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Kurt Beyer

Kurt Beyer

Lecturer
Entrepreneurship
415-412-9551
Email: click on the envelope icon below for full email address
Academic Status: On duty
Office Hours: By Appointment F450
Personal Homepage: http://www.admiralgracehopper.com/
Curriculum Vitae (in PDF format, Acrobat Reader required)
LinkedIn Profile

Education

BA, United States Naval Academy (Annapolis), Engineering/History MA, Oxford University, Economics and Philosophy PhD, University of California, Berkeley, History of Science and Technology, emphasis:Technical Innovation


Positions Held

At Haas since 2011
2011 - present, Lecturer, Haas School of Business
2009 - present, Advisor of Entrepreneurs and Start-ups, Morgan Stanley
2003 - 2008, Founder/CEO, Riptopia Inc. 
2002 - 2005, Assistant Professor, United States Naval Academy (Annapolis
1990 - 1997, Naval Aviator F-14 Tomcat, United States Navy


External Service and Assignments

Author and Lecturer, Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age


Current Research and Interests

  • Impact of disruptive technologies on IT and media industries
  • Entrepreneurship and innovation during recessions
  • Government supported innovation

Selected Papers and Publications

  • Grace Hopper and the Invention of the Information Age. MIT Press, 2009.
  • “Seven Facts Audiophiles Need to Know about Digital Music,” Consumer Electronics Professional, November 2007
  • “The Magic of Metadata,” Consumer Electronics Professional, May 2006
  • “The Digital Music Revolution,” Consumer Electronics Professional, March 2006
  • “Grace Murray Hopper: Technical Innovator,” in Leadership Embodied, 2005
  • Multiple technical entries for the Dictionary of American History, ed. Stanley Kutler
  • Biographies of notable engineers for the American Society of Civil Engineers,http://live.asce.org/hh/index.mxml?versionChecked=true

Teaching

  • Entrepreneurship and Innovation, UGBA 195P
  • Entrepreneurship, MBA 295A

Honors and Awards

  • Grace Hopper top ten science and technology book of 2009/2010, Booklist
  • Google Author Series, 2010
  • Computer History Museum Soundbytes Keynote Speaker, 2010
  • Naval Postgraduate School MOVES Keynote Speaker, 2010
  • USAA Nexus for IT Distinguished Speaker Series, 2010
  • Evening Keynote Speaker Commonwealth Club/NPR, 2010
  • Keynote Speaker ICCA National Conference, 2009
  • Nominated for Annapolis award naming best new faculty teacher
  • Navy Commendation Medal
  • National Defense Service Medal



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