Newsmakers FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 24, 2006 Contact: Robin Micket (860) 548-7894 Elliot B. Field Promoted to Director of Marketing and Business Development at Rensselaer at Hartford HARTFORD, CONN – Elliot B. Field of Webster, Massachusetts, was promoted to Director of Marketing and Business Development at Rensselaer at Hartford. He will be responsible for coordinating all education programs outside the Greater Hartford region. In addition, he will be responsible for all professional development programs at the Hartford campus. Mr. Field will report to John A. Minasian, Ph.D., Vice President and Dean, Rensselaer at Hartford, and will work closely with Dr. Minasian and other Troy campus and Hartford campus leadership to develop short and long-term strategies and programs for the advancement of Rensselaer's Education for Working Professionals both nationally and internationally. Mr. Field has served Rensselaer at Hartford for the past year as Business Manager responsible for budgets, facilities, and conference services. Prior to his time at Rensselaer he served as Director of Sales and Marketing for Worcester Polytechnic Institute where in his more than three years of leadership was able to triple the revenue for extended education. This resulted in students attending the university from six continents and forty-six countries utilizing traditional, non-traditional, and distance delivery methods. He is an accomplished sales professional who has successfully developed solid relationships with the leadership of Fortune 500 and Globe 100 companies to offer ongoing educational services to their employees. Mr. Field earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Manufacturing Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. His research includes the modeling of industrial productivity, outcomes assessment, leadership development, and learning curve analysis. # # # BACK to News and Events