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Imoh Ilevbare

Principal Solution Development Specialist, IfM Engage

Dr Imoh Ilevbare is Principal Specialist in strategic technology and innovation management (STIM) at IfM Engage.

He works alongside leaders in the private sector and in government to shape their technology and innovation strategies and enable change, by delivering effective STIM processes based on proven research and industry best practice.

Imoh has worked with several leading technology-focused organisations globally including Ocado, Henkel, BP, Subsea7, HVM Catapult, National Composites Centre (UK), Henry Royce Institute (UK), Airbus and Aramco addressing strategy-related challenges and also providing capability development.

Dr Rob Phaal

Director of Research (STIM, CUED)

Rob joined the Centre for Technology Management in 1997, a research group based in the Institute for Manufacturing, Department of Engineering (CUED).

He has a mechanical engineering background, with a PhD in computational mechanics and industrial experience in technical consulting, contract research and software development.

Rob conducts research in the area of Strategic Technology and Innovation Management (STIM). Particular interests include the emergence dynamics of technology-based industry and the development of practical management tools and toolkits.

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