Kiren Nayak

Mr. Kiren Nayak has been Managing Director of the Center for Advanced Technology in Telecommunications (CATT) since 2012.  He works closely with the Center Director, Department Chair, faculty, and research leadership. He brings expertise in advancing and leading interdisciplinary research efforts, building partnerships across schools, institutes, and units, and securing funding from government agencies, industry, philanthropic donors, and foundations.

He has extensive experience in higher education policies and processes with a thorough understanding of academic department functioning, fiscal budget and planning, human resources, and various administrative systems.  His responsibilities also span from industry outreach,  day-to-day center administration, and meeting the reporting requirements of New York State's Empire State Development's Division of Science, Technology and Innovation (NYSTAR) for the CATT. Previously, he was a Program Manager with the Wireless Internet Center for Advanced Technology (WICAT). He created and managed relationships with companies and research labs, including contracts and intellectual property agreements between corporations and university research and technology officials. Mr. Nayak holds a Masters in Management of Technology (2005) and a Bachelors in Computer Science and Information Systems (2002) from NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering. He also holds a Diploma in Plastic Engineering (1993) from Gujarat Government Polytechnic, India.