MIT World Speakers

Robert Crowley

Bob Crowley was elected President of MTDC in November 2002. Prior to that, he was its Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer. Crowley is an experienced venture capital investor in early-stage technology companies. A former Chairman of the MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge, Crowley is also a Chairman of the Smaller Business Association of New England (SBANE) Educational Center. Crowley has served as director of a number of companies including Optical Micro Systems, Inc., Aspen Technology, Inc., MultiLink, Inc., Pacer Infotech, Inc., and Endogen, Inc.

Crowley has spent most of his professional life in finance, initially as a commercial lender with Shawmut Bank and Neponset Valley Bank & Trust Company, and, for more than 23 years, as a venture capital investor with MTDC. He earned a B.A. from Fairfield University and an M.B.A. from Boston College .