
Lee McKnight
Kauffman Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Syracuse University
- Syracuse NY
Visionary Inventor of Cloud to Edge Software Applications - Edgeware Wiglets and Gridlets
Social
Biography
McKnight is practicing what he has taught and written, the creative destruction of existing industries and practices as information technologies and services recognize their abilities to serve human and social needs, at all times and in any location.
McKnight is the inventor of edgeware, a new class of software designed to work across all edge devices, and the founder of Wireless Grids Corporation, where he remains on the board of directors; and is a founding board member of Summerhill Biomass Systems, an alternative energy firm of equally astounding ambition and potential.
When not engaged in information research, peer-reviewed journal article publication, innovation and entrepreneurship, Professor McKnight may be found in Hinds Hall at the Syracuse University School of Information Studies, teaching classes in information policy in the #1-ranked (according to US News & World Report) program in information systems.
Industry Expertise
Areas of Expertise
Accomplishments
TACNY Award - Best Technology Project
2011-09-22
WiGiT project led by McKnight recognized for its innovative distributed experimental testbed of campuses, companies, and communities, and virtual grid technology research and open specifications.
Massachusetts Telecom Professor of Year
1998-05-20
Recognized by industry and peers as - professor of year.
Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
PhD
1989
The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies
MA
International Relations
1981
Tufts University
BA, magna cum laude
Political Science and German
1978
Massachusetts Institue of Technology
Postdoctoral Associate
Technology, Management and Policy
1991
Affiliations
- Syracuse University School of Information Studies
- Wireless Grids Corporation
- Summerhill Biomass Systems
- Wireless Grid Innovation Testbed (WiGiT)
- Enterprise Cloud Leadership Council - TM Forum
Links
Sample Talks
Wireless Grids Innovation Testbed (WiGiT)
The WiGiT Group, a new open specifications organization for edgeware wiglets and cognitive radio, will launch its WiGiT Version 1.0 Open Specifications at TEDxHarlem March 27, 2012 at the Apollo Theater.
Creative Destruction of the Public Switched Telephone Network
The PSTN has seen its day come, and go. Regulatory policies to prop up and extend the life of the PSTN are misguided. Future Internet-centric networks should be welcomed, by regulators and industry.
Style
Availability
- Keynote
- Moderator
- Panelist
- Workshop Leader
- Author Appearance
- Corporate Training