Andrei Villarroel

Andrei Villarroel, PhD, is expert author and researcher in the field of crowdsourcing, who lectures on this subject to Executive Education and MBA audiences.

In 2011, he was keynote speaker on innovation at the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) 'Deans and Directors Meeting' --gathering 315 leaders of business schools worldwide--, where he addressed the importance of crowdsourcing for the future of organization. He wrote his doctoral dissertation about crowdsourcing as a business model (2008), has chaired and organized symposia on this subject at the Academy of Management (2007, 2009, 2011), and has been involved in crowdsourcing research with industry players in Europe, USA, and Australia.

He's been on the faculty of The Lisbon MBA, Católica-Lisbon School of Business and Economics, visiting faculty at the University of Pennsylvania Organizational Dynamics, and International Faculty Fellow at MIT Sloan School of Management.

Contact: av@crowdlabs.net