Dr. Scott J.
Edgett is internationally recognized as one of the world’s top experts
in product innovation and is the pioneer of portfolio management for product
innovation. He is a high profile speaker and sought-after consultant. Dr. Edgett
has had extensive experience working with large multinational clients in a variety
of industries, principally focusing on issues affecting innovation leadership and
capability. He is credited with helping business executives and innovation professionals
successfully implement world-class innovation processes that have generated
outstanding results. His speaking engagements and consulting work have
taken him around the globe to work with some of the world’s best innovators and
companies among the Fortune 1000.
Dr. Edgett is Chief Executive Officer and co-founder, with Dr. Robert G. Cooper,
of both Product Development Institute and Stage-Gate Inc. He has spent more
than 20 years researching and developing innovation best practices and working
with organizations in product innovation. He is a prolific author having coauthored
six books including the popular ‘Portfolio Management for New Products,
2nd Edition’ and has published more than 60 academic articles. Dr. Edgett is a former
Professor of the Michael G. DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University in Ontario and is
a Faculty Scholar at the Institute for the Study of Business Markets (ISBM) at Penn State
University.
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