Faculty

 

Carl Pavarini, PhD

Distinguished Service Professor, Joint Faculty Appointment with the Howe School

Email:cpavarin@stevens.edu

Courses:
TG 401TG 501
 
Research & Education
Education

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, PhD Systems Engineering, 1973

MIT Sloan School of Management, Senior Executive Program, 1986

INSEAD (France), International Management Program, 1989

 
Experience & Service
General Information
Dr. Pavarini is currently an active investor in, and advisor to, technology-based start-up companies in the telecommunications, internet infrastructure, optical/communications components, and applications software markets. He works actively with angel investors and venture capitalists, and serves on the Board of Directors of several private high-tech companies.

He is also Visiting Executive at Stevens Institute of Technology, and adjunct professor in the School of Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He previously taught entrepreneurship in telecommunications and electronic media in the MBA program of the Graduate School of Business of Columbia University.
Experience
In 1999, Dr. Pavarini completed a 26 year career with Lucent Technologies and AT&T/Bell Labs. He spent 10 years at Bell Laboratories in applied research, product development, and R&D management. Subsequently, he held numerous business management positions at AT&T and then Lucent/Avaya, most often with profit-and-loss responsibility for global products and/or services. His responsibilities ranged from $1B+ existing businesses to internal start-ups in new market/product areas. He also held positions in the areas of strategic planning, international business development, marketing, and operations. He was a vice president and a corporate officer of both AT&T and Lucent Technologies.
Technogenesis Service
Dr. Pavarini designed one of the first formal technogenesis course offerings at Stevens, "Entrepreneurship and Business for Engineers & Scientists" (TG 401/501), which focuses on the business aspects of successful technology commercialization from the perspective of technical professionals.  He has been teaching this course to seniors and graduate students since 2001.