Dr Rob Phaal

Senior Industrial Research Fellow at Institute for Manufacturing (IfM), University of Cambridge

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Senior Research Associate, Centre for Technology Management, University of Cambridge

Rob joined the Centre for Technology Management in 1997, based in the Institute for Manufacturing, a Division of the Engineering Department at the University of Cambridge. He conducts research in the area of strategic technology management - particular interests include technology evaluation, the emergence of technology-based industry, the use of visual techniques for strategy, and the development of practical management tools. Rob has a mechanical engineering background, with a PhD in computational mechanics and industrial experience in technical consulting, contract research and software development.

Strategic technology roadmapping has been a key area of ongoing interest, in terms of both research and practice.

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