David C. Robertson (born ca 1960) is an American

computer scientist A computer scientist is a person who is trained in the academic study of computer science. Computer scientists typically work on the theoretical side of computation, as opposed to the hardware side on which computer engineers mainly focus (al ...

, organizational theorist, and management consultant, known for his contributions in the fields of IT management and Enterprise architecture.

Biography

After two years at

Wesleyan University Wesleyan University ( ) is a Private university, private liberal arts college, liberal arts university in Middletown, Connecticut. Founded in 1831 as a Men's colleges in the United States, men's college under the auspices of the Methodist Epis ...

Robertson went to

University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, University of Illinois, or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana. It is the flagship institution of the Universit ...

where he received his BA in computer engineering in 1982. In 1990 he received his PhD from the

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the ...

. After one year of postdoctoral fellowship (1990-1991) at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Robertson began a decade of industry work as an Associate Partner at

McKinsey & Company McKinsey & Company is a global management consulting firm founded in 1926 by University of Chicago professor James O. McKinsey, that offers professional services to corporations, governments, and other organizations. McKinsey is the oldest and ...

. He directed the consulting firm

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from 1996 to 1998, and was vice president marketing for a year at eCredit.com and a year at Baan, and another year CEO of Tradeffect. In 2002 he proceeded his academic career as Professor of Innovation and Technology Management at the International Institute for Management Development in Switzerland. From 2010 to 2017, he was a Professor of Practice at the

Wharton School The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania ( ; also known as Wharton Business School, the Wharton School, Penn Wharton, and Wharton) is the business school of the University of Pennsylvania, a private Ivy League research university in P ...

.About Prof. David Robertson
at robertsoninnovation.com. Accessed November 19, 2013. He is currently a Senior Lecturer at

MIT Sloan School of Management The MIT Sloan School of Management (MIT Sloan or Sloan) is the business school of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT Sloan offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree programs, ...

Selected publications

Books: *

Ross, Jeanne W. Jeanne Wenzel Ross (born ca. 1952) is an American organizational theorist and principal research scientist at MIT Sloan School of Management and the MIT Center for Information Systems Research (CISR), specializes in Enterprise Architecture, ICT a ...

Peter Weill Peter Weill (born c. 1955) is an Australian computer scientist and organizational theorist, Professor of Information Systems Research at the MIT Sloan School of Management, and chairman of the MIT Center for Information Systems Research (CISR). ...

, and David C. Robertson. ''Enterprise architecture as strategy: Creating a foundation for business execution.'' Harvard Business Press, 2006. * David Robertson with Bill Breen. ''Brick by Brick: How LEGO Reinvented its Innovation System and Conquered the Toy Industry''. Crown Business, 2013. Articles, a selection: * David Robertson and Thomas Allen. "Managing CAD Systems in Mechanical Design Engineering." ''IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management'', Vol. 39, No. 1 (February 1992): pp. 22–31. * David Robertson and Nils Fonstad "Transforming a Company Project by Project: The IT Engagement Model." ''MIS Quarterly Executive'', Vol 5, No 1 (March 2006). * David Robertson and Per Hjuler, "Innovating a Turnaround at LEGO," ''Harvard Business Review'', September 2009.

References

External links

David C. Robertson
at robertsoninnovation.com
David C. Robertson Practice Professor
at wharton.upenn.edu {{DEFAULTSORT:Robertson, David C. 1960 births Living people American computer scientists American business theorists Place of birth missing (living people) Wesleyan University alumni Grainger College of Engineering alumni Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania faculty