Lorenzo Massa

Lorenzo Massa is a researcher, educator, speaker and strategy, innovation and sustainability advisor.

He is Full Professor at the Business School Aalborg University (AAU), Managing Director of the Business Design Lab at AAU, member of the expert network (innovation) at World Economic Forum, and adjunct faculty at EPFL-EMBA, at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), the International Academy of Sport Science and Technology (AISTS), Frankfurt School of Finance and Management as well as Bologna Business School (BBS).

He has been scientist at the College du Management (CDM) of EPFL, visiting researcher at the Wharton School (UPENN), at the MIT Sloan School of Management and at the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) and Assistant Professor at WU.

His research lies at the intersection of Strategy, Innovation and Sustainability, also with a focus on science and high-tech entrepreneurship.

He is active as a strategy, innovation and sustainability advisor to executives of companies across industries.

He holds graduate degrees with distinctions in Mechanical Engineering from the Dublin Institute of Technology (B. Eng.) and the University of Genoa (M.Sc. Eng.) and a Master and a Ph.D. from IESE Business School. As an engineer, he worked for SMS Demag in the iron and steel making industry.

Education

• PhD IESE Business School - University of Navarra (2006 — 2011)
• MRM Master of Research in Management IESE Business School - University of Navarra (2006 — 2011)
• M.sc. Engineering Università degli Studi di Genova (1998 — 2003)
• Bachelor of Engineering - BE Technological University Dublin (2001 — 2002)

Companies

• Business Lead Spark Works AG (2019)
• Adjunct Faculty - Module Director - Strategic Innovation and Business Design AISTS - International Academy of Sport Science & Technology (2019)
• Member of the Expert Network (Innovation) World Economic Forum (2019)
• Professor Aalborg University Business School (2019)
• Managing Director Business Design Lab (2019)
• Member of the Advisory Board Tayo (2017)
• Member of the Advisory Board Innovation Forum Lausanne (2015)
• EPFL EMBA Adjunct Faculty - Module director - Business Model Innovation EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne) (2014)
• Scientist, Chair in Corporate Strategy and Innovation EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne) (2013 — 2019)