David BenDaniel

Parker Center Advisory Board

Don and Margi Berens Professor of Entrepreneurship

Professor BenDaniel holds degrees in physics and engineering. He has been a visiting fellow at Harvard's Graduate School of Business Administration. At Cornell, he serves as a Senior Fellow of the Entrepreneurship and Personal Enterprise Program. In addition to his teaching and research, he has been active in investing venture capital. He held a senior vice presidency in Textron Corporation's American research and development division, was group vice president of Exxon Enterprises, supervising the energy-development and technology-components groups, and started General Electric's technical-ventures operation.

He has been featured in Fortune, Business Week, Success Magazine, and Physics Today, among other publications. Recently, he co-edited a new book, International M&A, Joint Ventures and Beyond - Doing the Deal.