In his role as Executive Director of the Deshpande Center, Leon Sandler spans the worlds of academia and industry, technology and business, established companies and entrepreneurial start-ups.
He brings to the Deshpande Center more than twenty-five years experience in senior general management, marketing, finance and business development roles at companies such as Boston Consulting Group, Eastman Kodak, Texas Instruments and Digital Equipment. Leon has also served as the CEO of several start-ups and has assisted many ventures as aninterim executive or advisor. He holds a bachelor of science and masters inscience in Chemical Engineering from Natal University in South Africa, and a MBA from the Stanford Business School.
