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Poli to speak at Supply Chain Project Management Summit, Oct. 9

Stevens professor will discuss competitive advantage and value in supply chain management

HOBOKEN, N.J. — Stevens Institute of Technology Professor Michael Poli, Ph.D., will speak at the Supply Chain Project Management Summit, sponsored by Rutgers University, on October 9, 2007 at the Rutgers-Livingston Campus in Piscataway, N.J. Poli’s presentation is titled, “Project Strategy—The Path to Achieving Supply Chain Management Competitive Advantage/Value.”

Poli is a Distinguished Associate Professor at Stevens’ Howe School of Technology Management and is Associate Director for the school’s Project Management Program, which was accredited in 2004 by the Project Management Institute. Poli has contributed greatly to the Stevens’ Project Management Program and to the program’s success in graduating more than 500 students. He has taught project management at the Stevens campus, at corporate sites, online and in Paris, Beijing and the Dominican Republic.

The Rutgers Center for Supply Chain Management will host the summit to discuss project management in a supply chain environment. Speakers include Rich Fredricksen, Principal at Strong Leader, LLC; Michael Troccia, P.E., Director of Project Management for US Supply Chain Management; Michael J. Wohlfahrt, Associate Director for Novartis Pharmaceuticals; and Mark Vollrath, Director of Strategy and Systems for Global Supply Chain at Colgate-Palmolive.

The Summit will take place in College Hall at the Rutgers University-Livingston Student Center, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. For agenda or registration information, visit http://scm.rutgers.edu/calendarofevents.htm, or contact Rutgers Center for Supply Chain Management at cscm@business.rutgers.edu or (973) 353-1169. For more information on Stevens’ Project Management Program, visit http://howe.stevens.edu/academics/graduate-programs/project-management/.

About Stevens Institute of Technology

Founded in 1870, Stevens Institute of Technology is one of the leading technological universities in the world dedicated to learning and research. Through its broad-based curricula, nurturing of creative inventiveness, and cross disciplinary research, the Institute is at the forefront of global challenges in engineering, science, and technology management. Partnerships and collaboration between, and among, business, industry, government and other universities contribute to the enriched environment of the Institute. A new model for technology commercialization in academe, known as Technogenesis®, involves external partners in launching business enterprises to create broad opportunities and shared value. Stevens offers baccalaureates, master’s and doctoral degrees in engineering, science, computer science and management, in addition to a baccalaureate degree in the humanities and liberal arts, and in business and technology. The university has a total enrollment of 1,850 undergraduate and 2,980 graduate students, and a worldwide online enrollment of 2,250, with a full-time faculty of 140. Stevens’ graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America. Additional information may be obtained from its web page at www.stevens.edu. For the latest news about Stevens, please visit www.StevensNewsService.com.

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