Barry Unger

Associate Professor of Administrative Sciences at Boston University

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Boston University

An accomplished expert on high technology and venture capital businesses, Dr. Unger has founded and participated in numerous companies, including Kurzweil Computer Products, Inc., which became Xerox Imaging Systems. He is a member of Boston University’s Faculty of Photonics, and cofounder and chair emeritus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Enterprise Forum. Unger served in President Carter’s administration as senior advisor on science and technology, and is the recipient of the Vincent A. Fulmer Lifetime Achievement Award at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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