Geoff Parker Biography

Geoff Parker Ph.D. is a worldwide authority on platform business strategy and digital transformation. As the Charles E. Hutchinson ’68A Professor of Engineering Innovation and Executive Director of the Master of Engineering Management program at Dartmouth College he also serves as Faculty Director of the Arthur L. Irving Institute for Energy & Society. Parker received the 2019 Thinkers50 Digital Thinking Award and became one of the world's top 50 management thinkers in 2021 and 2023 because of his fundamental work on two-sided markets and network economics.

Parker co-authored the bestseller Platform Revolution (2016) which helped establish how Amazon, Airbnb and Facebook generate value through user and provider connections. His ongoing research focuses on platform ecosystems and data product management and generative AI integration and sustainability initiatives that include smart cities and energy systems.

Parker serves as a research fellow and visiting scholar at MIT’s Initiative on the Digital Economy while co-chairing the prestigious MIT Platform Strategy Summit and providing strategic advice to worldwide leaders regarding digital strategy and supply chain transformation and AI-driven innovation. His practical knowledge about "tech refresh" enables senior leadership teams to develop strategic technology investment coordination and build competitive advantage through data-centric strategies.

Parker combines engineering and computer science expertise from Princeton with his MS and Ph.D. degrees from MIT to provide a distinctive blend of technical expertise and strategic leadership. Through customized keynotes and advisory services for healthcare and finance and manufacturing and energy sectors he helps organizations transform their infrastructure and adopt platform business models while using generative AI as an essential strategic partner.

Through his presentations Geoff Parker presents research-based strategic approaches that combine academic excellence with practical business results suitable for executive summits and digital transformation projects and boardroom decision-making.

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