FUTURELABCONSULTING.COM - Key Persons
Dan Greening Ph.D. ... has been a founder, CEO and CTO in a variety of startups and public companies, including BigTribe, LikeMinds, Andromedia, and Macromedia. He led the Hawaii International Conference on System Science Agile/Lean track, with Jeff Sutherland and John Tripp. The track invites research papers on agile and lean practices, particularly those that provide quantitative answers to practical questions and problems. He led agile coaching at Skype in 2012 and 2013. Dan is former Director of the Agile Program Office and User Experience at Citrix Online from 2008 to 2012. He developed the Enterprise Scrum process used in Citrix Online, now formalized in Scrum@Scale. He has a Ph.D. in Computer Science from UCLA.
Kasper de Rijke ... has more than 25 years experience in the financial services sector, as an Agile leader he is working in complex financial environments, aligning business and IT. Thanks to his analytical skills combined with his results orientation, he is able to resolve complex deadlock situations and to provide alternative innovative solutions, as a pragmatic organizer and creative team player with both technical and business insight. He has worked for leading financial institutions in the Netherlands like ABN AMRO, Rabobank, Dutch Central Bank and Achmea, combining creative agile leadership with matured strategic insight and innovative creative product- and process improvement skills. He holds a degree of economics.
Langdon Morris ... is one of the world's leading thinkers, writers, and consultants in innovation. Working around the world with a fascinating variety of clients, from UNICEF to Total Oil, France Telecom, Bayer, Gemalto, and many others, Langdon helps these organizations implement world-leading innovation systems. Formerly Senior Practice Scholar at the Ackoff Center of the University of Pennsylvania, he has taught strategy at universities in Europe and South America. His recent innovation books The Innovation Master Plan and Permanent Innovation are two of the most widely read innovation titles of the last five years.
Lucas Root Ph.D. ... is a se asoned entrepreneur and strategic advisor with a track record of transforming underperforming startups into thriving ventures. As the Founder and CEO of The Fractional COO, Lucas specializes in providing fractional leadership to companies seeking growth and operational efficiency. His multidisciplinary background in Consciousness and Human Potential, Physics, Mechanical Engineering, and Mathematics allows him to approach business challenges with a unique holistic perspective. In addition to his work with startups, Lucas is an active community builder and the host of the "Elements of Community" podcast, where he delves into the dynamics of human connection and collaboration. An advocate for diversity in leadership and sustainable technology, Lucas is committed to driving positive change in the business world.
Paolo Petronio ... is an enthusiastic senior consultant and entrepreneur, with 35 years of broad business experience in a diverse set of disciplines, including Alternative Finance, M&A, Strategy, Innovation, Marketing, and Business Development. A team leader with the capacity to honor a holistic 360° approach to client needs, from strategic consulting (using the RE- Real Evolution Matrix) to related problem solving/competitive advantage/action planning capabilities. In the last 20 years, his focus has been on discovering and exploring new leadership/management approaches, evolutionary and revolutionary business tools, cutting edge technologies, and emergent processes that drive true partnership and leadership.
Monette Stephens ... is a leader in innovation, strategy, operations, and monetization. Her expertise spans network infrastructure, web3, blockchain, fintech, security, AI, media, and climate tech. In addition to having BS/MS degrees in Computer Science and ECE, she co-founded and ran a FINRA-registered Broker-Dealer (qualified for Series 7, 24, and 63). Early in her career, she had four exits via IPO or M&A with companies she helped launch, grow, and scale. Monette assists companies with transaction preparation (Funding and M&A), GTM, product, increasing revenue and corporate value, and global expansion. Monette has created and taught Computer Science, software engineering, math and other courses at UC Santa Barbara, the US Navy, Microsoft Reactor, and other online teaching platforms. She has been an Expert Witness and Analyst for Antitrust, Copyright and Trade Secret litigation. She excels at asking tough questions, proposing solutions, and bridging capital markets with tech, business development, and market growth.
Po Chi Wu Ph.D. ... is an Adjunct Professor with joint appointments in the School of Business and Management and the School of Business at the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology. A highly successful international venture capitalist and entrepreneur, he has lived and worked both in the United States and in Asia, and brings a unique perspective and the rich context of more than 30 years of experience and insight into the challenges of innovation and entrepreneurship. Co-founder and Managing Director of DragonBridge Capital, an investment advisory firm that focused on early-stage technology-focused companies in China, he was also co-founder and President of Allegro Capital in Silicon Valley. He earned his Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from Princeton University. His family includes several generations of illustrious scholars - his great grand-father was a Hanlin Scholar in the Ching Dynasty, his father retired from the Presidency of the Academia Sinica in Taiwan at the age of 88, and was known as "The Father of Modern Physics in China."
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- Interaction Design Professor
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- Application Designer, Developer