Tony Hu is Program Director and Senior Lecturer of the Riccio Graduate Engineering Leadership Program (GradEL). He and the GradEL team are developing new classes and workshops to enhance the Graduate Certificate in Technical Leadership. They are also crafting an intensive internship program known as the Engineering Residency and creating a program to help researchers assess the technical impact of their work.

Prior to GradEL, Tony led MIT's Integrated Design & Management Master's Program which helps develop students across engineering, design, and business domains into innovative leaders.

As an entrepreneurial leader with 25 years of experience as head of product design and development at small companies and large corporations, he has brought more than 200 consumer products to market globally, including electronics, appliances, toys, and sporting goods. As an inventor, he’s licensed 22 products and been awarded 18 patents.

As a teacher, he shares his experiences in leadership, design, engineering, and business with students, having taught at MIT and Stanford for 18 years prior to joining GradEL. He earned his BS in electrical engineering at MIT, conducting research at the Media Lab, and his MS in product design from Stanford.

Tony suffers through winter camping with his boys, practices jiu jitsu when his body allows it, and butchers new wave tunes on his ukulele.