Phil Levy is a visiting associate professor of business administration at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business. He is also Adjunct Senior Fellow, Global Economy at The Chicago Council on Global Affairs. He was previously a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and taught at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. Read more »

Jimmy Goodrich is a Director of Global Policy at the Information Technology Industry Council. Jimmy has more than seven years of experience working with Chinese and global stakeholders on technology policy issues. At ITI, Jimmy primarily works on China and indigenous innovation related issues. Before joining ITI, Jimmy was the Director for Greater China Government Affairs at Cisco Systems in Beijing where he worked with a wide range of stakeholders on areas where policy, government, and technology converge. He was also the Co-Chair of the AMCHAM China IT and Telecoms Forum. Read more »

Dr. Charles Wessner is a distinguished scholar and a powerful advocate of effective innovation policies. Dr. Charles Wessner is a National Academy Scholar and Director of the Program on Technology, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship. He is recognized nationally and internationally for his expertise on innovation policy, including public-private partnerships, entrepreneurship, early-stage financing for new firms, and the special needs and benefits of high-technology industry. He testifies to the U.S. Congress and major national commissions, advises agencies of the U.S. Read more »

Gary Pisano is the Harry E. Figgie Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. He has been on the Harvard faculty for 22 years. During this time, he has taught MBA and executive level courses on technology and operations management, operations strategy, competitive strategy, product development, and the management of innovation. Professor Pisano's research has examined technology strategy, the management of innovation, organizational learning, outsourcing, and the management of intellectual property. Read more »

Willy Shih is a Professor of Management Practice, having joined Technology and Operations Management in January 2007. He teaches Technology and Operations Management in the first year required curriculum, as well as Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise in the second year elective curriculum. He also teaches in the Executive Education program.  Read more »

Robert Bectel serves as Chief Technology Officer, Senior Policy Advisor and Acting Director for IT Services for EERE where he helps accelerate the commercialization of new energy solutions and seeks to establish a uniform, efficient, agile, and user-friendly IT infrastructure which facilitates the performance of every employee’s work and the achievement of EERE’s mission. Read more »

As a venture capitalist for 25 years, Ray has assisted entrepreneurs in achieving their dreams and produced outstanding financial returns for his limited partners. He has personally discovered, created and guided more than 50 companies in the Venrock portfolio through their early stages of formation and emerging growth. Beginning his professional career as a nuclear engineer he continues his love for “building,” especially companies.

Presently Ray is chair of the National Venture Capital Association for the 2012-2013 term and he was ranked #49 on the 2012 Forbes’ Midas List . Read more »

In his 28 years as head of Environmental Defense Fund, Fred Krupp has been widely recognized as a pioneer in harnessing market forces for environmental ends, starting with the 1990 market-based acid rain reduction plan praised by The Economist as the decade’s “greatest green success story.” Read more »

Phil Giudice is the CEO of Ambri. Ambri, formerly Liquid Metal Battery Corporation, is a technology company creating cost effective, reliable, wide spread grid electricity storage solutions, enabling separation of power demand from power supply. Phil has more than 30 years' experience in the energy industry as a geologist, consultant, executive, and state official. Read more »

Currently the head of World Wide Public Sector, Teresa is responsible for strategy, operations, sales and business development for Amazon’s Web Services and Cloud Computing business. She is charged with driving both revenue and partnership strategy across public sector in all geographies. Teresa also serves as the lead public policy advisor to the business for global public sector. Read more »