PROGRAM OUTCOMES
Develop Forward-Looking AI Strategies
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Build Strategic Advantage with Technology
Access insights on the role of technology and leverage technological change to build strategic competitive advantage in an uncertain future.
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Gain Research-Driven Insights
Access the latest knowledge and research-driven insights from MIT faculty to build context-specific expertise and expand your areas of capability.
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Apply Emerging Technologies Strategically
Harness transformative tech like blockchain, robotics, reinforcement learning & cybersecurity through evolving business models & strategies.
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Build Global Networks
Engage with a highly accomplished global peer group & build relationships with advisors, mentors, & partners for your transformation journey & beyond.
Benefits of Joining the Program
Become an alum of MIT Professional Education and expand your professional network by joining the global MIT Professional Education Alumni LinkedIn Group
Access to exclusive MIT Professional Education-sponsored events, conferences, and seminars
Access to an MIT Professional Education forwarding email address (your_name@professional.mit.edu)
One-year subscription to MIT Horizon
15% discount on enrollment in future MIT Professional Education offerings, including short-duration open-enrollment programs (five days or less) and online programs
Subscription to the MIT Professional Education alumni e-newsletter
*All benefits are subject to change as per university decision
Be Immersed in MIT’s Innovation Ecosystem
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Blended Learning Format
Experience a learning journey with 3 residential weeks and 14+ interactive live online sessions with 20+ cross-disciplinary MIT faculty
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MIT Campus Immersion
Benefit from a 3-week on-campus immersion at MIT, Cambridge, Boston, and gain direct exposure to the MIT innovation ecosystem
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Experience the MIT Innovation Ecosystem
Visit MIT labs and research spaces, engage with researchers, and gain firsthand exposure to emerging technologies and innovation
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Peer Learning and High-Touch Network
Engage with an accomplished and diverse global peer group who can be trusted advisors, mentors, and partners through your learning journey and beyond
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Hands-On Learning
Work on Action Learning Projects and interactive simulations to practice translating concepts into solutions for real business challenges
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Exclusive Program Benefits
Become alumnus/alumna of both the program and MIT Professional Education, and receive a forwarding email address (your_name@professional.mit.edu)
This Program is Ideal for
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Aspiring C-suite technology leaders
Who are looking to develop the strategic leadership capabilities and innovation frameworks needed to lead organizational transformation and growth
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Senior operations and functional leaders
Across finance, strategy, and sales seeking to develop strategic and technical fluency in AI and emerging technologies
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Heads of Engineering and Heads of Technology
Along with leaders responsible for driving technology and innovation, looking to strengthen their strategic technology leadership capabilities
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Experienced professionals
With distinguished technical careers and leadership responsibilities across industries, seeking to strengthen their strategic leadership capabilities
Program Faculty
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Faculty Director
DAVID NIÑO
Faculty Director, MIT Professional Education Technology Leadership Program, Senior Lecturer in the Daniel J. Riccio Graduate Engineering Leadership Program at MIT
David Niño is a Senior Lecturer in MIT’s Daniel J. Riccio Graduate Program in Engineering Leadership. He has served in this role since 2015, when he launched this program to provide academic leadership education for MIT graduate students in engineering and other disciplines. Under his leadership, th...
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Bhaskar Pant
Executive Director, MIT
Served as the first President of Turner Broadcasting's South Asia subsidiary
Held senior leadership positions at multiple companies over three decades.
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Brian Anthony
Associate Director, MIT.nano; Faculty Lead, Industry Immersion Program in Mechanical Engineering
Emmy Award Winner in broadcast technical innovation
20+ years of experience in product realization, tech innovation,and entrepreneurship
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Tony Eng
Senior Lecturer, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT
Has degrees in Computer Science, Mathematics and Biology
Teaches courses and runs workshops in oral communication
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John Hart
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, MIT Mitsui Career Development Professor of Contemporary Technology, MIT
Published 125+ papers in peer-reviewed journals and is co-inventor on 50+ patents
Co-founded three advanced manufacturing startup companies, including Desktop Metal
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Afreen Siddiqi
Research Scientist, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Research Scientist in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT
Recipient of the Amelia Earhart and Richard D.DuPont Fellowships & Rene H. Miller Prize
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Olivier de Weck
Associate Department Head; Apollo Program Professor; Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets
Fellow of INCOSE and AIAA
Received most promising textbook of 2024 award 'Technology Roadmapping and Development'
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Abel Sanchez
Research Scientist, MIT
He advises companies in the Americas, Europe, and the Middle East
Pioneered password security with a Negative Authentication (NA) system
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Ben Waber
Co-Founder Humanyze, Visiting Scientist, MIT Media Lab
Research named as Top 10 Emerging Tech by the MIT Technology Review
Honorary chairman of the Japan People Analytics and HR Technology Association
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Jinhua Zhao
Edward H. and Joyce Linde Associate Professor Director, MIT Mobility Initiative, Interdepartmental Transportation Program Director
Interdepartmental Transportation Program Director
Founded and directs the MIT Mobility Initiative
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Cathy Wu
Gilbert W. Winslow Career Development Assistant Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)Member of the Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (LIDS)Member of the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS)
Founder & Chair - Research Initiative at ACM Future of Computing Acad.
Experience at Microsoft Research, OpenAI, Google X, AT&T, Facebook
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Pulkit Agarwal
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT Director, Improbable AI Lab, MIT
Co-founded SafelyYou, an org. that builds fall prevention technology
Co-founded AI Foundry, an incubator for AI startups
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Michael Davies
Lecturer, MIT
Co-founder and Chairman of Silverthread, Inc.
Board Member of the Kendall Square Association
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William D. Oliver
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT Professor of the Practice, Physics, MIT Associate Director, Research Laboratory of Electronics, MIT Laboratory Fellow, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
President, INFORMS Auctions & Market Design
Council of Economic Advisors, Croatia (2010–2015)
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Blade Kotelly
Senior Lecturer, Bernard M. Gordon-MIT Engineering Leadership Program
Authored The Art and Business of Speech Recognition: Creating the Noble Voice
Featured in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, TechTV, NPR, BBC, etc.
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Neil Thompson
Director of the FutureTech Research Project, MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab and Principal Investigator, MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy
Has worked at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Bain and Company, etc.
Advised businesses and government on the future of Moore’s Law
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Vivienne Sze
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT
Received Primetime Engineering Emmy Award for the High-Efficiency Video Coding
Co-author of the book entitled “Efficient Processing of Deep Neural Networks”
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Markus J. Buehler
Jerry McAfee (1940) Professor of Engineering, MIT
Member of the Center for Materials Science and Engineering
Received ASME Drucker Medal, the Feynman Prize, the IACM Fellows Award
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Javier de Luis
Lecturer of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT
Appointed to the FAA Expert Panel charged with reviewing Boeing safety culture
Served as the principal investigator for multiple aerospace research projects
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Dr. Jacqueline M. Wolfrum
Codirector of Biomanufacturing@MIT-CBI at the MIT Center for Biomedical Innovation Director of BioMAN
Industrial experience in cell-based therapies
Director at BioMAN
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Dr. Stacy Springs
Executive Director, MIT Center for Biomedical Innovation (CBI)
Chair of Landmark Bio’s Science and Technology Committee
Principal investigator on research programs in biologics manufacturing
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Ben Armstrong
Executive Director, Industrial Performance Center Co-Lead, Work of the Future Initiative
Research has been published or featured in the New York Times, Forbes, etc.
Co-Lead, Work of the Future Initiative
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Richard D. Braatz
Edwin R. Gilliland Professor of Chemical Engineering, MIT
Collaborated with more than 20 companies
Published over 200 papers and three books
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Jelena Notaros
Robert J. Shillman (1974) Career Development Assistant Professor
Listed in 2021 Forbes 30 Under 30
Received the 2023 NSF CAREER Award
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Vladimir Bulovic
Professor of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, MIT; Founding Director, MIT.nano; Fariborz Maseeh (1990) Chair in Emerging Technology, MIT
Author of over 250 research articles (cited over 45,000 times)
100+ U.S. patents licensed, and used by start-ups and multinationals
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Earn Elite Credentials
Certificate of Completion from MIT Professional Education
In addition to receiving a certificate, participants will earn 42 CEUs upon successful completion of the Technology Leadership Program.
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#1 in World Universities
QS World University Rankings, 2026
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#1 in AI and Data Science
QS World University Rankings by Subject, 2026
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#2 in National Universities
U.S. News & World Report Rankings, 2026
* The Continuing Education Unit (CEU) is defined as 10 contact hours of ongoing learning to indicate the amount of time they have devoted to a non-credit/non-degree professional development program.
Industry-Valued Skills
Gain Expertise for Technology Leadership
Develop the key skills needed to leverage exponential technologies through a teaching methodology designed for emerging technology leaders.
Technology Strategy in Business
Blockchain
Quantum Computing
Generative AI
Agentic AI
Big Data
Cloud
Additive and Digital Manufacturing
Cybersecurity
Robotics
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