Dr. Heinrich Arnold

heads up "Innovation Development", which stands for Applied Corporate R&D of Deutsche Telekom AG. Prior to this, he helped to prepare the large-scale spin-off of Telekom's TV cable business and led organiza- tional and strategic projects in the context of innovation at Deutsche Telekom AG. Prior to that, he worked for an international management consultancy firm and as a member of the management team of a German/Chinese research company.

Arnold studied Technical Physics at Munich Technical University. He graduated with a Master of Science in Engineering from Stanford University, a Master of Business Research from Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich and MIT, as well as a Ph.D. in Technology Management. Dr. Arnold is a lecturer in Innovations Management, the author of the scientific book "Technology Shocks" on the management of radical technological change, and a member of the Innovation Leadership Advisory Boards of the School of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He is active as a referee for the German ministry of science and education and represents Deutsche Telekom in the academic selection committee for new professorships at the TU Berlin.