Director of the Program on Emerging Technology, Scientific Advancement & Global Policy.
Formerly Vice President for Research and Special Advisor to the President of Carnegie Mellon University, Senior Vice President for Science & Technology at United Technologies Corporation, leading the medical products division of 3M’s global healthcare portfolio, and President of Eastman Kodak’s Health Imaging business.
J. Michael McQuade is the Director of the Program on Emerging Technology, Scientific
Advancement & Global Policy at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs in
the Harvard Kennedy School. The program is dedicated to research, dialogue and training
at the intersection of technology and policy.
Prior to this role, Dr. McQuade served as the Vice President for Research and Special
Advisor to the President of Carnegie Mellon University, where he provided operational
leadership and strategic direction for the University’s research enterprise and advocated
for the role that science, technology, and innovation play for national security and
economic competitiveness.
McQuade has had a distinguished private sector career in roles ranging from developing
and commercializing new and novel technologies to executive operational leadership and
general management. He served as Senior Vice President for Science & Technology at
United Technologies Corporation, where he managed research, engineering, and
development activities across a broad range of high-technology products and services for
the global aerospace, defense, building systems, and energy industries. Previously, he led
the medical products division of 3M’s global healthcare portfolio and served as the
President of Eastman Kodak’s Health Imaging business.
Dr. McQuade has been deeply involved in the development of national and international
policies related to science and technology investments and regulations, national security,
and economic competitiveness. He has served as a member of the President's Council of
Advisors on Science and Technology and of the Secretary of Energy’s Advisory Board, was a
founding member of the Defense Innovation Board, and a member of the National
Academies’ National Science, Technology, and Security Roundtable.
He holds Ph.D., M.S., and B.S. degrees from Carnegie Mellon University. He received his
doctorate in experimental high energy physics for research performed at the Fermi National
Accelerator Laboratory on charm quark production.
