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Tone At the Top: How the Nature of Management Has Changed
Wednesday, April 27
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Peabody Marriott
Cost: $25 for NSTC members, $40 for non-members
Because there is a limited capacity for this event, we recommend advanced
registration. Register online now and reserve your seat today!
Program Description:
For centuries it was an engineer’s ambition to lead
a project of societal significance and a company founder’s vision to create
a lasting organization. Today, in many new and established corporations a
so-called “team approach” is espoused – a team in which no one individual is
taking full responsibility of leadership, but rather the team is “managed.”
In this presentation, Bernard Gordon, a pioneer in analog-to-digital
conversion, medical tomography and other high-precision instrumentation, as
well as a highly regarded chief of business, will seek to answer such
questions as, “Why are so many new companies getting started, but so few of
them succeed? Is there too much emphasis today on starting something for the
sole purpose of realizing a financial exit strategy rather than building for
long-term achievement?”
Speaker:
Bernard Gordon, cofounder and president of Neuro-Logica, founder and retired
chairman of the board of Analogic Corporation
About Mr. Gordon:
With 50 years of engineering excellence, Mr. Gordon is an award-winning
inventor and leading technologist. Mr. Gordon received his Master’s Degree
in Electrical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in
1949. Considered a pioneer for his contributions in analog-to-digital
conversion, medical tomography and other high-precision instrumentation, Mr.
Gordon has more than 200 worldwide patents on record.
In 1953, Gordon co-founded EPSCO, Inc. where he was involved in the
development of the dot matrix display (with An Wang), fetal monitors,
navigation and traffic control systems, digital Doppler radar and a range of
other pioneering technologies.
In 1964, he founded Gordon Engineering, which
was later recognized for its invention of the first solid-state X-ray
generator. Gordon Engineering became Analogic Corporation in 1969 and the
company added a variety of manufacturing capabilities in the fields of
medical and industrial imaging and measurement systems. At Analogic, Gordon
established his company as a worldwide leader in areas such as
ultrasonography and digital imaging, supplying the digital electronic
processing subsystems for the leading laser imagers in the industry.
In 1972 Mr. Gordon was elected as an Institute of Electrical and Electronic
Engineers Fellow and later received the Engineering Leadership Recognition
Award. In 1984 he created the Gordon Institute at Tufts University, a
graduate-level program for career engineers; in 1986 he was honored with the
second National Medal of Technology from President Ronald Reagan; in 1992 he
received the Benjamin Franklin Award for Innovation in Engineering and
Technology from the Franklin Institute and became a member of the National
Academy of Engineering in 1991.
He is the chairman of Lahey Clinic and
recently retired as chairman of the board of Analogic Corporation. In May
2004 he was awarded the Boston Museum of Science’s Walker Award for
meritorious published scientific investigation and discovery.
Today, he is cofounder and President of Neuro-Logica in Danvers
Massachusetts, developers of the world’s first cordless head-only mobile CT
scanner to assist stroke and trauma victims.
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