Dr. Joseph Nadan
Dr. Nadan is an "Innovation Sherpa"; he invented and/or innovated many products and
services including EZ Pass, CDROM, and 16:9 HDTV for which he received a 2002 EMMY. He
is a Professor of Management of Technology and Business Innovation, and Director of
Executive Master's Degree Programs at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University. Dr.
Nadan serves on the editorial board of The International Journal of Innovation Science and
is a Senior Member of the IEEE.
Prior to joining NYU Poly he managed and led the US division of TORI Global, with
consulting practices focusing on the management of innovation programs, and
organizational leadership and development. Before that Dr. Nadan was Senior Vice
President and Global CTO of GTECH, the world's leading provider of real-time lotteries, CTO
of AIG Technologies, and Senior Executive Vice President and COO of the Market Data
Corporation spinoff of Cantor Fitzgerald that provided custom real-time electronic-trading
and clearing systems, information products and services to more than 300,000 worldwide
users. During an earlier part of his career he was a Tenured Associate Professor of
Computer/Electrical Engineering and Assistant Dean of the School of Engineering at the City
College of the City University of New York.
Dr. Nadan has a Ph.D. in Computer/Electrical Engineering from the City University of New
York followed 13 years later by an Executive MBA in consumer behavior, marketing and
strategic planning from the Columbia University Graduate School of Business. He is a
business strategy expert specializing in the design, implementation and management of
innovation programs.
Dr. Nadan is certified to lead Art of Innovation workshops.