Marc Gruber EPFL

Marc Gruber

Position: Vice President for Innovation at EPFL

Professor Marc Gruber is Vice President for Innovation at EPFL, full professor at the College of Management of Technology at EPFL where he holds the Chair of Entrepreneurship and Technology Commercialization (ENTC), and co-author of “Where to Play: 3 Steps for Discovering your most valuable Market Opportunities”, the latest addition to the lean startup toolset.

Marc also acted as Associate (2013-2016) and as Deputy Editor (2017-2020) at the Academy of Management Journal (AMJ), the highest ranked empirical research journal in the management domain. In an independent research study on the most impactful entrepreneurship scholars (Gupta et al., 2016), Marc was ranked as the worldwide #1 researcher in entrepreneurship for the 2005-2015 period (shared #1 spot), and among the worldwide top 5 for the 2000-2015 period.

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Hélène Valat

Digital project manager at Wide

Shirah Foy

Postdoctoral Researcher - Entrepreneurship & Tech Commercialization at EPFL

Jen Jeng

Founder and business strategist at Spica Strategy

Thomas Link

Creative Director - Namics

Jameel Somji

Founder & CEO - SpiNovation Labs

John Elbing

Coach/Consultant/Storyteller at Standpoint

Sandy Lam

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Alban Vogel

Product Designer - Cleverdist SA

Clemence de Robert

UX Designer

Caroline Widmer

Directrice at Pulse Incubateur HES

Yves Jobin

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Rémi Rivas

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Hugo De Sousa

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Cheri Ruane

Practice Leader for Landscape Architecture - Weston & Sampson Design Studio

Clio Rossier

Freelance - I use my creative mindset, my empathy and my future thinking skills to help you innovate

Marie Girard

Product Manager at IBM

Chris Hodges

Design Lead at Siemens

Lisa Weinsberger

Remote Design Sprint & Innovation Facilitator at Designtribe

Jennifer Löffler

Innovation Facilitator at itConcept srl

Eberhard Schächterle

Innovation Advisor at Eberhard Schächterle Innovationsberatung

Mikhaél Minisini

Director at Apptitude SA

Marco D’Amico

Strategic Innovation Advisor at oobrain S.r.l. SB

Alona Nadieieva

Pega CSSA at Knowledge Expert

Mathilde Verdier

Social Innovation Strategist / UX/UI Designer in Training

Thiago Tonus

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Caroline Pratte

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Jakub (Jacob) Korczak

Co-founder at JQK-on

Ana Paula da Silva

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Benoît Dubouloz

COO at Knowledge Expert

Kevin Richard

Senior Designer, UX Strategist

Luis González

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Sarah fleury

EPFL Master Student in Management, Technology and Entrepreneurship

Steph Cruchon

CEO Design Sprint Ltd - itoday Conference Organizer

Gael Close

Staff System Architect at Melexis

Başak Çevik

Consultant - StratejiCo

Loïc Volery

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Orlane Perey

Designer & Art Director at Serendipity Agency

Mike Caskey

Design Partner, Product Exploration

Fides Fierz

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Daniel Herrera

Product Design Engineer & Innovation Strategist at Dees Studio

Jackie Colburn

Product Leader. Facilitator. Design Sprinter. Experimenter. Educator. - Independent Consultant

Danella Alfaro

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Alain Priser

Lead Product Designer and Manager at Labster.io

Jean-Marie Buchilly

Innovation Cell Manager at Fischer Connectors

Anaïs Salson

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Olivier Chappuis

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Fabrice Atallah

Head of Innovation and Change Management at Hilti

Julien Guex

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Yann Wermuth

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