Associate Professor, Department of Operations, Innovation and Data Sciences at
Esade
Contracted Doctoral Professor URL
Decano Asociado EMBA, MBA Unit
Investigador, Center for Innovation in Cities
Investigador, IIK - Institute for Innovation and Knowledge Management
Biography
Xavier Ferràs has a PhD in Economics and Business from UB and MBA from ESADE and Telecommunications
Engineer from UPC.Professor of Operations Management, Innovation & Data Sciences
at ESADE since 2002. He serves as advisor in many business organizations & companies.
He has been Executive Director of Business Custom Programs. He has been Dean of the
Faculty of Business and Communication at the University of Vic. Until 2012, he was
Director of the ACC10 Centre for Business Innovation Catalan Agency for Competitiveness,
and was responsible for technology transfer policies, R&D and development of clusters
in Catalonia. He has previously served as CIDEM Director of Business Development,
Head of Innovation, Co-ordinator of the Technological Innovation Plan for Catalonia
2001-2004, and member of the committee drafting the Research and Innovation Plan 2005-2008.
Among other executive positions related to technology and innovation, he has been
a member of the boards of trustees and executive boards of BAIE aerospace cluster,
Biocat biotechnology cluster, CTM technological centres advanced materials, Barcelona
Media audio-visual, CTAE Aerospace, LEITAT manufacturing, the Microsoft Productivity
Centre in Manresa, the Catalan Foundation for Research, the i-CERCA Foundation Research
Centre of the Catalan Government, Invertec Venture Capital Company, and Creafutur. He
previously worked in the automobile industry and as Professor of Electrical Engineering
at the Barcelona School of Telecommunications Engineering. Author of 'Innovación 6.0:
el Fin de la Estrategia' Plataforma, 2010. Co-author of 'Pasión por Innovar' Granica,
2006, 'Tanto Creces, Tanto Vales' Granica, 2005, and '50 Lecciones de Management'
Granica, 2007.Speaker at over 200 national and international conferences on strategy,
innovation and technology management.
Contact details
Tel: +34 932 806 162
Ext. 2673
Fax: +34 932 048 105