Boyd Cohen

Boyd obtained his Ph.D. at the University of Colorado (Boulder) in Strategy & Entrepreneurship. Since then he has lived and worked in Madrid, Vancouver, Buenos Aires, Santiago and now Barcelona where he is a joint professor at EADA Business School and the Universitat de Vic. His expertise is in the areas of smart cities, urban innovation, entrepreneurship and sustainability. He is our lead consultant and researcher and is a regular keynote speaker at events around the globe. His research has been published in top academic journals such as the Journal of Business Venturing, Strategic Management Journal and Technovation. He also was the lead guest editor of a California Management Review special issue dedicated to cities as a platform for open innovation. His smart cities wheel and indicators have been translated into multiple languages including Spanish, Dutch, Swedish and Hebrew. Boyd is also a regular contributor to Fast Company and i-Ambiente.  Boyd has also been the co-founder of several startups in the green building, software as a service, smart cities, mobile and carbon markets.