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Michael Dwyer
Director, Research Relations

Fields of Expertise:
Academic Affairs > Industry Partnerships
Business > Management
Business > Marketing


Dept/Division: Academic Affairs
E-Mail: medpop@rit.edu
News Contact: Paul Stella, pbscom@rit.edu, 585-475-4950
Website: http://www.rit.edu/~ficwww/


Michael Dwyer is an expert on the development of academic research programs in emerging technologies through the creation of partnerships between academia, industry and government.

With more than 25 years in engineering, marketing, and business-unit management, Dwyer focuses on matching faculty and students ideas with industry and government needs in applied research. His most recent position was vice president and general manager for Signaling Products at ALSTOM Signaling, a 0 million supplier of transportation management systems. Prior to that, he was vice president of marketing for ABB Automation, a .3 billion supplier of automation systems to the chemical, pharmaceutical, paper, and textiles industry.

Dwyer joined RIT in 2002 to focus on the development of the First in Class program through the creation of Industry and Government Partnerships.

Dwyer received his bachelor's degree in computer science from Clarkson University and is a double alumnus of RIT—master's of science in engineering technology, 1980 and an M.B.A. in technology management, 1994.