Stefanie Kubanek

Senior Faculty of Management and Organisations

Stefanie Kubanek is a senior lecturer at Cornell University. She is a New York and Munich-based designer and design educator whose work is inspired by her native-German roots and cosmopolitan perspective. She completed an apprenticeship in goldsmithing, earned a MA in Industrial Design at London’s Royal College of Art, and completed the PLD program for leadership development at Harvard Business School. As a design educator, she teaches the core qualities of the design process: collaboration and communication, a capacity for empathy, the importance of research, and the integration of different disciplines, cultures, and genders.

Lutz Finger

Visiting Senior Lecturer at the SC Johnson College of Business

Lutz Finger is a Visiting Senior Lecturer at the SC Johnson College of Business. He is a distinguished technologist from Silicon Valley with over 20 years of experience in building AI-driven products at leading companies such as Google, LinkedIn, and SNAP Inc. He is a serial entrepreneur, having sold his data company, Fisheye Analytics, in 2013. Currently, he leads R2Decide LLC, a platform for generative AI tools.

Finger is also a venture partner at Cherry.vc, the premier seed fund in Europe. As a public speaker, he shares insights on the latest AI trends and its impact on society and products. He hosts The Edge Podcast and contributes regularly to Forbes. His eCornell online course, Designing and Building AI Solutions, has gained significant attention for its innovative use of AI teaching assistants. It is a no-code / code-optional course that dives deep into various technologies as they are applied in industries, including healthcare, media, and finance.

His book, Ask, Measure, Learn: Using Social Media Analytics to Understand and Influence Customer Behavior, has been an international success and provides a non-technical guide on how to derive business value from big data. Finger advises several data-centric companies in Europe and the United States. He holds an MBA from INSEAD and an MS in quantum physics from TU Berlin.

Finger teaches several courses about AI, Data and Products at the Johnson School and at Cornell Tech.

Rafael Pass

Professor of Computer Science

Rafael Pass graduated from MIT in 2006 and has since been a faculty member in the Computer Science Department at Cornell University. In 2013, he joined the newly founded Cornell Tech campus in New York city. His research interests are in Cryptography and its connections to Complexity Theory and Game Theory. He is the recipient of the NSF Career Award in 2008, the AFOSR Young Investigator Award in 2010, the Google Faculty award in 2015 and was named a Microsoft Faculty Fellow in 2009, a Sloan Research Fellow in 2011, and a JP Morgan Faculty fellow in 2020.

Sherif Nasser

Senior Faculty of Marketing Management Communications

Sherif Nasser’s research focuses on applying game theory to marketing problems, particularly those related to distribution channels and pricing. He joined Cornell University in 2015 and teaches at both the Johnson and the Dyson Schools. At Johnson, he taught Marketing Management, Marketing Research to MBA students. Currently he teaches Product and Brand Strategies to EMBA students. At Dyson, he teaches Marketing Management, and Innovation and New Product Management. Prior to joining Cornell, Nasser taught at Washington University in St Louis.

Will Cong

Rudd Family Professor, Management & Associate Professor, Finance; Faculty Director, FinTech Initiative at Cornell

Lin William Cong is the Rudd Family Professor of Management and Associate Professor of Finance at the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University. He is also the founding faculty director for the FinTech Initiative at Cornell. Cong also holds dual degrees from Harvard University where he graduated summa cum laude and top in the Physics department, with an A.M. in Physics, an A.B. in Math & Physics, a minor in Economics, and a language citation in French. His recent work has focused on the intersection of technology, data science, and finance.

Karan Girotra

Professor of Operations Technology and Innovation

Karan Girotra is the academic lead for the flagship studio-based education programs at Cornell Tech and is applying his research on innovation to help build a new model for graduate education. As one of the first business faculty at Cornell Tech, he is helping build a unique new educational institution that fuses technology with business and creative thinking. He has collaborated with companies building new business models in the areas of urban living, smart transportation and e-commerce, helping them build rigorous research-based solutions.

Gautam Ahuja

Professor of Management and Organisations

Gautam Ahuja teaches strategy and competitive analysis. In 2016, he received the BPS Wiley Outstanding Educator Award for his lifetime teaching contributions. At Cornell, he has received the Cornell-Tech Best Professor Award as well as the Johnson Graduate School of Management’s Apple Award. His research interests include competitive analysis, technology and innovation, globalization, and the use of inter-organizational arrangements such as mergers, acquisitions, and alliances in these contexts.

Mike Grandinetti

Professor of Innovation

Mike Grandinetti is Adjunct Professor, School of Engineering at Brown University. As a veteran Silicon Valley engineer and McKinsey consultant, Mike has been in the practice of innovation and entrepreneurship as an operating executive and educator. Mike serves as a faculty member at Harvard & Rutgers and has been affiliated with MIT in various capacities. Mike has been continuously active in the fields of innovation, entrepreneurship, human-centric design and digital marketing since earning his Bachelor of Science in Engineering degree. He went on to earn his MBA degree with distinction at Yale.

Antoinette Dale Henderson

Internationally recognized expert in leadership communications with over 25 years of experience

Antoinette Dale Henderson is an internationally recognized expert in leadership communications with over 25 years of experience. She has held senior roles at leading PR consultancies and is the founder of the Gravitas® Programme, which equips leaders with the skills to communicate effectively, command respect, and inspire their teams to greater professional standards. Antoinette’s work emphasizes cultivating gravitas to not only inspire confidence but also to foster a professional and inclusive leadership culture that aligns with organizational values.

Through her work with global organizations such as Google, PwC, Siemens, and Johnson & Johnson, Antoinette has delivered transformative leadership programs that enable leaders to create strong, inclusive environments and guide their teams through change. Her approach encourages leaders to maintain professional standards, uphold a culture of care, and ensure that all team members feel respected and empowered. She has also worked extensively with government bodies, including the Cabinet Office and HMRC, enhancing the leadership capabilities of public sector leaders. This experience underscores her ability to help leaders establish professional norms, encourage collaboration, and build a culture of trust and engagement.

Antoinette is the author of two acclaimed books, Leading with Gravitas and Power Up, and a popular TEDx speaker. Her contributions to leadership development have made her a sought-after keynote speaker and coach for leaders seeking to elevate their influence and presence in complex environments.

Anton Musgrave

Futurist and Business Strategist

Anton Musgrave lectures regularly for London Business School, Duke CE, IMD and Oxford’s Said Business School. He is passionate about teaching business strategy, innovation and the future. He has also served as Managing Partner of a large legal practice and Managing Director of a major property business. He shares an insightful understanding of the drivers of long-term business success, shifting business models and what it takes to stay ahead of the market.

Jamie Anderson

Professor of Creative Leadership

Jamie has held teaching positions at some of the world’s top business schools, such as London Business School, IMD, ESMT Berlin and the University of Melbourne. Named as a “management guru” by the Financial Times, Jamie has also been listed as one of the world’s top 25 management thinkers by the journal Business Strategy Review. He is passionate about teaching strategy, innovation and creativity.

Federico Quijada

A.B., Cum Laude, from St. Anselm College, a J.D. specializing in corporate law from Villanova University, an Sc.M. in Technology Leadership from Brown University

Fred Quijada boasts a diverse background spanning legal, technological, and educational realms. Throughout his decade-long tenure in technology management, he held positions at prominent corporations like Wells Fargo, United Airlines, and AIG. Notably, his work at AIG with IBM’s Watson team garnered him the AIG Americas Innovation Award. This project involved utilizing high-performance computing systems to analyze vast weather datasets for natural disaster prediction. This achievement sparked his interest in data-driven decision-making, prompting him to pursue graduate studies.

Dr. Quijada’s current research centers on creating a unified theory for technology leadership, while also exploring the applications of AI/ML, cloud computing, and DevOps technologies within enterprise settings. He leverages his expertise by lecturing in professional education programs on technology management and information science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he has contributed for the past three years.

He holds an A.B., Cum Laude, from St. Anselm College, a J.D. specializing in corporate law from Villanova University, an Sc.M. in Technology Leadership from Brown University, and is currently pursuing both an M.L.A. in Ethics & Leadership from the University of Chicago and a Doctor of Technology from Purdue University.