Ken Zolot

Ken Zolot is an accomplished entrepreneur who has helped direct the early business planning and commercialization of nearly a dozen MIT spinouts. As a Senior Lecturer at MIT, and founder and director of the school's renowned Innovation Teams program, Zolot has broad expertise in transforming technological innovations into technology-driven businesses. Zolot has founded many companies, most recently Egenera, which he co-founded with Vern Brownell, Goldman Sachs' Chief Technology Officer. Egenera, the leader in computer server virtualization, is one of the fastest growing technology companies in history, and was named to Red Herring's list of "100 companies most likely to change the world". Prior to Egenera, Zolot started Geer Zolot Associates, a spinoff from MIT Project Athena. Geer Zolot developed network security software for electronic trading and commerce, and designed the Internet security architecture for much of the financial services industry. After the sale of Geer Zolot Associates, Zolot was retained by Goldman Sachs to guide its technology strategy. Zolot has also held positions at MIT Project Athena, and Digital Equipment Corporation's Innovative Technology Research Center. Mr. Zolot holds a Master of Science degree from MIT in Management of Technology. His undergraduate work was at Syracuse University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy.