Previously, Rowe has served as a lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management, a manager with the Boston Consulting Group, and an analyst with the Mitsubishi Research Institute.
It was during this time that Rowe came up with the idea to create a shared work environment, which became the Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC).
[6][7] Rowe speaks Spanish and Japanese fluently[6] and holds an MBA from MIT’s Sloan School of Management and a BA from Amherst College.
In 2012, he helped create their "Walk of Fame" to display the contributions of their innovators.
The group installed plaques on the sidewalks modeled after the stars along Hollywood Boulevard.