Bio of Speakers
Topic: Generating Strategic Advantage and Taking Advantage of Market Dynamics  Dr Daniel DeNeffe Professor of Strategy PhD, Cornell University is an international partner in consulting at Arthur D. Little. Prior to Hult, Dr. Deneffe taught strategy at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. His main interests are strategy, customer management and quantitative modeling.
Topic: Innovating Through a Downturn  Dr Hitendra Patel Professor of Innovation and Strategy PhD, Iowa State University is the Managing Director of the Center for Innovation, Excellence and Leadership. He was a senior leader and co-founder of Monitor Group’s Innovation Practice and was responsible for Asia and Latin America.
Prior to that Hitendra was an innovation and technology expert at Arthur D Little and a portable energy storage technologist at Motorola. He has also founded various venture-backed companies in the Americas. Hitendra is the author of 101 Innovation Breakthroughs and The State of Innovation at the Firm Level in Singapore and in the process of writing his third book on Thinking and Acting Differently to Make Innovation Real. He has degrees Washington University, Iowa State University and Northwestern University. Topic: "Thinking around and beyond the downturn: Results of Arthur D. Little's global survey about the economic crisis"  Dr Michael Wagemans, Professor of Management PhD, London School of Economics is Principal at Arthur D. Little-Benelux, based in Brussels. He leads the Public Services Consulting Practice and also works with the Strategy and Organization Practice based in Belgium. Michael holds his MSc, M.Phil, and PhD degrees in Government from the London School of Economics & Political Science. He was also the recipient of a Hoover Foundation Fellowship at Brown University, and Visiting Fellow at Oslo University
Topic: The Financial Challenge
 Dr Viktoria Dalko, Professor of Finance PhD, University of Pennsylvania received her MA and Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania. She is currently teaching at Harvard University. She has taught at Thunderbird, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Munich and Budapest University of Economic Sciences in Hungary. She served as Chief of Staff of the Committee of Budget, Taxes and Finances of the Hungarian Parliament and advisor to the President of the National Bank of Hungary.
Topic: Real World Decisions in a Downturn
 Dr Patrick Courtin Professor of Negotiations and Decision Making PhD, Columbia University is a veteran CEO with 30 years of experience in software, computers and communications. He has been the senior executive with Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), Proteon, Comstream and Sangate. He has created alliances, joint ventures and partnerships in over 30 countries. He holds a PhD in Systems Science from Columbia University in New York City. Dr. Courtin has served as the Executive in Residence at Hult, drawing from his vast experience to assist students in their business endeavors
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