PhD, Graduate School of Business Administration, Harvard University, 2002
MA, Sociology, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University, 2001
MBA, Graduate School of Business Administration, Harvard University, 1999
BS, Finance/Strategy, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, 1992
BSE, Engineering, Moore School of Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, 1992
Dean Noam Wasserman was an award-winning professor at Harvard Business School (HBS) and the founder of a center at the University of Southern California. He has written two bestselling and award-winning books, The Founder's Dilemmas and Life Is a Startup, and a dozen bestselling HBS case studies.
At Syms, he has focused on strengthening the undergraduate program by growing the tenure-track faculty 25 percent in his first year, focusing on teaching and research excellence, making significant enhancements to the Honors program, and adding a minor in Real Estate. He has also consolidated and scaled the graduate program, including launching an MS in Real Estate and founding post-graduation bootcamps for alumni and others. He leads the university-wide Presidential Task Force on Entrepreneurship and Innovation.