Jon Wade is a Professor in the School of Systems and Enterprises at the Stevens Institute
of Technology and currently serves as the Associate Dean of Research. Dr. Wade is
leading research in the areas of complex systems, complexity management and the use of
technology in systems engineering education. He has an extensive background in
leading research and development organizations and managing the development of
Enterprise quality products.
Previously, Dr. Wade was the Executive Vice President of Engineering at International
Game Technology (IGT) where he created corporate vision, led product development,
championed the development of a corporate architecture and system development
practices, and managed corporate wide research and development. Before joining IGT,
Dr. Wade spent 10 years at Sun Microsystems during which time he managed the
development of the UltraSPARC V based Enterprise Server family and served as the
Product Manager for high-performance interconnects. Prior to this, he led advanced
development of supercomputer systems at Thinking Machines Corporation.
Dr. Wade received his SB, SM, EE and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering and
Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In addition to his
publications, he has received 11 patents in the areas of integrated circuits, computer
architecture, networked systems and internal combustion engines. Dr. Wade is a member
of the Sigma Xi (Scientific Research), Tau Beta Pi (National Engineering), and Eta
Kappa Nu (National Electrical Engineering) Honorary Societies.