Philip L. Lehman
Philip Lehman is Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives of the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University (of which he is an alumnus).  In that role, he is responsible for leading the creation of the Strategic Plan for the School and coordinating the execution of the Plan, with a strong focus on Advancement and External Relations (including alumni relations, development, marketing, communications and media relations, corporate partnerships, and government relations).

He concurrently serves as President and CEO of iCarnegie, Inc., an educational subsidiary of Carnegie Mellon University, where he leads strategic, corporate and business-related activities.  iCarnegie provides “curriculum powered by Carnegie Mellon” and other education-related services to educational institutions worldwide. Earlier, Dr. Lehman was Senior Vice President for Sales and Marketing at iCarnegie.

Dr. Lehman has spent more than twenty years in the software industry, principally in executive management in early- and medium-stage businesses.  He was a “Day One” executive at Transarc Corporation (later acquired by IBM), where he started both the distributed file systems and services businesses.  He also served as the Services Executive for IBM’s Transaction Systems business in the IBM Software Group, and managed a group of more than 120 consultants and educators on five continents, with growth in excess of 100% annually.

Dr. Lehman holds the B.S. degree in Computer Science and Mathematics from Yale University, as well as the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University.  Dr. Lehman currently serves on the Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science Dean’s Advisory Board and the CMU/SCS Alumni Advisory Board (of which he is former Chair).