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Audrey Kames Curtis

Distinguished Professor & Executive Director Graduate Programs in Telecomm & Project Management

Location:Babbio Center 303
Phone:201.216.5524
Fax:201.216.5385
Email:acurtis@stevens.edu

Courses:
MGT 610 - Strategic Perspectives on Project Management
TM 765 - Selected Topics in Telecommunications Management
 

Research & Education

Education
  • Ph.D.(1980) New York University (Experimental Psychology)Random Walk Model for Same-Different Judgments in Word Recognition
  • M.S. (1975) Polytechnic University (Industrial Engineering/Operations Research)
  • B.A. (1973) Simmons College (Psychology)
Research
  • Structure of the Telecommunications Industry
  • Global Project Development and Strategic Management
  • Telecommunications Policy
  • Service and Network Management
  • Emerging Technologies
 

Experience & Service

General Information
  • Audrey Curtis has had a 27-year industrial career.
  • Chief Technology Officer for a communications start-up, eLink Communications, providing broadband services to small-medium sized business customers
  • 26 years at AT&T Labs, Bell Labs, and Concert.  Her last assignment was as a Vice President for Technology Strategy and Product Alignment for the joint venture between AT&T and British Telecom (Concert).  Her prior assignments included:  leading the Internet Applications Development Lab (350 people); managing software development projects, leading major process improvement initiatives between Bell Labs and the Network Systems unit, small business systems planning & design, large scale consumer market research.
  • Named Director of Stevens Telecommunications Management program.
Institutional Service
  • Executive Director,Graduate programs in Project and Telecom Management
  • Advisor, MS in Telecommunications Management
  • Advisor, MBA Project & Telecom Management
  • Advisor PhD in Telecom Management

 

Professional Service
  • Planned and implemented the technical strategy and organization for Concert- the global joint venture between AT&T and British Telecom.
  • Led the organization that developed and deployed AT&T’s first business internet services: web hosting, e’commerce, directory,and the first consumer VoIP service.
  • Led ATT-wide initiatives in software process improvement and design, manufacturing and delivery interval reductions and process improvements.
  • Led the software implementation of a large –scale math programming breakthrough (Karmarkar algorithm) into commercial applications for the airlines.

Publications

    Conference

    • Lechler, T., Teichert, T., Curtis, A.. (2006). "The Hidden Risks of Structural NPD Portfolio Inconsistencies: Experiences from an International Joint Venture", In PICMET 06 Symposium Proceedings