Ricardo Engelbert

Ricardo Engelbert holds Doctorate and Master degrees in Business Administration from Universidade Positivo (Brazil). His doctorate studies included being a visiting scholar at the Sam M. Walton College of Business at University of Arkansas. His B.Sc. degree is in Electrical Engineering from the Federal Technological University of Parana (UTFPR).

After an executive career of more than 20 years in the telecommunications and information technology industries he switched to the academic environment after his PhD. His C-level positions included activities in marketing, general management and service operations, always connected to information technology driven businesses.

Professor Engelbert is currently a full time professor at ISE Business School, in São Paulo, where he is responsible for the areas of Information Systems, Entrepreneurship and Innovation. In addition, Prof. Engelbert teaches custom courses on operations and general management departments. He also works as consultant and board member at companies that want to promote the digital transformation of their businesses.

Areas of interest

• Digital Transformation of Businesses
• Digital Innovation and Disruption
• Impact of technology on Society
• Collective Intelligence
• Technology Appropriation

Education

• Advanced Management Program IESE Business School - University of Navarra (2014 — 2014)
• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Universidade Positivo (2010 — 2014)
• Other, "Disruptive Strategy with Clayton Christensen" HBX | Harvard Business School (2017 — 2017)
• Visiting Researcher University of Arkansas ­- Sam M. Walton College of Business (2012 — 2013)
• Mestrado (MSc) Universidade Positivo (2008 — 2010)
• Pos-graduation ISE Business School (2004 — 2004)
• MBA Fundação Getúlio Vargas (1997.02 — 1998.03)
• Pos-graduation Fundação Getúlio Vargas (1996.01 — 1997.01)
• Engineer Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (1988.07 — 1993.12)