Per is the Global leader of the Technology & Innovation Management practice and a Director in Arthur D. Little’s Gothenburg office. He has many years of experience in management consulting, and has been active in various aspects of Innovation Management across a wide range of industries, such as automotive, manufacturing, telecom, medtech, consumer goods, chemicals, and aerospace. He holds an MSc in Mechanical Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, and Université de Tèchnologie de Compiègne, France and a BSc in Business Administration from Gothenburg University Sweden.

John is the North America Leader of Arthur D. Little's Technology & Innovation Management Practice as well as Managing Partner and Director in Boston. He leads ADL's consulting activities in Innovation, helping senior executives and companies to significantly increase the financial returns from their investments in innovation. His expertise includes designing and implementing innovation management processes, technology commercialization, and maximizing the value of technology portfolios and R&D investments.

John’s experience in Innovation Management spans a wide range of industries including automotive, aerospace, biotechnology, chemicals, consumer goods, energy, financial services, health care, industrial products, medical devices, natural resources, pharmaceuticals, and telecommunications. He has led major strategic and technology-based initiatives in North America, Asia, Europe, and Latin America for both private sector and public-sector agencies.

His consulting career with Arthur D. Little began in 1989 where he spent the next decade in a variety of senior management consulting positions. Prior to returning to Arthur D. Little Inc. in 2004, John served as President and Chief Operating Officer of ReasonEdge Technologies, Inc. and as Senior Vice President of Protocare Sciences, Inc.

John holds Masters Degrees from Harvard University and Northeastern University and an AB from the College of the Holy Cross.

Gregg Bauer is a Partner in the Technology & Innovation Management Practice of North America. Mr. Bauer has 25 years of experience as a senior executive and advisor to both large corporations and start-ups and brings a unique entrepreneurial perspective to his clients. His broad industry background spans diversified industrial, high technology, consumer packaged goods, software, basic materials, medical devices and retail. He is highly sought after for his expertise on innovation strategy and is a frequent speaker at entrepreneurial forums as well has having appeared in the Boston Globe, the International Herald Tribune, Fortune and on National Public Radio and on CNBC. He is also a guest lecturer on growth and innovation strategy to graduate students at the Carroll School of Management at Boston College and to executives at the Weatherhead School of Management at the Case Western Reserve University.

Mr. Bauer has been on the founding team of several successful start-ups in technology and retail and was a co-founder and Partner at Spinnaker Venture Partners, LLC of Boston, MA, a leading technology investment and private equity advisory firm. His early career was spent with Rockwell International where he held senior management positions in sales, marketing, operations and corporate development. He has worked with leading companies such as Alcoa, Clorox, Eveready, Boston Scientific, Wilson Sports, Air Liquide, Nokia, Kone Elevator, Electrolux and Schneider Electric.

He serves on several boards including the Dean's Board of Visitors for the Russ College of Engineering and Technology at Ohio University. Mr. Bauer is a Magna Cum Laude graduate with a BS in Electrical Engineering from Ohio University and received an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Paolo is the Head of the Technology and Innovation Management practice in Italy and works as a Senior Manager in Arthur D. Little’s Milan office. He has considerable management consulting experience in the automotive, manufacturing, and energy industries. His focus lies on business and product innovation, strategic change management, product development organizational and process redesign, and program management for companies operating in different industries. Paolo holds a Master of Science in Electronic Engineering from the Politecnico di Milano in Italy.

Rick is a Director of Arthur D. Little and head of the UK Technology and Innovation Management practice. He has extensive experience in technology and strategy work across a range of sectors including energy, transport, engineering, food & drink and government. Prior to joining Arthur D. Little, Mr. Eagar was employed for nine years as an engineer for an international oil and gas major. Mr. Eagar holds a B.Sc.(Hons.) degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Bristol. He is a Chartered Engineer, a Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and a member of the Association of Cost Engineers and a Fellow of the RSA. He speaks fluent Dutch as well as his native English.

Richard is a senior associate of Arthur D Little’s worldwide network of specialists in the management of technology, R&D and innovation, and is based in the UK. His chief interests lie in technology strategy, the management and commercial exploitation of R&D, and the organizational and cultural issues involved in technology transfer and in stimulating innovation. He has extensive experience in these areas, having worked for leading corporations in industries such as healthcare, oil and gas, heavy engineering, steel, utilities, semiconductors, and consumer electronics, and for national and regional governments and other public sector bodies. In addition to consulting, Richard holds a part-time position at Chalmers University in Gothenburg, where he directs and teaches on Masters' and executive development programs in technology and innovation management.

Daniel is Senior Manager at Arthur D. Little’s Gothenburg office and a Member of the Technology & Innovation Management practice with global responsibility for intellectual capital management. His consulting work focuses on Innovation and Technology management, Strategy development and Change management.

He has extensive consulting experience in the automotive, engineering & manufacturing, aerospace, consumer goods, telecom, and health care industries.

Daniel holds a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering and Management from Chalmers University of Technology.

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Mark Roth is a Partner in the Technology & Innovation Management Practice of North America. Mr. Roth has over 25 years experience as a corporate executive, entrepreneur and consultant and is considered a leading expert on innovation management to develop new value in technology based businesses. His broad experience spans numerous industries with extensive background in the chemicals, semiconductor, transportation, and consumer goods markets.

Mr. Roth brings a deep and unique combination of large company and start-up experience to his clients. He has held senior executive positions at Rockwell International, Honeywell, and Engelhard Minerals and Chemicals. In addition, he was the founding CEO of a number of venture based start-ups where he created significant value for his venture capital investors and shareholders. This afforded him deep experience in origination and leveraged funding strategies for technology based companies. Mr. Roth was a co-founder and Partner at Spinnaker Venture Partners, LLC of Boston, MA, a leading technology investment and private equity advisory firm, where he provided management consulting on corporate and business development issues to emerging technology businesses.

He holds several patents in advanced optical instrumentation and has been published in numerous journals including Semiconductor International, Plastics Technology and Modern Plastics. He is also a frequent speaker on leveraging innovation strategy to achieve tangible business results. Mr. Roth has degrees in Chemical Engineering from the Stevens Institute of Technology. He received an honorary PhD from the Czech Technical University and is an industry leader in the Entrepreneur Program at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He has served as a board member and director of numerous manufacturing industry and technology consortia including the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, the Microelectronics Computer Consortium, the Software Engineering Institute and the Software Productivity Consortium.