Tony O'Driscoll is as a Professor of the Practice at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.

His current research focuses on how emerging technologies such as virtual worlds can rapidly disrupt existing industry structure and business models.

Tony’s research has been published in leading academic journals such as Management Information Sciences Quarterly, the Journal of Management Information Systems, and the Journal of Product Innovation Management. He has also written for respected professional journals such as Harvard Business Review, Strategy and Business, Supply Chain Management Review and Chief Learning Officer Magazine.

During his 18-year industry career, Tony held several leadership positions with IBM and Nortel Networks in the areas of Strategic Business Planning, New Product and Service Development, Services Science Research, Management Consulting and Human Capital Management. Throughout his industry career, Dr. O’Driscoll has developed in-depth knowledge and extensive experience in leveraging technology to create sustained organizational growth and profitability.

Tony has been a keynote speaker, workshop leader, moderator, speaker and panelist at over 100 national and international conferences. He also frequently provides expert analysis and interviews to media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Virtual Worlds News, Chief Learning Officer magazine, Wired magazine, Training magazine and for industry analysts such as Gartner and Forrester.

You can keep up with Tony’s musings on his popular “Learning Matters” blog at: http://wadatripp.wordpress.com