HOW WE STARTED
The Liebowitz Entrepreneur Program was started by Brooklyn College Alumnus Ted Liebowitz, Class of 79, and his dad, a former NYC Police officer, as a way to give back to the college. They were joined by Brooklyn College business professors Hervé Queneau and Clifton Clarke.
Ted Liebowitz is a serial entrepreneur with multiple interests in the areas of entertainment and telecommunications. Born and bred in Brooklyn, New York, he attended Brooklyn College and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting. After practicing accounting in his own firm for several years, he entered the telecommunications industry. A pioneer in the telecom industry, in the mid-1980s Mr. Liebowitz was one of the first entrepreneurs to recognize the opportunities presented by the toll-free 800 and pay-per-call 900 industries. His nationwide call centers developed telecom programs that have provided content, billing, collection, credit card processing and fulfillment for over 1,000 companies within the U.S. and abroad. His companies were one of the first to develop content for this new, interactive marketplace. In the mid-1990s he developed cutting-edge technology and innovative software applications for the Internet including subscription billing services, live video conferencing, credit card processing and fraud protection, and shopping cart commerce applications, all now widely used throughout the Worldwide Web. He is also one of the largest owners of domain names (URL’s) in the world. Since 1993 he has amassed over 50,000 names and continues to buy, sell, and auction web addresses on a daily basis. In 2004, Ted started Contagious Entertainment, a production company, which focuses on independent film, television, and multimedia projects. Ted is an executive producer of the Academy Award-nominated film The Illusionist, starring Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti, and Jessica Biel, which was released theatrically in August 2006. See: http://www.theillusionist.com. Ted's second film, Gray Matters, is a romantic comedy with an ensemble cast including Heather Graham, Bridget Moynahan, Tom Cavanagh, Molly Shannon, Sissy Spacek, and Alan Cumming. See: www.graymattersmovie.com In 2005, Ted started Premium Rate Mobile which specializes in mobile entertainment programs. Utilizing his 20 years of experience in the telecom industry, he launched a suite of mobile products that offer wallpapers, ringtones and various entertainment programs throughout the world. In 2007 he started the Liebowitz Entrepreneur Program at Brooklyn College which teaches students what it is like to be an entrepreneur. The program currently receives over 200 applications for the twenty seats available each semester. In 2008 he began publishing Image Magazine along with partners Bruce Jacobson and Donna Halperin. Image Magazine (www.imagemagazineonline.com) provides the latest and safest advances in cosmetic enhancement written by our esteemed medical contributors. In 2010 along with partner Matthew Kramer he started Education InDemand which focuses on educational and entertainment programming for the cable, VOD and mobile marketplace.
About Hervé Queneau:
Hervé Queneau is Professor and Deputy Chair of the Graduate Program in the Department of Economics at Brooklyn College. He is a Research Associate at the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne (Laboratoire Georges Friedman). He has an M.A. in economics from the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Paris IX Dauphine. His teaching interests include: human resource management, workplace diversity, research methods for business, and managerial economics. He has extensively published on gender and diversity issues in the workplace and labor market. In November 2006, he received the Amanda Dooley Research Award. This competitive award is granted to a full-time faculty member at Brooklyn College for his/her research on the economic life and life histories of women, sexual prejudice and discrimination, including the gender gap, the glass ceiling and job satisfaction. He is bilingual: English and French.
Education:
Ph.D., UNIVERSITY OF PARIS IX DAUPHINE - 1996 (ECONOMICS)
M.A., UNIVERSITY OF PARIS I PANTHEON-SORBONNE - 1991 (ECONOMICS)
About Clifton Clarke:
Clifton Clarke, Economics, holds an M.A. in economics/accounting from Brooklyn College and an Ed.D. in higher education administration from Columbia University. His previous post was at La Guardia Community College, where he was associate dean for institutional planning and professor of accounting and management. His research focuses on the role of strategic management in organizational renewal, and he is writing a book on dynamic planning for mature organizations.
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