Career Highlights

  • Taught 5,500 university students, supervised 40 thesis, taught 25,000 executives in 40 countries
  • 80% of Fortune 1000, and governments accounting for 83% of world GDP attended Professor Donovan's seminars and workshops.
  • Mentored and created 22,000 jobs
  • Served as tenured professor of Management and professor of Electrical Eng., MIT
  • Affiliate, Department of Economics, MIT
  • Served as Clinical professor of Pediatrics, Tufts School of Medicine
  • Professor of Technology, Palm Beach Medical College
  • Founder of six public companies: Cambridge Technology Partners, Open Environment Corporation, i-Cube, C-Bridge, One Wave, Cambridge Technology
  • 13 books translated into 9 languages, 84 publications, 15 patents
  • Research contributions in operating systems, business, technology, energy, and birth defects
  • Led 200 workshops for organizations, including: US Navy, Boeing, Coca-Cola, FAA, City of Jacksonville, Bank of America, FBI. Sponsored by: AT&T, Oracle, HP, Citi Group, DoD
  • For his work received commendations from six Governors, DoD, Congress, Senate, and President George H. W. Bush
  • Technology adviser to President Ford, President Carter, President Regan and President Bush
  • Fellow, Yale University
  • Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Hamilton Thorne
  • Honorary Doctorate, University of Economics, Prague
  • Educated: MIT (Postdoc), Yale (Ph.D.), Yale (M.S.), Yale ( M.Eng.) and Tufts (B.S.)


Throughout his career Professor Donovan has had the honor to work with many remarkable leaders of business and government.

 

With Jay Lee, CEO of Samsung and President Bush at the opening of Texas Samsung factory.
With Jay Lee, CEO of Samsung and President Bush at the opening of Texas Samsung factory.

With Jay Lee, CEO of Samsung and President Bush at the opening of Texas Samsung factory.
George H. W. Bush and Professor Donovan - Congratulations for his work done with DARPA
With Tip O'Neill, US Speaker of the House
With Ted Kennedy
AT&T Sponsored executive program
General Myers, Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Professor Donovan at agreement of JPEN project for DOD security
Professor Donovan receiving Olympic Torch
Dean Abe Siegel, MIT Sloan School, friend, mentor, granted an award for work on the NEEMIS project, energy system.
Bob Crandall, CEO American Airlines, CTP early adopter.
Robert Mueller, Director of FBI, Professor Donovan and General Keith Kellogg, CTO of DoD when working on homeland security
Robert Mueller, Director of FBI, Professor Donovan and General Keith Kellogg, CTO of DoD when working on homeland security

Robert Mueller, Director of FBI, Professor Donovan and General Keith Kellogg, CTO of DoD when working on homeland security
Professor Roger Porter, Harvard, Director of Center for Government and Business, President Ford, Reagan, Bush economic adviser, Master Dunster House, friend, colleague, and co-teacher in over 50 executive programs
With Mr. Jeong Han Kim, President of Samsung, and Linda
Professor Donovan
Professor Donovan with President of the University of Economics, Prague
With Chairman Lee of Samsung, Mrs. Lee and Linda
John Donovan III, Dean Burgess and Tom Heahy.
Chief Justice Souter.
Paul van de Geijn, CEO of Zurich Financials, Professor Donovan and Floris van de Geijn
Michael Myers, President of CEE, partner.
Michael Myers, President of CEE, partner.At Vermont home. Strategy for the new programs, writing book "The Second Industrial Revolution"

Michael Myers, President of CEE, partner.
CEE Executive Seminar (2002) visit to Harvard
With Jean Mayer, President of Tufts, and Dean of the Vet School
Admiral Langston, Navy Pilot, top gun, commander of Atlantic fleet. Worked together on developing an opportunity engine.
Executive seminar (2003)
All 1975 Sloan School Faculty, with Dean William Pounds and Dean Abraham Siegel
Joe Bellini, CEO C-Bridge, colleague, brought C-Bridge to public offering.
With Mort Meyerson, President of EDS and Perot Systems
Charles Brown, CEO AT&T.
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With Tom Pritzker, Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hyatt
With Tom Pritzker, Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of HyattAt planning session for Hyatt IT Strategy in Cambridge

With Tom Pritzker, Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hyatt
With Mr. Kim, CIO of Samnsung
With Lew Platt, Chairman of HP and later Boeing
With General H.D.Raduege (Air Force) and CEE Demonstration Team
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Teaching 6.251 at MIT in room 10-250
With Stuart Madnick - MIT Colleague
Teaching Sloan School 15.565 course
With Pete Musser, Founder of Safeguard
With Professor and Mrs. Badaracco, Professor of Business Ethics at HBS
With Professor and Mrs. Badaracco, Professor of Business Ethics at HBSAt Harvard celebration. Professor Badaracco lecturer at Cabridge executive programs

With Professor and Mrs. Badaracco, Professor of Business Ethics at HBS
With Tip O'Neill
HP sponsored workshop in Korea
After a meeting with Presidents of Samsung Korea divisions  at Samsung headquarters in Seoul
With Congressman  and Mrs. Tierney
With Senator Kerry at CTG headquarters to discuss education of state executives
Al Carnesale, Chancelor - UCLA, Acting President - Harvard, Dean - Kennedy School of Government
With General Manager of GM Locomotive Division and John Donovan, Jr.
With Presidents of all Samsung Divisions