On December 13, 2011 the Senior Projects class presented their semester projects during a two hour poster session. Altogether seven projects were on display, ranging from a web site for ordering food to a research project about the stock exchange (to make money to pay for the food). The showcase was enjoyed by all who attended.
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- Phone: (610) 519-7307
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Graduate
- Phone: (610) 519-7310
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Department Entrepenures
William Loftus received his BSCS from Villanova University in 1985. He has worked twenty-seven years in the executive management and operations of advanced software solution providers, building three Inc. 500 companies; eventually selling two and helping lead a third company public.
Mr. Loftus is now a Senior Executive and Managing Director of Accenture's Mission Services and all Army Programs but prior to Accenture, he was the President, CEO and Co-Founder of Gestalt, LLC, a leading provider of collaborative technology for governments and Fortune 500 customers acquired by Accenture in 2007. Other positions he held include being the CEO of Breakaway Solutions, a publicly traded company which included Professional Services, Application Services, and Strategy Services and founder/CEO of WPL Laboratories, which was sold it to Breakaway Solutions in 1999. Even before these two ventures, Mr. Loftus was a Manager of R&D at Unisys, where he managed DARPA-sponsored projects.
In addition to being a nationally recognized entrepreneur, he is also recognized as an accomplished author and technologist. Besides playing a major role in the previously mentioned companies' growth, Mr. Loftus has also consulted to numerous Fortune 500 and emerging companies as well as a number of investment bankers and venture capitalists. He has coauthored numerous papers, IEEE standard P1430, and the best-selling textbook, "Java Software Solutions," which is currently used in over 400 universities world-wide to teach computer science using Java. He has also contributed to research in various areas. Some of his numerous awards including a Special Achievement Award from DARPA, Philadelphia's 40 under 40 in 1999, and E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2004.
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