Bruce Cahan

Lecturer

Research and teach ethics of finance, terrestrially (on Earth) and extra-terrestrially (yep, out there^^^)

Bruce Cahan is a recovering Wall Street lawyer, HK merchant banker, geospatial technology finance pioneer, 9/11 emergency responder and lecturer at Stanford University’s School of Engineering’s Department of Management Science & Engineering and in the University’s Institute of Design. Since 2013, Bruce has co-created and taught four courses at Stanford: Redesigning Finance (DESIGN 245), Understanding Wall Street on the Buy Side (MS&E 449), the Ethics of Finance & Financial Engineering (MS&E 148) and Sustainable Banking (CEE 244A), As CEO of Reimagineering Corporation, a CA corporation, and Urban Logic, Inc., a NY 501(c)(3) nonprofit, Bruce focuses on using design, finance and organizational theories, research methods and prototyping to anticipate how large institutions and the systems in which they operate must change to achieve functional innovation and diversify meaningful inclusion of diverse innovators. Urban Logic’s clients include Apple, the U.S. Department of Defense, the Federal Geographic Data Committee, the Environmental Protection Agency and other large organizations. Bruce graduated with a B.S. in Economics and International Business from The Wharton School at The University of Pennsylvania, and a J.D. from Temple Law School, both in Philadelphia PA. Bruce is licensed as an attorney in CA, NY and PA. He has twin sons, Jacob (Jake) Cahan, a financial technologist, and Dr. Eli Cahan MD, a pediatrician and investigative journalist.