Andrei Villarroel, PhD

CEO

Switzerland28 yrs 4 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 25+ years of experience in technology and innovation.
  • Founder of innoverse.AI, focusing on AI solutions.
  • Keynote speaker on the future of work and learning.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in AI-driven innovation and education within the technology sector.

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Skills

Core Skills

LeadershipExecutive ManagementGenerative AiStrategic LeadershipBusiness DevelopmentUniversity TeachingInnovation ConsultingPublic SpeakingSoftware DevelopmentArtificial Intelligence (ai)Strategic ThinkingQuantitative Research

Other Skills

Executive DirectorNonprofit OrganizationsLeadership DevelopmentSystems ThinkingConseil en stratégieRelevanceCollaborative Problem SolvingDesign ThinkingProject ManagementData AnalysisStrategyCreativity and InnovationStrategic ConsultingEducational TechnologyOpen Innovation

About

🚀 Pioneering “people+AI for a brighter future” ( #ThinkLeap since DLI Informedia II ).   👉 Little-known fact: I had the privilege to proofread Ray Kurzweil’s book manuscript “The Singularity is Near”.   🌎 Experience: • 25+ years innovating at the intersection of technology, business, and human creativity, leading transformative projects. • Founder and Chief AI Officer of innoverse.AI, crafting next-gen "people+AI" solutions with our unique AAA approach. • Strategic advisor to leading organizations on disruptive innovation initiatives (Genentech New Work Environments, PMI thrive, EPFL Ecotope). • Keynote speaker and executive educator on the AI future of work and learning, offering guidance with strategic frameworks 🎓 Background: Former MIT Sloan international faculty fellow, MIT/EPFL/CMU/Informedia alumni, leading cutting-edge research and education in management of technology   🌟 Passion: • Unleashing cross-generational innovation initiatives to enhance productive growth • Designing Gen AI-driven organizational transformations for sustained impact • Fostering strategic, ethical, and inclusive “people+AI” solutions for a brighter future   💡 Motto: “Imagine the impossible, achieve the unthinkable" - Let's co-create a future where AI amplifies our collective intelligence and bridges generational divides.   🔗 News: • Talk on “people+AI”, MIT Alumni Switzerland 50th anniversary tech conference (June 2024). • Keynote Speaker/Closing Panelist, The Future of Work and Learning event (June 2024). • Presenter, Applied Machine Learning Days 2024 conference (March 2024). 👍 Open to: visionary partnerships, innovation advisory roles, keynote speaking engagements at the forefront of AI and human potential.   #AIStrategy #FutureOfWork #EthicalAI #InnovationCatalyst #DigitalTransformation #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #IA #KI #GenAI #KeynoteSpeaker

Experience

28 yrs 4 mos
Total Experience
5 yrs 8 mos
Average Tenure
25 yrs 4 mos
Current Experience

Mit alumni club of switzerland

President

May 2025 – Present · 1 yr

LeadershipExecutive DirectorNonprofit OrganizationsExecutive Management

Innoverse.ai

Founder | Chief AI Officer

Aug 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 9 mos

Strategic ThinkingQuantitative ResearchGenerative AILeadership DevelopmentSystems ThinkingInnovation Consulting+33

Hes-so haute école spécialisée de suisse occidentale

Associate Professor of Innovation

Jan 2015 – Jan 2020 · 5 yrs · Switzerland

  • Innosuisse Startup Regional Coordinator. Scientific Commitee Regional Depute. Research Professor.
Strategic ThinkingSocial Media StrategyQuantitative ResearchUniversity TeachingGenerative AILeadership Development+37

Massachusetts institute of technology - sloan school of management

2 roles

International Faculty Fellow

Promoted

Jan 2010 – Jan 2014 · 4 yrs

  • MIT Innovation Lab Research Affiliate, MIT Portugal IFF, MIT Center for Collective Intelligence Visiting Scholar, MIT Sloan Innovation Period Instructor.
Strategic ThinkingSocial Media StrategyQuantitative ResearchPublic SpeakingUniversity TeachingLeadership Development+33

Postdoctoral Fellow

Jan 2008 – Jan 2009 · 1 yr

  • Researching Online Distributed Innovation, Online Distributed Organization. Technological Innovation and Entrepreneurship Group (TIES). Funded by NSF Switzerland.
Strategic ThinkingSocial Media StrategyQuantitative ResearchPublic SpeakingUniversity TeachingCollaborative Problem Solving+21

CatĂłlica lisbon school of business and economics

Assistant Professor of Strategy

Jan 2009 – Jan 2014 · 5 yrs

  • Executive Education. International Master. The Lisbon MBA with MIT Sloan School of Management.
Strategic ThinkingSocial Media StrategyQuantitative ResearchPublic SpeakingUniversity TeachingLeadership Development+36

Epfl (école polytechnique fédérale de lausanne)

Doctoral Associate

Jan 2004 – Jan 2008 · 4 yrs

  • Chair of Corporate Strategy and Innovation (CSI). Teaching: Open Innovation Management. Research: Open Source Strategy. Methods: Agent-based Modeling. Achievements: 2 international conference Best Papers, excellent teaching reviews.
Social Media StrategyQuantitative ResearchPublic SpeakingUniversity TeachingCollaborative Problem SolvingProject Management+19

University of pennsylvania

Visiting Scholar

Jan 2004 – Jan 2008 · 4 yrs

  • Visiting Scholar at the Center for Organizational Dynamics. In-residence between 2004-2005.
Strategic ThinkingSocial Media StrategyQuantitative ResearchPublic SpeakingUniversity TeachingLeadership Development+19

Xcelconsult llc

Founder | CEO

Jan 2001 – Present · 25 yrs 4 mos

  • Executive and management consulting services. Representative clients:
  • EPFL Innovation Park, Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Philip Morris International, Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Genentech, South San Francisco, USA
  • Japanese International Cooperation Agency
  • National Congress of Bolivia
  • Acquired: d-benchmark (www.d-b.work)
Strategic ThinkingSocial Media StrategyLeadership DevelopmentSystems ThinkingInnovation ConsultingExecutive Management+41

Diamondcluster international

Technology Strategy Consultant

Jan 2000 – Jan 2001 · 1 yr

  • Strategy consulting services for Fortune 1000 companies. Representative clients:
  • Duke Energy
  • Bank of America
  • Dow Jones
Strategic ThinkingLeadership DevelopmentStrategic LeadershipNew Business DevelopmentConseil en stratégieCollaborative Problem Solving+23

Carnegie mellon university

Research Scholar

Jan 1998 – Jan 2000 · 2 yrs

  • School of Computer Science (SCS). Under Research Provost Howard Wactlar.
  • INFORMEDIA Digital Library research group. Funded by NASA, DARPA, NSF.
  • CoolMedia Project. Led initiative to bring the INFORMEDIA services to the web.
Quantitative ResearchSystems ThinkingCollaborative Problem SolvingCreativity and InnovationEducational TechnologyProblem Solving+11

Education

MIT Sloan School of Management

Postdoc — Technology Innovation Entrepreneurship and Strategy Group

Jan 2008 – Jan 2009

EPFL

PhD

Jan 2008 – Present

The Wharton School

Management Doctoral Coursework

Jan 2004 – Jan 2005

Carnegie Mellon University

Master of Science — Information Networking Institute

Jan 1998 – Jan 2000

EURECOM

Specialization — Corporate Communications

Jan 1996 – Jan 1997

EPFL

Diplôme (BS/MS) — Ingénieur en Systèmes de Communication

Jan 1992 – Jan 1997

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