IIT Welcome Week College of Science Academic Breakfast

You're Invited to the Illinois Tech Welcome Week College of Science Academic Breakfast

Friday, August 22, 8:30 a.m.
MTCC Ballroom, IIT Main Campus
(preceding the IIT Convocation in Hermann Hall)

• Gather with the College of Science community and celebrate the beginning of the academic year.
• Parents, incoming students, alumni, faculty, staff welcome!
• Coffee, tea, and breakfast pastries
• Incoming students: Get your "Science: The Raw Fuel of Innovation" T-shirt and coffee (limited quantities)
• Hosted by Dean Russell Betts and the departments of Applied Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, and Physics.

FEATURED SPEAKER

Chris Gladwin
Founder and Vice Chairman, Cleversafe

Chris Gladwin founded Cleversafe in 2004, bringing to the company the same innovative and entrepreneurial approach that has signified his executive leadership throughout his career.

Years ahead of the market, Chris understood the growing issues surrounding unstructured data and the inability of traditional technology solutions to accommodate the explosive growth of digital assets such as audio, video, and imaging. Using advances in dispersed information technology, he applied that to storage to create a reliable, cost effective, secure solution with a limitless ability to scale. Chris then led Cleversafe to securing and deploying many of the largest data storage systems in the world.

Chris holds a degree in engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is also a member of the board of trustees of the Illinois Institute of Technology as well as the board of directors of the Museum of Broadcast Communications, SmartBet Charities, the Chicago Innovation Awards, and the Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center.