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Prof. Dr. Frank T. Piller

Head of the Technology and Innovation Management Group and Co-Director of the TIME Research Area at RWTH Aachen University

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Prof. Dr. Frank T. Piller leads the Technology and Innovation Management Group at RWTH Aachen University since 2007. Earlier, he worked at the MIT Sloan School of Management and was an assistant professor of management at the TUM Business School (1999-2004). Frank Piller graduated with a Ph.D. in operations management from the University of Würzburg in 1999. His post-doctoral Habilitation degree is from the TUM Business School. At RWTH, he is a recipient of the RWTH Teaching Award of 2010 and 2015. Frank Piller has worked as a consultant and delivered executive workshops for many international companies, including several DAX30 and Fortune 500 corporations. As a member of their board of directors or board of scientific advisors, he works with a number of innovative technology companies to bring his research into practice. He also is a co-founder of the MIT Smart Customization Group, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA.