Bruce A. Kirchhoff, PhD

Bruce A. Kirchhoff is Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship and Director of the Technological Entrepreneurship Program at New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, NJ. His prior credentials include service as Chief Economist for the U.S. Small Business Administration, Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Public Policy at Fairleigh Dickinson University, and Director of Research in Babson College's Entrepreneurship Center.

MANCEF Contributions

Dr. Kirchhoff is currently an Advisory Board member and Special Advisor on non-profit organization. Bruce has been a long-time COMS conference series attendee and speaker on venture capital, cluster formation, and technology entrepreneurship and economic development.

Education

Dr. Kirchhoff earned his Ph.D. in Business Administration from the University of Utah where he also earned an MBA. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering from Case Institute of Technology.

Industry involvement

Prior to receiving his Ph.D., Dr. Kirchhoff spent seven years in sales and marketing and three years as area manager of international operations for Envirotech Corporation. He has served on the faculties of Chalmers Institute of Technology – Sweden; Jonkoping International Business School – Sweden; Fairleigh Dickinson University; Babson College, University of Nebraska at Omaha; Purdue University; and California Polytechnic University.

He has extensive consulting experience having supervised and conducted consultations with over 200 small businesses in the U. S. and Latin America. He served as an economic development consultant with U.S. AID in Peru and Guatemala and with the U.S. Peace Corps in Moldova (former USSR). He received six awards for excellence in small business consulting from the U. S. Small Business Administration. He has conducted extensive research among large and small businesses and has received international acclaim for his work on formation, growth and survival of small firms.

Drawing together his business experience with his engineering background, Dr. Kirchhoff joined with two others to found SCT, Inc. in 1984 to manufacture computer-based theft deterrence systems for retail stores. In 1979, he co-founded Pathfinder Systems, Inc., a manufacturer of guidance systems for farm tractors.

From 1991 through 1994, Dr. Kirchhoff served on the Steering Committee of the International Small Business Congress. In 1990-91, he was president of the International Council for Small Business and presided at the Council's 36th World Conference held in Vienna, Austria, June, 1991. He also served as Executive Vice President for Membership Development and Executive V. P. for Finance. From 1987 through 1989, he was Executive Director of the Boston Chapter of the Technology Executive Roundtable, a national organization of high technology entrepreneurs sponsored by Digital Equipment Corporation.

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