Hultin to speak at Potomac Institute for Policy Studies on the topic of military transformation & business reform

Jerry Hultin, Dean of the Wesley J. Howe School of Technology Management at Stevens Institute of Technology and former Under Secretary of the Navy, will speak on "Military Transformation and Business Reform: 7 'Easy' Steps for Success" as part of the Potomac Institute for Policy Issues' Executive Lecture Series. Hultin's talk is set for May 7 during a luncheon at the Potomac Institute in Arlington, Virginia.

Prior to his appointment at Stevens, Hultin served the nation as Under Secretary of the Navy in the Clinton Administration. A former Naval Officer, Hultin also led an extensive study of the impact of globalization on national security and Naval forces. This program included an evaluation of how major advances in communications and computing technologies, along with the rise of the global corporation, is changing the nature of the global economy and national defense. His "Revolution in Business Affairs" initiatives broke new ground and are expected to serve as platforms for conducting both day-to-day and strategic business affairs within the Department of the Navy in the first decade of the 21st century.

Before entering government service, Hultin spent more than 25 years in the private sector. His work included a law practice and work as a consultant in areas involving technology, health care, and the environment. He was chief consultant to the CEO of Sallie Mae, the nation's largest secondary market for student loans, and the manager of two businesses that developed, manufactured, and marketed hydraulic systems throughout the United States and Canada.

Hultin received his Juris Doctor degree from Yale University Law School in 1972. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in political science, history, and economics from The Ohio State University in 1964.

Today Hultin leads the Howe School of Technology Management at Stevens, which delivers some 500 classes a year. It offers master's programs in management, information systems, and telecommunications management; an executive master's in technology management, a doctoral program with concentrations in technology management and information management, and a new bachelor of science in business and technology.

The school's programs are developed with advisory boards made up of academics and industry leaders who meet regularly to make sure the programs are fresh and relevant. In the near future, for example, cybersecurity will be added to the offerings.

Stevens began as a respected East Coast engineering school in the late 19th century, but has since evolved to be much more. The buzzword at Stevens these days is "Technogenesis®," a term the university recently trademarked to describe its new strategic direction for teaching: encouraging students, faculty and industry to work together to bring new products or services all the way from initial idea to marketplace implementation.

"Our distinct competence is our understanding of the innovative human and organizational processes involved in the continuum we call Technogenesis," says Dean Hultin. "We contribute the essential management perspective to the Technogenesis research and educational programs at Stevens."

About Stevens Institute of Technology

Founded in 1870 and celebrating 140 Years of Innovation, Stevens Institute of Technology, The Innovation University TM , lives at the intersection of industry, academics and research.  The University's students, faculty and partners leverage their collective real-world experience and culture of innovation, research and entrepreneurship to confront global challenges in engineering, science, systems and technology management.

Based in Hoboken, N.J. and with a location in Washington, D.C., Stevens offers baccalaureate, master’s, certificates and doctoral degrees in engineering, the sciences and management, in addition to baccalaureate degrees in business and liberal arts.  Stevens has been recognized by both the US Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security as a National Center of Excellence in the areas of systems engineering and port security research. The University has a total enrollment of more than 2,200 undergraduate and 3,700 graduate students with almost 450 faculty. Stevens’ graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America as well as strategic partnerships with industry leaders, governments and other universities around the world.  Additional information may be obtained at www.stevens.edu and www.stevens.edu/press.