Timothy Faley

Managing Director, Zell Lurie Institute, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Timothy Faley is responsible directing the creation and implementation of the Institute's practice-oriented student programs, managing the Institute's staff and budget, and developing and teaching innovative graduate-level entrepreneurship courses, including cross-disciplinary courses with the College of Engineering. Dr. Faley was the founding director of the U-M College of Engineering's Office of Technology Transfer and Commercialization. He came to the University from the Dow Chemical Company, where he worked in research, new-business development, corporate venturing, and technology licensing. Previously, Dr. Faley was a chemical-engineering faculty member at North Carolina A&T State University. He has been associated with seventeen new ventures throughout his career. He holds an MBA from Northwood University and a Ph.D.(ChemE) from the University of Notre Dame.