Nick Donofrio

Nick, a senior fellow at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, is also a 44-year IBM veteran and serves as an IBM Fellow Emeritus, the company’s highest technical honor. From 1997 until his retirement in 2008, he served as executive vice president of Innovation and Technology.

In addition to his most recent role, he served in a variety of capacities, including vice chairman of the IBM International Foundation and chairman of the Board of Governors for the IBM Academy of Technology.

Nicholas holds seven technology patents, is a member of numerous technical and science honor societies, and is on the board of several companies and organizations. He currently is co-chair of the New York Hall of Science and serves on the Secretary of Energy’s Advisory Board (SEAB). Nicholas earned a B.S. in electrical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1967 and a M.S. in electrical engineering from Syracuse University in 1971. He holds numerous honorary doctorate degrees from universities in the United States, England, and Scotland.