Dr. Jerrold M. Grochow joined MIT as Vice President for Information Services and Technology in November 2003. He had previously been the chief technology officer at FOLIOfn, Inc., a start-up providing innovative Internet-based financial services. He was also a consultant to the MITRE Corporation working with the Department of Treasury's Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection on issues related to the banking and financial industry.
From 1992 until 1999, Dr. Grochow was chief technology officer at American Management Systems (AMS), an international management and systems consulting firm, and director of the AMS Center for Advanced Technologies, which he founded. Prior to becoming chief technology officer, he was responsible for designing, developing, and managing information systems for a wide variety of large-scale financial, industry, and governmental applications. While working at MIT from 1968 to 1972, he was part of the team developing the Multics Time-Sharing System (the predecessor of UNIX) as well as MIT's first use of ARPANET (the predecessor of the Internet).
Dr. Grochow was honored in 2007 by Computerworld magazine as one of “IT's Best and Brightest: Premier 100 IT Leaders 2007.” This annual awards program honors people driving strategy and innovation in the country’s leading IT departments.
In addition to two books on topics related to computer systems development, he has written articles on the business applications of advanced technologies that have appeared in numerous industry and general publications, including eWeek, Computerworld, Information Week, and the Financial Times.
Dr. Grochow received his SB and SM in electrical engineering and his PhD in management from MIT.