Rob Shelton

About Rob Shelton

With over 40 years of experience, I specialize in strategy and execution, empowering organizations to scale and innovate effectively. As a consultant and mentor at Harvard Innovation Labs and other organizations, I provide guidance on program development to serve social enterprises and startups, focusing on scaling strategies that combine high impact with top-shelf business tools for managing supply chain, costs, customer service, and innovation to address underserved markets across continents. The overview of my scaling workshop is about to be included in Harvard\'s online learning program. I have a proven track record with impact organizations that has provided significant value. I provide for the growth of impact, combined with proven, sustainable, profitable, and impactful business models that deliver growth into unserved markets via supply chain management, cost management for profitability, and product and business model innovation.My work integrates 40 years of experience in innovation, leadership, execution, and strategy to support initiatives in climate tech innovation, biodiversity (including work with an XPrize winner), and improving people\'s lives through vision and health improvements in historically underserved areas. Partnering with teams such as Harvard Innovation Labs, EYElliance, FATE, and the Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship, I have led development of methodologies, scaled enterprises, and driven social impact PwC and PRTM,I led the global innovation consulting practice, created the consulting services playbook and founded and managed PwC’s international financial services innovation program. Before this, I was a senior executive leading global innovation initiatives and development at Stanford Research Institute (SRI International).In its second publication, I co-authored Making Innovation Work with co-authors from Harvard and Stanford business schools. This best-selling business book has been translated into ten languages.I was designated an Innovation Champion by the World Economic Forum and have spoken at companies around the globe and at the House of Commons, Stanford University, the University of California, USC, Fudan University, MIT Media Labs, and Carnegie Mellon University.

Experience

1. Consultant, Mentor

   Harvard Innovation Labs

   Mar 2022 — Present · Cambridge, MA, US

   President\'s Innovaton Challenge and scaling consulting

Education

• Washington University in St. Louis

  Bachelor’s Degree, Chemical Engineering and Technology Management

Skills

• Acquisition Integration
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• International Business
• Due Diligence
• Change Management
• Strategy
• Strategic Consulting
• Telecommunications
• Product Development
• Management Consulting
• Corporate Development
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Mergers
• Competitive Analysis
• Entrepreneurship
• Start-Ups
• Product Management
• Business Development
• Consulting
• Analytics
• Business Strategy
• Financial Modeling
• Executive Management
• Business Planning
• Private Equity
• Management
• Organizational Design
• Strategic Planning
• Venture Capital
• Program Management
• R&D
• Innovation Management
• Business Process Improvement
• Go-to-Market Strategy
• Strategic Partnerships
• Business Modeling
• Market Entry
• Business Transformation