Speaker Name(s): Don McMurtry '86
Description: The Office of E*ntrepreneurship works closely with Rensselaer alumni entrepreneurs who provide support, resources and counsel to students and faculty. We are proud to salute their success and their generosity in helping others in finding new ways to think, learn and succeed through E*ntrepreneurship at Rensselaer. Don McMurtry ’86 joined Research In Motion (RIM) — the company behind the BlackBerry — in 1993 when the wireless-data market was just emerging. He became vice president of sales in 1997 and helped launch BlackBerry in 1999. McMurtry retired in May 2006 and returned to Rensselaer in the spring of 2007 to spend a semester lecturing and advising students in the Lally School.