Rhett L Weiss

Dr Rhett L. Weiss is the Executive Director of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Institute at Cornell's Johnson Graduate School of Management, where he teaches graduate students in the entrepreneurship and venture capital areas. Before joining Cornell, he had more than 25 years of experience in leadership and management roles. Dr Weiss has served as a bank COO, directed a consulting practice at a Big 4 accountancy firm, practised law at a major international law firm, and attained a software...See more

Dr Rhett L. Weiss is the Executive Director of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Institute at Cornell's Johnson Graduate School of Management, where he teaches graduate students in the entrepreneurship and venture capital areas. Before joining Cornell, he had more than 25 years of experience in leadership and management roles. Dr Weiss has served as a bank COO, directed a consulting practice at a Big 4 accountancy firm, practised law at a major international law firm, and attained a software and business method patent. Throughout his career, he has been involved in more than $30 billion-worth of transactions and in dozens of entrepreneurial ventures and innovation initiatives. Among them, he is Chairman and CEO of DEALTEK, which he founded in 1999. From 2005 to 2010, he served as Senior Team Leader - Strategic Development for Google. He was chief designer and negotiator of several large strategic acquisition and development projects for Google's global infrastructure. He headed key initiatives, contracts and relationships with businesses, utilities, governments, economic development agencies, landowners and other stakeholders. Dr Weiss also created and conducted negotiation training workshops in Google's offices globally. He is a frequent presenter and writer on negotiations, entrepreneurship and economic development. The transactions that he has led have often received industry recognition, awards and coverage in business and technology news articles. See less