Profs Mike Rosenberg, Josep Valor, John Almandoz, Carlos Pont, Pedro Videla

Teaches at IESE Business School

Mike Rosenberg (academic director)

• Assistant Professor of Strategic Management 
• Doctor of Philosophy (Management), Cranfield University
• Master’s in Business Administration, IESE, University of Navarra
• Bachelor of Science in Engineering, University of Michigan

Mike Rosenberg teaches long-term strategy, scenario planning and analysis of business problems at IESE’s MBA, Global Executive MBA and Executive Education programs.
Prof. Rosenberg’s research is concerned with how long-term technological and socio-economic trends affect the business climate and has a particular interest in the potential of alternative energy sources to change the competitive dynamics of a number of industries, including the automotive sector.
Prior to joining the faculty, Prof. Rosenberg worked as a management consultant to the international automotive industry for Heidrick & Struggles, A.T. Kearney and Arthur D. Little.

Josep Valor

• Professor of Information Systems 
• Doctor of Philosophy (Operations Research), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Doctor of Sciences in Medical Engineering, Harvard/MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology
• Doctor of Industrial Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

Prof. Valor led the Spanish Prime Minister’s Task Force to devise a national strategy to promote information technology and help bring about the information society. He has authored books on the information telecommunications hyper-industry and information systems management, and his research has appeared in prestigious academic journals. He currently serves on the editorial board of Information and Management.

John Almandoz

• Associate Professor of Managing People in Organizations
• PhD in Organizational Behavior, Harvard University
• MA in Sociology, Harvard University
• MBA, Southern Methodist University
• BA in Economics, University of Dallas

John Almandoz is associate professor in the department of Managing People in Organizations. His background includes experience in actuarial consulting, corporate banking, and management of non-profit organizations. He earned a joint Ph.D. in organizational behavior at Harvard Business School /Harvard University, from where he also obtained a master’s degree in sociology. His research on founding boards of directors of community banks has been published in top journals in his field. He teaches courses in MBA, executive MBA, and global executive MBA programs, on leadership and organizational behavior, HR, and self-management and is academic director of the New York campus of IESE Business School.

Carlos García Pont 

• Professor of Marketing
• Doctor of Philosophy (Management), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Master in Business Administration, IESE, University of Navarra
• Degree in Industrial Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

Carlos García Pont is professor in the Marketing Department. His work places special emphasis on the importance of alliances in understanding competitive strategy, the organizational needs of market-oriented organizations in industrial markets and subsidiary strategy in global corporations.
He has also done work in the areas of strategic management and marketing strategy. Prof. García Pont has had extensive experience with both local and multinational organizations in his consulting activities.

Pedro Videla 

• Professor of Economics 
• PhD in Economics, University of Chicago
• MA in Economics, University of Chicago
• Ingeniero Comercial (Economía), Universidad Católica de Chile

Prof. Videla’s areas of specialization include macroeconomics, international economies and emerging economies.
As a consultant, Pedro Videla has been involved in projects with institutions such as the World Bank, IMF, EU, the InterAmerican Development Bank, and USAID. He has taught at the Universidad Adolfo Ibánez (Chile), the Roosevelt University (Chicago, USA), and currently teaches economics courses on the MBA program at IESE Business School.