Master Class: Technology Leadership in Times of Disruption, Professor Paris de L’Etraz

Paris de L’Etraz, professor of Entrepreneurship at IE Business School and Managing Director of IE Venture Lab, is visiting Tokyo to hold a master class for the young professionals on November 8^th.

In this master class, Professor de l'Etraz presents how innovation has changed today and what this means to traditional techie mindsets. Engineering leadership is now needed more than ever where user experiences and outcomes often mean more than better products.

This master class is offered free of charge. Please register from the registration link provided.

About Professor Paris de L’Etraz

Paris de l’Etraz has spent over 20 years in investment banking and venture capital, mainly at UBS Bank and ABN AMRO. Since 2005, he has continued to be in the business of either raising funds, setting up new companies, selling or buying companies through his group Amazing Lab. He has a keen interest for what makes an entrepreneur and what he/she needs to succeed. In particular he has focused on venture capital, digital marketing, sports management, renewable energy and new technology industries.

Paris has developed and registered two patents, one in 1999, which provides an enterprise solution to the “six degrees of separation” idea and another in 2009 that takes client management into virtual online platforms with two-way communication between clients and service providers.

His PhD and research work focuses on the socialization challenges of certain highly quantitatively trained professionals in today’s organization using a narrative identity development approach.