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Joshua Gans holds the Skoll Chair in Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto where he is a Professor of Strategic Management and Area Coordinator. In 2010, he was a visiting scholar at Harvard University and in 2011, he was a visiting research at Microsoft Research. Joshua is […]
Alan Davidson is a Senior Advisor at Mozilla, the maker of open source software including the Firefox web browser. He was previously Mozilla’s Vice President of Global Policy, Trust and Security. Alan has over 20 years of experience as an executive and attorney working at the intersection of Internet technology, public policy, and business. He served […]
Thomas Davenport is currently the President’s Distinguished Professor in Information Technology and Management at Babson College, Director of Research at the International Institute for Analytics, and a Senior Advisor to Deloitte Analytics. Davenport has written, coauthored, or edited sixteen books, including the first books on analytical competition, business process reengineering and achieving value from enterprise […]
Tim Aeppel is a reporter for Reuters covering the intersection of economics and companies, with an emphasis on manufacturing. Previously, Tim served as the Chief Economics Correspondent at The Wall Street Journal after spending six years as the Journal’s roving manufacturing correspondent. He began his career at the Christian Science Monitor, where he launched the paper’s […]
After 17 years, Eric Schmidt stepped down in Jan. 2018 as executive chairman of Google’s parent company, Alphabet; he will now be a technical advisor. Shortly after stepping down, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced that Schmidt would be joining as a visiting innovation fellow. Schmidt was Google’s CEO from 2001 to 2011; prior to […]
James Manyika is a senior partner at McKinsey & Company and chair and director of the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI), the firm’s business and economics research arm. James also serves as a member of McKinsey’s Shareholder Council (its Board of Directors). James is one of the leaders of McKinsey’s Global Technology, Media, and Telecom Practice. […]
Reid Hoffman has been called “the most connected man in Silicon Valley,” the “über-investor” who “has had a hand in creating nearly every lucrative social media start-up.” As entrepreneur, executive and investor, he has played an integral part in building LinkedIn, PayPal, Facebook and many others. A former Marshall Scholar with degrees in symbolic systems […]
Mr. Marc R. Benioff Co-founded Salesforce.com, Inc. in February 1999 and has been its Chief Executive Officer since November 2001. Mr. Benioff serves as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors for salesforce.com Singapore Pte. Ltd. He is a 35-year veteran of the software industry. Prior to launching Salesforce, he served at […]