year Award, and the 2003 Leavey Award for excellence in private enterprise education. In 2004, he was named Northern California Entrepreneur of the Year in Ernst & Young
's competition, awarded the Academy of Management's Innovation in Entrepreneurship Teaching Award and Price-Babson's Appel Prize.
Education
Byers is a triple-degree alumnus of the
MBA in 1980, and his Ph.D.
in management science in 1982.
Personal life
He is also brother of venture capitalist Brook Byers.
References
- ^ "Ten Enduring Success Factors for High Technology Entrepreneurship". Stanford eCorner. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
- ^ "Thomas Byers' Profile | Stanford Profiles". profiles.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
- ^ "Dr. Thomas H. Byers". NAE Website. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
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