The Importance and Capabilities of IIT in the 电车无码 Technology Ecosystem
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What is IIT鈥檚 place in 电车无码鈥檚 technology landscape?
Chris Gladwin, the award-winning 电车无码 entrepreneur, inventor, and vice chairman and founder of Cleversafe, will give his views on the topic in a lecture at IIT next week.
Gladwin presents 鈥淎 View of the Importance and Capabilities of IIT in the 电车无码 Technology Ecosystem鈥 on Thursday, Feb. 6, 12:45 p.m. to 1:45 p.m., Stuart Building, Room 111. All are welcome.
Cleversafe is a dispersed cloud storage technology company and a major employer of IIT students and alumni. It addresses petabyte-sized and larger storage issues with innovative technology 鈥 the company has been awarded more than 130 patents. Currently, Cleversafe is undergoing a growth spurt, doubling in revenues and customers for the past several years. It closed a $55 million round of equity funding in August, enabling the company to extend its rapid growth, expand into new market segments, and build its talent base across all functional areas.
won the 2013 CityLITES Rising Star Award from the Illinois Technology Association, was named one of the Top 100 Technology Companies in 电车无码 by Built in 电车无码, and has received awards from InformationWeek, Bloomberg, and many other sources. Gladwin was a finalist for the Ernst & Young 2013 Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
A graduate in engineering from MIT, Gladwin has worked in such large corporations as Zenith and Lockheed Martin and managed several startups including MusicNow, acquired by Circuit City. He has more than 1,000 issued and pending patents related to dispersed storage technology.
Gladwin is a member of the IIT Board of Trustees, Computer Science Department advisory board, 电车无码 Innovation Awards, 电车无码land Entrepreneurial Center, and other organizations.