{"id":29913,"date":"2022-11-29T10:00:39","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T15:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/?p=29913"},"modified":"2025-01-30T14:22:24","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T19:22:24","slug":"dean-profiles-david-schmittlein-mit-sloan-school-of-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/dean-profiles-david-schmittlein-mit-sloan-school-of-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Dean Profiles: David Schmittlein, MIT Sloan School of Management"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/David-Schmittlein.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-28152 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/David-Schmittlein-300x290.jpg\" alt=\"Dean Profiles: David Schmittlein, MIT Sloan School of Management - mbaMission\" width=\"300\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/David-Schmittlein-300x290.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/David-Schmittlein.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Business school deans are more than administrative figureheads. Their character and leadership often reflect an MBA program\u2019s unique culture and sense of community. Today, we focus on\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/mitsloan.mit.edu\/faculty\/directory\/david-c-schmittlein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>David Schmittlein<\/strong><\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/guides\/insiders-guides\/mit-sloan-school-of-management-insiders-guide\/\">MIT Sloan School of Management<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>David Schmittlein\u00a0<\/strong>first came to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2007 after spending almost 30 years in the marketing department at Wharton. Upon joining MIT, Dean Schmittlein announced his top priorities in a press release: \u201cto enhance MIT Sloan\u2019s visibility and engagement with leaders of the business community, regionally and globally, especially among the school\u2019s alumni. MIT Sloan should be a wonderful focal point for the professional lives and development of Sloan alumni and others in the broader MIT community who are engaged in business and innovation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to enhanced global visibility, a significant focus of Schmittlein\u2019s deanship thus far, according to MIT\u2019s website, has been \u201cto work with the faculty in creating new high-quality management education programs, to develop enhanced educational opportunities for current students, and to develop and disseminate business knowledge that has impact and that will stand the test of time.\u201d In an interview with mbaMission, the school\u2019s assistant dean of admissions at the time, Rod Garcia, remarked that one noticeable change since Schmittlein entered the position is that \u201cthe dean has placed a huge emphasis on concept-based action learning. We have our Entrepreneurship Lab, our [Sustainable Business] Lab, our China Lab, \u2026 among others. The movement toward these labs has accelerated during the dean\u2019s tenure as he has engaged with our alumni around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>For more information about MIT Sloan and 16 other top-ranked business schools, check out our free\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/shop.mbamission.com\/collections\/insider-s-guides\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>mbaMission Insider\u2019s Guides<\/strong><\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business school deans are more than administrative figureheads. Their character and leadership often reflect an MBA program\u2019s unique culture and sense of community. Today, we focus on\u00a0David Schmittlein\u00a0from the MIT Sloan School of Management. 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