Michael Pennotti is
Industry Professor and SDOE Fellow in the Department of Systems Engineering and
Engineering Management of the Charles V. Schaefer School of Engineering at
Stevens Institute of Technology. He is also
a member of the faculty of the Center for Management Development at
As a systems engineering
leader for more than thirty years, Mike has broad experience with both
technical and organizational systems.
During a twenty year career at Bell Laboratories, he worked on the
design, analysis, and operational improvement of three generations of
anti-submarine warfare systems for the United States Navy. From 1984 to 1990 he was Director of Advanced
ASW Concepts at Bell Labs.
In 1990, Mike shifted his
focus from R&D to broader business issues and, for the next ten years,
applied systems engineering principles and methods to the solution of
management problems while serving on the senior leadership teams of three
different businesses at AT&T and Lucent Technologies. As Quality Director for AT&T Business
Communications Systems, he led the $3.5B unit to a Baldrige site visit in
1996. As Human Resources Vice President
for Lucent’s Enterprise Networks Group, he helped develop and execute people
strategies to support doubling that business from 1997
to 2000. As VP Quality for Avaya, he
established the initial business processes for the $8B spin-off from Lucent in
2000.
Mike also works as an
independent consultant, applying the principles of process management and
performance improvement to the solution of business problems, particularly
those of early stage, high-tech companies.
Dr. Pennotti is a member
of the International Council on Systems Engineering, a senior member of both
the IEEE and the American Society for Quality, and a trustee of
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