Dr. Tom Bryant

• Visiting Professor of Social Entrepreneurship

  The Newark School of Theology

• Entrepreneur-in-Residence

  The NJIT Enterprise Development Center

• Rohrer Professor and Executive Director

  Rowan University

• Trustee

  The Newark School of Theology

• Board Member

  Meadowlands Museum

• Trustee

  Rutherford Free Public Library

• Executive Committee Member

  New Jersey Higher Education Partnership for Sustainability

• Member, Editorial Board

  Journal of Enterprising Communities

• Member, Editorial Board

  Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship

• Member, Board of Editorial Advisors

  Journal of Small Business Management

• Board Member (past)

  NPDC Non-Profit Development Center of Southern NJ

• Executive Committee Member (past)

  The Entrepreneurs Forum of Southern New Jersey

No certification information is available.

• PhD, SM, Science & Technology policy

  MIT

• Graduate studies, Government, Law

  Harvard University

• Graduate studies, Statistics

  University of Michigan

• BA, BA (Hons), Political Science

  Carleton University

Dr. Tom Bryant is a “pracademic” – an academic who is also a practitioner. His primary field is Entrepreneurship, and he has founded and led several companies. He earned his Ph.D. at MIT. Dr. Bryant’s latest book deals with valuation of private firms. For a different approach to valuing the work of entrepreneurs, SEE: Valuing the Closely Held Firm by Mike Long and Tom Bryant
http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Finance/Corporate/?view=usa&ci=9780195301465.
From 2006 to 2008, he held the Rohrer Endowed Chair in Entrepreneurial Studies at Rowan University, where he was also a Professor of Management, and Executive Director of the Rowan Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship.
During 2003-2006, he held the first Endowed Chair in Entrepreneurship in Louisiana. At Nicholls State in Thibodaux, Dr. Bryant launched a new undergraduate Concentration in entrepreneurship, and won Board of Regents’ funding for an on-campus business incubator and a digital history project. He was Co-Principal Investigator on a major grant from the US Dept. of Energy to transfer Navy technology to south Louisiana firms.
From 1998-2003, he held the State of New Jersey Chair in Small Business and Entrepreneurship at Rutgers Business School. From 1993-1998, he served as Director of the Burgoyne Centre for Entrepreneurship and Associate Professor at Brock University in Canada's Niagara region.
Before that, he was President / CEO of the Shad Valley organization and CEO of various entrepreneurial ventures.