Dr Rick Mitchell, Cranfield Business School - Chairman
Dr Rick Mitchell is Visiting Professor at Cranfield Business School and ex Group Technical and Quality Director for Domino Printing Sciences, a world leader in date coding equipment. Rick's current interests include product innovation management, an area in which he has authored several books. Rick has a degree in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University and a PhD in electrical engineering from Queen Mary College, London University
Bob Bates, Philips Connected Generations
Bob Bates is General Manager of Philips Connected Generations, a Corporate Venture funded by Philips’ Lifestyle Incubator. Previously, Bob was General Manager of Philips Applied Technologies at Redhill. Before that, he was Engineering Manager and then General Manager of Philips Paging in Cambridge. Before rejoining Philips in 1996 he was Managing Director of Unicam Chromatography (a Thermo Electron Company). Prior to that he was Development Manager for ATI Unicam in Cambridge. Bob has a BSc and PhD in Electronics from London University and is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology.
Arend Jan (AJ) van Bochoven, Cambridge Consultants Ltd
Arend Jan (AJ) van Bochoven is a senior consultant for the Business and Innovation Management Group at Cambridge Consultants Ltd, a leading technology consultancy. AJ has experience in facilitating the interaction of diverse stakeholders to ensure that the “selfish needs” of all and thus increase the chance of commercial success of innovation projects.
Dr Qing Wang, Warwick Business School
Qing Wang, B.Sc. (Xian), PhD (Warwick). Dr Qing Wang is Reader in Marketing and Innovation at Warwick Business School. Her research is particularly concerned with a) marketing communication methods for, and consumer adoption behaviour of, really new and technologically advanced products and b) The R&D/marketing interface and the links between innovative capabilities and branding strategies of high technology firms