Andrea Belz

Andrea P. Belz is an American innovation engineer, academic and author. She is a Professor of Practice in Industrial and Systems Engineering and the Vice Dean of Transformative Initiatives in the Viterbi School of Engineering at the University of Southern California (USC). Belz is most known for her work on deep technology development and commercialization, public-private partnerships, and management of internal research and development programs. Her work integrates economics and systems engineering with the development of novel tools. She authored a book titled ''The McGraw-Hill 36-Hour Course: Product Development''. She was a Director of Caltech laser spinoff manufacturer, Ondax until its acquisition by Coherent.

Belz is the current President-Elect of the IEEE Technology and Engineering Management Society (TEMS). Provided by Wikipedia