Faculty Directory | Kenneth Krushel

Kenneth Krushel teaches courses on A.I. and society, digital media strategy, and entertainment and media finance. He is also a visiting professor in the Strategy and Business MSc program at École Supérieure de Commerce de Paris (ESCP) and at Tel Aviv University's Coller School of Management, where he has been cited as the school's "outstanding teacher" on numerous occasions.

He has previously taught at Corvinus University (Budapest) and The New School's Media Management Program (NYC), and held a teaching and research fellowship at Utrecht University's School of Economics (Utrecht, The Netherlands).

Mr. Krushel was founding Chairman and CEO of College Enterprises, Inc. (CEI), an educational technology and campus-based commerce software developer. Following CEI's acquisition by Blackboard, Inc., he served as the company's Executive Vice President for Business Development and Strategic Planning.

He has held senior executive strategic planning positions with several entertainment and telecommunications companies, including NBC, USA Networks, and American Cablesystems, and has served as a media strategy and investment advisor to Louis Dreyfus Corporation, Paramount Communications, MGM, and Sega Corporation. He also served as CEO of Proteus, the North American subsidiary of Telitas AS, a Norway-based mobile technology software developer. He was the founder of CTZN, Inc., an international professional video journalist cooperative modeled on Magnum Photos.

Mr. Krushel was a board member of Hanover Direct, Chairman of School Year Abroad, and a board member of Parabola, a quarterly magazine on philosophy, mythology, and cultural traditions.

His analysis of Hungary's relationship with the European Union was published in The International New York Times (September 2016), and his essay on liminality appears in the Anthology of Liminality (Lutterworth Press, Cambridge, England, 2019). He has also written on design, culture, and philosophy for Design Observer and Parabola Magazine.

Mr. Krushel is a frequent speaker at media conferences worldwide.

Academic Background

Amherst College: dual degrees in Philosophy and Literature.