Dr. Robert Cooper is a noted international expert in the field of new product management. Bob is the creator of the Stage-Gate® process, now widely used by leading firms around the world to drive new products to market. He has assisted a number of leading corporations to design and implement his Stage-Gate® new products process. Companies such as Procter & Gamble, Lego, Carlsberg, Swarovski, Reckitt-Benkizer and Emerson Electric have deployed his methods to enhance their processes for developing and launching new products.

As a thought-leader in the field of production innovation management, Dr. Cooper has published more than 100 articles in leading journals on new product management. Many of these have been leading edge articles that have had a profound impact on product innovation practice. In addition, Bob has written 7 books on new product management, including the popular “Winning at New Products: Accelerating the Process from Idea to Launch”. With over 16,000 copies sold globally, it has become the Bible for corporations wanting to overhaul the way they conceive, develop and launch new products. In 2007, Bob Cooper was recognised by the Product Development Management Association (PDMA) as the World’s No. 1 innovation management scholar.