Bill Aulet

[5] Since Aulet became Managing Director in 2009, he has conceived, designed and overseen the implementation of numerous innovative programs, from new courses (Linked Data Ventures,[6] Entrepreneurial Product Marketing and Development, Energy Ventures,[7] Applications of Advanced Entrepreneurial Techniques) and student initiatives (MIT Clean Energy Prize,[8] MIT Entrepreneurship Review[9]) to accelerators (Global Founders’ Skills Accelerator,[10] Beehive Cooperative[11]) and thought leadership initiatives (Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program[12] or REAP[12]).

[13] In April 2013, Aulet was awarded the Adolf F. Monosson Prize[14] for Entrepreneurial Mentoring at MIT.

[15] Prior to joining MIT, Aulet worked for more than a decade at IBM before launching a series of startups, including 3-D imaging company SensAble Technologies Inc.[16] His writings on entrepreneurship have been published by The Wall Street Journal,[17] TechCrunch[18] The Boston Globe,[19] The Huffington Post, Xconomy, the Kauffman Foundation, MIT Sloan Experts,[20] and the MIT Entrepreneurship Review.

[21][22][23][24][25] A former professional basketball player, Aulet lives in Belmont, Massachusetts with his wife; they have four grown sons.

[26] Aulet holds a bachelor’s in engineering from Harvard University and an SM from the MIT Sloan School of Management.