Bruce W. Weber is dean of the Lerner College of Business & Economics at University of Delaware. He is responsible for direction and development of the College, its 200 faculty and instructors, 3,500 undergraduate and graduate students, and 24,000 alumni. Before assuming the dean role in 2011, he was a professor of information management and department chair for Management Science & Operations at London Business School, and earlier was on the faculty of the Stern School of Business at New York University. Dean Weber holds a doctorate in decision sciences (1991) from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a bachelor's degree from Harvard University (1984). Weber's research on IT strategy, financial sector computerization, and compliance systems has been published in leading academic journals and has been cited in the Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times. His recent books are 'The Equity Trader Course', and 'Mastering Equity Trading through Simulation'. His work quantifies the economic advantages of digital markets, and highlights the new challenges facing traders, managers, and regulators in an increasingly computerized financial services industry.
Weber hails from Boston, is an inductee into the sports hall of fame of the Noble & Greenough School, and was awarded 10 varsity letters in cross-country and track while at Harvard.