Randal Pinkett
Randal Pinkett
PhD Alumnus
Research Group:
Lifelong Kindergarten
Advisor:
Mitchel Resnick
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Personal Web Site |
While I was at the Media Lab I was able to leverage my background in engineering and management to address a very real-world issue: promoting technological fluency in underserved communities. The opportunity to do cutting-edge research and give back to the community at the same time will remain with me for my entire life. At the Lab...Randal was a member of the Lifelong Kindergarten group, and worked with members of the MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning and Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science to launch a comprehensive community technology and community building initiative at Camfield Estates, an affordable housing development in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston. While a graduate student, he was named Graduate Student of the Year by the National Society of Black Engineers. After the Lab...Randal, a 2002 PhD recipient, is best known as the 2005 winner of NBC’s hit reality television show The Apprentice with Donald Trump. He is co-founder, chairman, and CEO of BCT Partners, a multimillion-dollar management, technology, and policy consulting firm based in Newark, NJ. He is the author of several books including Campus CEO: The Student Entrepreneur’s Guide to Launching a Multimillion-Dollar Business and The No-Money Down CEO: How to Start Your Dream Business with Little or No Cash. |
