Dr. Anthony Warren

Farrell Chair of Entrepreneurship
Farrell Center for Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship,
Smeal College of Business

Dr. Anthony Warren teaches courses in entrepreneurial finance and technology management at the Graduate Level.  He also undertakes research in problem-based learning and technology transfer.  He sits on the Board of the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers.  Prior to joining Smeal College, Dr. Warren formed Strategic Technologies LLC, a boutique investment bank located in Princeton, New Jersey, for technology-rich companies seeking to sell part or all of their assets. In 1987, he started TMF LP, a unique venture firm making investments in "seed-stage" firms receiving equity for structuring corporate partnering contracts. In addition, he was a venture partner for six years with Adams Capital Management, a nationwide early stage venture capital firm headquartered in Pittsburgh with over $700 million under management. Dr. Warren received a B.S. and Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom. After postdoctoral work at the Universities of Toronto and Illinois, he returned to Europe to undertake research on electrical power generation before joining an embryonic consulting firm, PA Technology, in Cambridge, UK. Over a period of seventeen years, Dr. Warren grew the international divisions of PA to revenues of over $50 million. During this period, he consulted with many of the world's largest corporations on such topics as managing creativity and accelerating product development cycles. He taught physics at the University of Toronto, and contributed to MBA courses at Columbia and New York University as well as the outreach programs at Penn State, Rutgers University, University of Maryland, and SUNY. He is a regular speaker on entrepreneurship at conferences sponsored by the Federal Small Business Administration and has advised various state agencies as well as overseas governments on funding mechanisms for stimulating innovation.  Most recently, he has founded a company to treat patients suffering form pulmonary diseases.

For More Information Contact:

Dr. Anthony Warren
Farrell Center for Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship (FCFE)
Smeal College of Business
The Pennsylvania State University
4029 Business Building
University Park PA 16802-3603

Phone: 814-865-4593
Fax: 814-865-7425
E-mail: twarren@psu.edu