Speaker Details
Dr. Henry Chesbrough
Adjunct Professor, Executive Director, Center for Open Innovation, University of California, Berkeley
Henry Chesbrough is Executive Director of the Centre for Open Innovation at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley. Previously, he was an assistant professor of business administration, and the Class of 1961 Fellow at the Harvard Business School. He holds a Ph.D. in Business Administration from the University of California-Berkeley, an MBA from Stanford University, and a BA from Yale University, summa cum laude.
His research focuses on managing technology and innovation. His book, Open Innovation (Harvard Business School Press, 2003), articulates a new paradigm for organising and managing R&D. In this new approach, companies must access external and well as internal technologies, and take them to market through internal and external paths. This book was named a Best Business Book by Strategy & Business magazine, and the best book on innovation on NPRs All Things Considered.
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.
