|
Prof. Dr. Roman Boutellier
Prof. Dr. Roman Boutellier was appointed Full Professor for Innovation and Technology Management at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich on 2004. Since 2005 he also chairs the Master of Advanced Studies in Management, Technology, and Economics. In 1999 he was nominated as Adjunct Professor for Technology Management at the University of St. Gallen.
Prof. Dr. Roman Boutellier was conferred a doctorate in 1979 at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in mathematics. Postdoctoral, he spent a year at the ImperialCollege in London to do research in function theory.
From 1999 until his nomination at the ETH he was President and Chief Executive Officer of SIG Holding Ltd.. Under his Management the € 2 billion group developed from a diversified conglomerate to a globally active group with focus on liquid packaging.
From 1993 until 1999 he was a Professor at the University of St. Gallen and the President of the Institute of Technology Management. From 1987 until 1993 he was the head of the technical division at Leica AG in Heerbrugg and from 1981 until 1987 of the Optical Calculation department and Optics Manufacturing at Kern in Aarau. During this time he spent a study visit at the OpticalSciencesCenter in Tucson/Arizona and, in addition, made a degree in business administration.
He is a member of various boards dealing with technology transfer, supply chain management and academic education. He is also author and co-author of 7 books and over 100 publications. Furthermore, he is a member of the board of the Schweizerische Kurse für Unternehmensführung SKU and member of boards of directors of Swiss MNCs.
Focus of his current research is innovation, technology risks and opportunities as well as purchasing.
|
