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Three EMTM Case Examples: Technologist, Manager, Entrepreneur

Is EMTM a good fit for you? One of EMTM’s benefits is the diverse mix of industries, backgrounds and career paths represented by EMTM students and alumni. The following case examples illustrate three different types of students who turn to EMTM to develop leadership in the management of technology and innovation. (For more stories about current and former students, see EMTM Profiles.

Case 3: Entrepreneur

Todd Wallach, MBA, MSE, EMTM’00
Senior Director of Finance and Operations
Acuity Pharmaceuticals

After earning an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering, Todd Wallach spent most of his early career as a systems engineer. With a strong interest in business, he earned his MBA and joined Booz-Allen Hamilton as a management consultant. But he still looked to tap his full range of technical and business skills to build and grow a pharmaceutical company. After completing the EMTM program in 2000 and a second MSE in biotechnology from Penn, he joined biotech startup Acuity Pharmaceuticals as a member of the founding management team, applying emerging RNA interference technologies developed at Penn for treatment of ophthalmic diseases.

“In high technology start-ups, revenues are projected to begin in one to two years, but in pharmaceutical start-ups, revenues start seven to eight years out, so the question is how to fund operations. I deal with that issue every day.”

Read more about Todd Wallach
http://www.seas.upenn.edu/profprog/emtm/students/profiles/todd_wallach.html