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Dr. Dean Chang is University of Maryland’s Chief Innovation Officer and coordinates UMD’s innovation, entrepreneurship, and economic development ecosystem. In 2013 Dr. Chang co-founded the Academy for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (AIE) to engage every college in design thinking and lean startup.
Dr. Chang serves on venture fund investment committees; is the lead PI for NSF's I-Corps Hub program; and leads workshops for students, faculty, and working professionals from industry and government. He also coaches in the Stanford d.school's Teaching and Learning Studio.
Prior to UMD, Dr. Chang spent 15 years in Silicon Valley and was CTO of Immersion Corporation, a venture-backed, Stanford spinout he helped transform into a publicly traded (NASDAQ: IMMR), world-leading licensor of haptics technology found in products from Apple, BMW, Microsoft, Samsung, and Electronic Arts.
Dr. Chang holds over 40 patents, a B.S. from MIT, an M.S. and Ph.D. from Stanford, and an MBA from Wharton.