Advisory Board
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Dr. Gunther Herr is a graduate of the Coburg University of Applied Sciences and the University of Huddersfield, England. He earned his doctorate in the field of innovation theories as an employee at the innovation management of BMW, before he became partner of the WOIS Institute Coburg in 2000.
It is the core competency of the WOIS Institute to systematically work out the barriers with the highest potential and develop new perspectives and solutions to overcome them
Gunther Herr is responsible for the specialization of “Strategic Innovation” of the Executive MBA at the Steinbeis University Berlin. He also lectures at Coburg University and the University of Prague.
He is vice chairman of the advisory board of the Innovationszentrum Kronach and is scientific adviser of the Dieselmedaillen-Kuratorium, that publishes the “Innovation Management Support” magazine among others.
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Prof. Kelvin Willoughby is Professor and Chairholder in the Stiftungsfonds Deutsche Bank Chair of Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship at the HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management, in Leipzig, Germany. He is an expert in the strategic management of intellectual property, technology-based entrepreneurship, and strategic planning for technology-based industry development, and he has conducted a variety of studies, and produced numerous publications, in the above fields in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia and Russia. Willoughby has earned doctorates in both strategic management and technology studies, and a master of laws degree in intellectual property law.
In addition to his academic work Professor Willoughby is an international consultant and advisor to industry and government. Examples of his projects include: principle investigator in EU-funded innovation project on intellectual property and technology commercialization strategies for enhanced safety and environmental sustainability in the lithium-ion battery industry; strategic assessment of biomedical technology industry clusters in the United States; strategic management of intellectual property in the electronic, metals and automotive industries in Bavaria; the development of regional technology clusters in Germany; training for technology transfer for the US federal laboratories; the management of technology incubators; and innovation in the delivery of higher education (in Europe and the United States). He has extensive experience as a teacher and director of executive education programs in several countries, has been Director of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor for Thailand, and has been elected Vice President for Technology Entrepreneurship of the U.S. Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Willoughby’s practical business experience also includes being a founding member of an entrepreneurial digital media technology company in the United States.
Professor Willoughby’s formal academic affiliations have included: Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia (Professor)); Curtin University (Professor and MBA Director); University of Minnesota (Professor and Endowed Chair in Management of Technology); Technische Universität München, Visiting Professor in the Lehrstuhl für Wirtschaftsrecht und Geistiges Eigentum. He has also worked in a variety of academic and administrative roles at: Max-Planck-Institut für Geistiges Eigentum, Wettbewerbs- und Steuerrecht, the University of Minnesota, the State University of New York at Stony Brook, the University of Tokyo (RCAST), the University of Utah, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Westminster University, the University of Western Australia, the University of California at Berkeley, Mahidol University, and Columbia University in New York. He was a founding participant in Future 500 China and was also the Founding President of the Appropriate Technology Development Group, Inc., a not-for-profit organization involved in sustainable development and social entrepreneurship.
In addition to his academic work Professor Willoughby is an international consultant and advisor to industry and government. Examples of his projects include: principle investigator in EU-funded innovation project on intellectual property and technology commercialization strategies for enhanced safety and environmental sustainability in the lithium-ion battery industry; strategic assessment of biomedical technology industry clusters in the United States; strategic management of intellectual property in the electronic, metals and automotive industries in Bavaria; the development of regional technology clusters in Germany; training for technology transfer for the US federal laboratories; the management of technology incubators; and innovation in the delivery of higher education (in Europe and the United States). He has extensive experience as a teacher and director of executive education programs in several countries, has been Director of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor for Thailand, and has been elected Vice President for Technology Entrepreneurship of the U.S. Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Willoughby’s practical business experience also includes being a founding member of an entrepreneurial digital media technology company in the United States.
Professor Willoughby’s formal academic affiliations have included: Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia (Professor)); Curtin University (Professor and MBA Director); University of Minnesota (Professor and Endowed Chair in Management of Technology); Technische Universität München, Visiting Professor in the Lehrstuhl für Wirtschaftsrecht und Geistiges Eigentum. He has also worked in a variety of academic and administrative roles at: Max-Planck-Institut für Geistiges Eigentum, Wettbewerbs- und Steuerrecht, the University of Minnesota, the State University of New York at Stony Brook, the University of Tokyo (RCAST), the University of Utah, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Westminster University, the University of Western Australia, the University of California at Berkeley, Mahidol University, and Columbia University in New York. He was a founding participant in Future 500 China and was also the Founding President of the Appropriate Technology Development Group, Inc., a not-for-profit organization involved in sustainable development and social entrepreneurship.