Long-time director of the MIT Entrepreneurship Center — and tech startup scene stalwart Ken Morse — stepped down as head of the Entrepreneurship Center as of Monday. His replacement? Bill Aulet, a familiar face at MIT who was most recently CEO of SensAble Technologies Inc. of Woburn, a haptic feedback technology company spun out of MIT.
As first reported in Scott Kirsner’s Innovation Economy blog, , Aulet has been a lecturer at MIT Sloan School of Business since 2005. He notes that Aulet’s role is acting director, and that, although MIT isn’t actively looking for a permanent director, Aulet isn’t a shoe-in for the spot, according to Ed Roberts, who is quoted in the blog post. SensAble first gained recognition when it used its technology to help the Museum of Science Boston get a good look at one of its mummies.
Morse started at the Entrepreneurship Center in 1996 and two years later was named a Mass High Tech All Star. As recently as June, Morse was serving as an adviser to the newly established, state-backed MassChallenge Venture Funds Competition, a business plan competition for entrepreneurs.
According to Kirsner, Morse plans to write a book on global entrepreneurship in his new free time.
Posted by Brendan Lynch
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