Industry practitioners who shape our curriculum, sponsor challenges, and connect students to the real world of building AI-enabled products.
The Build Studio Advisory Council brings together practitioners from business, technology, and entrepreneurship who share our belief that the best way to train the next generation of business+AI builders is to give them real problems to solve.
Council members advise on curriculum direction, sponsor challenges for the course and Build Sprint, serve as judges and critics at Sprint presentations, and help us build pathways from the classroom to organizations doing meaningful work with AI.
Membership is by invitation. If you're interested in getting involved, we'd love to hear from you.
Get in TouchHelp ensure Build Studio reflects the skills and frameworks practitioners actually value in new hires and collaborators.
Submit business problems for Build Studio teams and Build Sprint competitors to tackle — and see what students build with them.
Open doors to internships, project partnerships, and career pathways for Build Studio students and alumni.
Members engage with Build Studio in four concrete ways — each one connects industry expertise to student learning.
Advise on course structure, challenge intake process, and skill priorities for the B.S. Business+AI program.
Submit real business problems for Build Studio teams and Build Sprint competitors — and see working prototypes built in response.
Guest-critique student presentations at Sprint 1, Sprint 2, or the Final demo — bringing a practitioner lens to product decisions.
Open doors to internships, project partnerships, and career pathways for Build Studio students and alumni.
Council membership is designed to fit into a practitioner's schedule. We ask for meaningful engagement, not heavy time commitments.
Sprint critique or Build Sprint judging session — 2–3 hours per event
One curriculum review and planning session with the Build Studio team each year
Submit a business challenge for a Build Studio team or hackathon — as often or as rarely as you like
Access to Build Studio student talent, project outputs, and the broader Stevens School of Business network
We are actively building our founding council. Members will be announced as they are confirmed.
We're building a founding council of practitioners who care about business education and the future of AI-enabled products. If that's you, we'd love to talk.
Contact: aron.lindberg@stevens.edu