On This PageClayton M. Christensen
Clayton M. Christensen, best-selling author of "The Innovator's Dilemma," is the Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, with a joint appointment in the Technology & Operations Management and General Management faculty groups.
Professor Christensen's research and teaching interests center on managing innovation and how to create new growth markets. Through co-founding Innosight, a management consulting and training firm based near the Harvard Business School in Watertown, Massachusetts, Christensen and his colleagues sought to make practical the theories of disruption by focusing on problems of strategy, innovation and growth. Christensen's theories of disruptive innovation are practiced and implemented today through the company's work with clients ranging from Proctor & Gamble to General Motors to Credit Suisse.
A seasoned entrepreneur, Christensen has founded three successful companies. The first, CPS Corporation, is an advanced materials manufacturing company that he founded in 1984 with several MIT professors. The second, Innosight, was founded by Christensen with the company's current chairman, Mark Johnson, in 2000. Innosight Capital, the third firm, was launched in 2005. From 1979 to 1984 he worked with the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). In 1982 Professor Christensen was named a White House Fellow, and served as assistant to U.S. Transportation Secretaries Drew Lewis and Elizabeth Dole.
Professor Christensen became a faculty member at the Harvard Business School in 1992. He is author or co-author of five books: "The Innovator's Dilemma" (1997), which received the Global Business Book Award for the best business book published in 1997; "The Innovator's Solution" (2003), also a New York Times best seller; and "Seeing What's Next" (2004). In addition, he has edited two case books on innovation: "Innovation and the General Manager" (1999) and "Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation," 4th edition (2004). He presently is completing two books that examine the problems of our healthcare and public education systems through the lenses of his theories. These also will show how the problems in these industries can be resolved.
Professor Christensen holds a B.A. with highest honors in economics from Brigham Young University (1975), and an M.Phil. in applied econometrics and the economics of less-developed countries from Oxford University (1977), where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar. He received an MBA with High Distinction from the Harvard Business School in 1979, graduating as a George F. Baker Scholar. He was awarded his DBA from the Harvard Business School in 1992.
Michael McNamara
Mr. McNamara assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer of Flextronics in January 2006. He had served as the Company's Chief Operating Officer since 2001. In addition to serving as the Company's COO, Mr. McNamara served as President, Americas Operations from April 1997 to December 2001, and held the role of Vice President, North American Operations from 1994-1997. He joined Flextronics through the acquisition of Relevant Industries, Inc. in March 1994, where he served as President and Chief Executive Officer since May 1993. From May 1992 to May 1993, he was Vice President, Manufacturing Operations at Anthem Electronics, an electronics distributor. In addition, from April 1987 to May 1992, he was a Principal of Pittiglio, Rabin, Todd & McGrath, an operations consulting firm. Mr. McNamara received a B.S. from the University of Cincinnati and an M.B.A. from Santa Clara University.
Brian Tobey
As Corporate Vice-President of Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Information Solutions for Microsoft's Entertainment and Devices Division, Brian Tobey is responsible for all global manufacturing, supply chain and IT functions within E&D. Brian joined Microsoft in September 2004 as General Manager of Supply Chain and IT. Previously Brian was Vice President of NA Bath and Spa operations for Jacuzzi Whirlpool Bath and a Principal in the management consultancy, A.T. Kearney. He holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, a Masters in Manufacturing Management from Northwestern University and a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. In his spare time Brian enjoys golfing, traveling and spending time with his wife and two children.
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