Glenn Edens

Edens is a researcher, entrepreneur, corporate strategist, artist and consultant in telecommunications, entertainment and information technology. His work includes co-founding GRiD Systems, creating the first portable computer, now in the permanent collection at the MoMA, as well as holding positions at Xerox, Apple Computer, AT&T Strategic Ventures, Hewlett Packard and Sun Microsystems. He’s currently president of Art2Technology, where his consulting clients include Apple Records, Sony and Citigroup. He teaches the popular class Global Innovation at Thunderbird School of Global Management at ASU.

His background ranges from software and hardware development to management research and art, including changing the way music is made, sold and listened to. His past job titles include CEO and president, but Edens jokes that he just can’t hold a job when explaining how different industries hold some universal principles when it comes to disruption, which can displace workers at all levels.

Companies

• Professor of Practice Thunderbird School of Global Management (2020)
• President Art2Technology (1988)
• Vice President PARC (2012 — 2016)
• CEO Range Networks (2007 — 2011)
• CFO and Board Member ZeroOne: The Art & Technology Network (2001 — 2008)
• Senior vice president Sun Microsystems (2003 — 2007)
• Chief Technology Strategy, vice president Hewlett Packard (2001 — 2003)
• President, AT&T Strategic Ventures AT&T (1998 — 2001)
• General Manager Interval Research Corporation (1992 — 1998)