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Advisory Board
Paul R. Carlile
Associate Professor of Management and Information Systems at Boston University
An overall theme in Paul's work is how knowledge is developed and valued in contexts of cross domain innovation. The question of value reveals the problematic nature of knowledge itself; that is knowledge can be both a source of and a barrier to innovation. He has empirically examined these issues across a spectrum of products from software to new drug treatments and in a variety of settings from community based to large industrial firms.
Paul brings a very unique approach to his study of innovation by focusing on the capacity of artifacts and how people use them to create, share and value knowledge as they work with others. This provides a diagnostic stance to better understand the sources as well as the barriers to innovation. His research interests include product development, new models of innovation and the potential for information technology to accelerate innovative outcomes in firms and communities. He has published on these topics in a variety academic and practitioner outlets.
Paul earned his Ph.D. at the University of Michigan and was an Assistant Professor of Organization Studies at MIT's Sloan School of Management. Paul studied Philosophy and Anthropology at Brigham Young University and also earned a Masters in Organizational Behavior there. Paul has also founded two information technology companies developing tools for creating and sharing knowledge.
Henry Chesbrough, Ph.D.
Executive Director: Center for Open Innovation, Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley
Henry teaches in the Management of Technology Program at Haas, which is a joint program with Berkeley's graduate College of Engineering. Previously, he was an assistant professor of business administration, and the Class of 1961 Fellow at the Harvard Business School.
Henry holds a Ph.D. in Business Administration from the University of California- Berkeley, an MBA from Stanford University, and a BA from Yale University, of California Berkeley summa cum laude.
His research focuses on managing technology and innovation. His first book, Open Innovation (Harvard Business School Press, 2003), articulates a new paradigm for organizing and managing R&D. It was named a "Best Business Book of 2003" by Strategy & Business magazine, and the best book on innovation in 2003 on NPR's All Things Considered. Scientific American magazine named him one of the top 50 technology and business leaders for 2003 in recognition of his research on industrial innovation. His new book, Open Business Models (Harvard Business School Press, 2006), describes the growth of intermediate markets for innovation, and the implications for IP management, innovation intermediaries such as Innocentive (which is featured in the book), and the development of more open business models.
His academic work has been published in Harvard Business Review, California Management Review, Sloan Management Review, Research Policy, Industrial and Corporate Change, Research-Technology Management, Business History Review, and the Journal of Evolutionary Economics. He is the author of more than 20 case studies on companies in the IT and life sciences sectors, available through Harvard Business School Publishing.
Prior to embarking on an academic career, he spent ten years in various product planning and strategic marketing positions in Silicon Valley companies. He worked for seven of those years at Quantum Corporation, a leading hard disk drive manufacturer and a Fortune 500 company. Previously, he worked at Bain and Company.
Jay Gallinatti
Former EVP: Overture Services, Inc.
Since leaving Overture in 2002, Jay has been providing consulting and advisory services to small and growing internet businesses. One of those companies was sold to a larger company at a very favorable price for the investors; another company is still in the incubation stage; and a third plans to be a public company soon, having already filed S-1 registration.
Mr. Gallinatti joined Overture Services (formerly GoTo.com) as one of the founding members of the executive management team in March of 1998. GoTo.com pioneered the concept of "paid search & sponsored listings." In less than four years the company grew from 15 people to over 600, generating over $600 million in revenue and $100 million in net profit, and executed an initial public offering. Overture was acquired by Yahoo in 2003 for $1.6 billion, and is now commonly known as Yahoo Search Marketing.
Jay has served as a Director of Zango, Inc. since November 2004. Zango delivers free content (games, videos, software, screen savers, etc.) to internet users through an advertising-supported network.
From June 2003 through June 2005 he served on the Board of Directors of Local Matters, Inc. and was named Chairman in December 2003. Local Matters provides software and media services that enable Yellow Pages publishers and Directory Assistance service providers to expand their traditional offerings and capitalize on emerging opportunities in the internet "local search" market.
Prior to joining GoTo, Jay served as VP, Sales & Marketing at Austin-James, Inc., a consumer software company. He spent nine years at Lotus Development Corporation in a variety of roles, including West Coast Regional Director of Sales, and Director of Marketing for cc:Mail. Mr. Gallinatti received his B.A. in Human Biology from Stanford University in 1978.
Gary Hamel
Professor of Strategic and International Management at the London Business School
A world-renowned business strategist, Hamel is currently leading efforts to build the world's first "Management Lab." The MLab is a pioneering attempt to create a setting in which progressive companies and leading management scholars can work together to co-create "tomorrow's best practices" today. The goal of MLab is to radically accelerate the evolution of management knowledge and practice.
Hamel is also a well-known author on business, management and innovation topics. His landmark books, Leading the Revolution and Competing for the Future, have appeared on every management bestseller list and have been translated into more than 20 languages. His latest book, The Future of Management, was published by the Harvard Business School Press in October 2007 and was selected by Amazon.com as the best business book of the year. Over the past twenty years, Hamel has authored 15 articles for the Harvard Business Review and is the most reprinted author in the Review's history. He has also written for the Wall Street Journal, Fortune, The Financial Times and many other leading publications around the world.
Since 1983, Hamel has been on the faculty of the London Business School where he is currently visiting professor of strategic and international management. He is also a fellow of the World Economic Forum and the Strategic Management Society.
As a consultant and management educator, Hamel has worked for companies as diverse as General Electric, Time Warner, Nokia, Nestle, Shell, Best Buy, Procter & Gamble, 3M, IBM, and Microsoft. His pioneering concepts such as "strategic intent," "core competence," "industry revolution," and "management innovation" have changed the practice of management in companies around the world.
Hamel speaks frequently at the world's most prestigious management conferences, and is a regular contributor to CNBC, CNN, and other major media outlets. He has also advised government leaders on matters of innovation policy, entrepreneurship and industrial competitiveness.
Eric von Hippel
Professor of Management of Innovation and Head of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Group at the MIT Sloan School of Management
At MIT, Eric specializes in research related to the nature and economics of distributed and open innovation. He also develops and teaches practical methods that firms can use to improve their product and service development processes. Since 2006, Eric has served as a Professor of Engineering Systems at MIT and a T. Wilson Professor of Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Since 2007, he has been a Fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School. Prior to his professorship at Sloan, Eric was the Sir Walter Scott Distinguished Professor at the Australian Graduate School of Management at the University of New South Wales, and a Fellow at the Canadian Institute of Advanced Research. He was a co-founder of the MIT Entrepreneurship Program and served as a consultant for McKinsey and Company. He was also a co-founder and manager of R&D for Graphic Sciences, Inc. Two of his major published works include The Sources of Innovation and Democratizing Innovation.
Eric received his B.A. from Harvard College, his S.M. from MIT, and Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University. He also holds honorary doctorates from Ludwig-Maximillians University in Munich and Copenhagen Business School.
Thomas W. Malone
Professor of Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management
Thomas W. Malone is the Patrick J. McGovern Professor of Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management and the founding director of the MIT Center for Collective Intelligence. He was also the founder and director of the MIT Center for Coordination Science and one of the two founding co-directors of the MIT Initiative on "Inventing the Organizations of the 21st Century". Professor Malone teaches classes on leadership and information technology, and his research focuses on how new organizations can be designed to take advantage of the possibilities provided by information technology.
For example, Professor Malone predicted, in an article published in 1987, many of the major developments in electronic business over the last decade: electronic buying and selling, electronic markets for many kinds of products, "outsourcing" of non-core functions in a firm, and the use of intelligent agents for commerce. The past two decades of Professor Malone's groundbreaking research are summarized in his critically acclaimed book, The Future of Work: How the New Order of Business Will Shape Your Organization, Your Management Style, and Your Life (Harvard Business School Press, 2004). This book has been translated into Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, and Russian.
Professor Malone has also published over 75 articles, research papers, and book chapters; he is an inventor with 11 patents; and he is the co-editor of three books: Coordination Theory and Collaboration Technology (Erlbaum, 2001), Inventing the Organizations of the 21st Century (MIT Press, 2003), and Organizing Business Knowledge: The MIT Process Handbook (MIT Press, 2003).
Malone has been a cofounder of three software companies and has consulted and served as a board member for a number of other organizations. He speaks frequently for business audiences around the world and has been quoted in numerous publications such as Fortune, The New York Times, and Wired. Before joining the MIT faculty in 1983, Malone was a research scientist at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) where his research involved designing educational software and office information systems. His background includes a Ph.D. and two master's degrees from Stanford University, a B.A. (magna cum laude) from Rice University, and degrees in applied mathematics, engineering-economic systems, and psychology.
Chris Meyer
Chief Executive: Monitor Networks
Monitor Networks is a "human capital intermediary," providing Monitor and its clients access to leading thinkers in business and science, and offering these individuals stimulating opportunities to collaborate.
Chris also writes and speaks about the trends shaping business and economic developments. His most recent book is It's Alive: The Coming Convergence of Information, Biology, and Business. He has also co-authored Blur: The Speed of Change in the Connected Economy and Future Wealth with Stan Davis, and contributed to publications such as Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review, Fast Company, Time, The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, and Business 2.0.
Chris' recent research and consulting have focused on the development of the Adaptive Enterprise, helping companies create the capacity to sense, respond, and adapt to changes in their business environments.
Chris holds a B.A. in both Mathematics and Economics from Brandeis University and a M.B.A. (with Distinction) from The Harvard Business School. In addition, he held a University Predoctoral Fellowship in Economics at the University of Pennsylvania.
He serves on the Board of Icosystem, the Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange, the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation, the Bankinter Fundacion de la Innovacion, and the advisory Boards of LaunchCyte and Corey McPherson Nash.
Gilbert Omenn, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Internal Medicine, Human Genetics, Computational Biology, and Public Health: University of Michigan
Gil directs the UM Center for Computational Medicine & Biology and the Proteomics Alliance for Cancer Research. He served as UM Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs and as Chief Executive Officer of the University of Michigan Health System from 1997 to 2002. He was previously Dean, School of Public Health, and Professor of Medicine and Environmental Health, University of Washington, Seattle. His research interests include cancer proteomics, chemoprevention, public health genetics, science-based risk analysis, and health policy. He was a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, working on biochemical genetics of the brain. He served as Associate Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy, and Associate Director, Office of Management and Budget, in the Executive Office of the President in the Carter Administration. He is a longtime director of Amgen Inc. and of Rohm & Haas Company. He is Chairman of the Board (2006-2007) of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Omenn is the author of 407 research papers and scientific reviews and author/editor of 17 books. He is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American College of Physicians. He chaired the Presidential/Congressional Commission on Risk Assessment and Risk Management ("Omenn Commission") and the NAS/NAE/IOM Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy. He received the John W. Gardner Legacy of Leadership Award from the White House Fellows Association in 2004. He earned his B.A. from Princeton, M.D. from Harvard Medical School, and Ph.D. in genetics from the University of Washington.
Irving Wladawsky-Berger
Chairman Emeritus, IBM Academy of Technology and Visiting Professor of Engineering Systems, MIT
Mr. Wladawsky-Berger retired from IBM in May 2007 after 37 years with the company. Following his retirement, he became Chairman Emeritus, IBM Academy of Technology and also works as a visiting Professor of Engineering Systems at MIT, where he is focused on how information technology is helping transform business organizations and the institutions of society.
At IBM, he was responsible for identifying emerging technologies and marketplace developments that are critical to the future of the IT industry, and then organizing activities in and outside IBM in order to capitalize on them. Mr. Wladawsky-Berger is also an Adjunct Professor in the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Group at the Imperial College Business School. He is also a strategic advisor for Citigroup, a member of BP's Technology Advisory Council, the Visiting Committee for the Physical Sciences Division at the University of Chicago and the Board of Visitors for the Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin.
He also served on and later co-chaired the President's Information Technology Advisory Committee from 1997 to 2001, and was a founding member of the Computer Sciences and Telecommunications Board of the National Research Council in 1986. He is also a former member of University of Chicago Board of Governors for Argonne National Laboratories and of the Board of Overseers for Fermilab. A few years ago, Mr. Wladawsky-Berger was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has an M.S. and Ph. D. in physics from the University of Chicago.
Todd Zangrillo
Founder and Managing Partner, Barlow Group
Todd Zangrillo is the Founder and Managing Partner of Barlow Group, a leading boutique executive search firm for early and mature growth stage technology businesses. For nearly 15 years, Todd has provided insight and leadership around issues of organizational growth and operations, leadership execution, and strategic Alignment to senior executives. Todd's industry strengths are in software, web 2.0, the wireless market, and growth carve-out and spin-out technology companies.
Before founding Barlow Group, Todd was a Managing Partner at Redwood Partners International, an international advisory firm that provided investment banking, private equity and executive search to technology companies. During his tenure there, Todd was responsible for overall corporate and business development for Redwood's software practice and served as General Manager of their executive search practice.
Todd was also one of the founding members of InterWorld, an enterprise software company, which he led the worldwide expansion and managed the company through IPO (peak valuation $2.8B). Prior, Todd was a founding executive of a venture capital fund specializing in investing and managing "carve-outs." In this role, he led their leadership strategies and "go-to-market" solutions for each high-growth investment, recruited the management teams for both firms and their portfolio companies, and held various Board and committee responsibilities.