Leading Blog

MARCH 8, 2019

A FTER 18 YEARS on the MIT faculty, I thought I knew a thing or two about leadership. But in 1999, at the height of the Internet boom, I took a two-year leave of absence to serve as director of system architecture at Akamai Technologies, an MIT start-up located here in Cambridge. To keep leading, keep learning.

Chief Technology Officer 304

Chief Technology Officer Leadership Engineering Teamwork 304

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2016

In particular, large companies want to partner with small firms that have developed advanced, game-changing technologies. For the hands-on managers, nearly 80% of CEOs took the most active role; in contrast, hands-off companies relied much more on their R&D head or chief technology officer.

Innovation 8

Innovation Chief Technology Officer CEO Objective 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 14, 2012

political system, the business world has no rules requiring that every leader have a backup, or that every corporate chief executive has a chief operating officer. Romney would succeed or fail based on this single choice, making the number two the prime mover in the fate of the number one. Unlike the U.S.

COO 16

COO Wireless Ryan Chief Operating Officer 16