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Robert C. Wolcott, Ph.D.

Robert C. Wolcott, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor of Innovation at Booth, University of Chicago, and Kellogg, Northwestern University.

Adjunct Professor of Innovation at Booth, University of Chicago, and Kellogg, Northwestern University.

Robert C. Wolcott, Ph.D. currently serves as an Adjunct Professor of Innovation at both Booth, University of Chicago, and Kellogg, Northwestern University. From 2007–2019 he was a Clinical Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Kellogg. Four-time Teacher of the Year in Kellogg’s EMBA program. Visiting Fellow, Imperial College London.

Venture investor in nearly 40 companies and funds. Chair, TWIN Global (www.twinglobal.org), a global community of innovation leaders. Board member, Clareo; Abroad.io; CureBlindness Project.

Author: PROXIMITY, MIT Sloan Management Review, The Harvard Business Review, The Wall Street Journal. Contributor for Forbes on the impact of technology on business and humanity. BA, History; Ph.D., Industrial Engineering, Northwestern University.

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