Carmo A. D'Cruz
biography :: conference marerials
Dr. Carmo A. D'Cruz is an associate professor
in the Engineering Systems Department at Florida Tech. Over the past seven years
as member of the adjunct faculty in the Engineering Management Program at Florida
Tech, and in the IEMS Department (College of Engineering) and the Management/Marketing
Departments (College of Business) at the University of Central Florida, he has
developed and taught pioneering, innovative courses in technical marketing,
high tech product strategy, engineering entrepreneurship, and technology commercialization
strategies. A twenty-year veteran of the electronics and semiconductor industry,
Dr. D'Cruz's experience ranges from R&D, engineering, operations management
to marketing and business development in big multinationals and small start-ups.
His current research and teaching focus is in systems engineering entrepreneurship,
technology commercialization, technical marketing, engineering management, and
wireless data technologies. He has an MSEE from Drexel University, an MBA from
the University of Texas at Austin, and a Doctorate in engineering management
from Southern Methodist University.