Expertise
high-tech regional economic development
management education
technology management
Dr. Fred Phillips is Visiting Professor at State University of New York at Stony Brook. Earlier he was vice provost for research at Alliant International University, associate dean at Maastricht School of Management, professor at University of New Mexico, and dean of management at Oregon Graduate Institute of Science & Technology. He was research director at the IC² Institute from 1988-1995. In Texas, Oregon, Holland, and Korea, he has been a leader in developing management curricula for employees of international and high-tech companies.
His contributions in operations research include “Phillips’ Law” of longitudinal sampling, and the first parallel computing experiments with data envelopment analysis (DEA). He has won several awards for outstanding research, including the Kondratieff Medal (Gold, 2017) awarded by the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Dr. Phillips is emeritus editor-in-chief of Elsevier’s international journal Technological Forecasting & Social Change. He is a founder of the Austin Technology Council, and was a board member for the Software Association of Oregon. He is a popular op-ed columnist and panel member in forums dealing with trends in management, technology, and economic development.
Dr. Phillips and his team at General Informatics LLC have consulted worldwide on technology-based regional development, research policy, and higher education. Dr. Phillips attended The University of Texas at Austin and Tokyo Institute of Technology, earning the PhD at Texas (1978) in mathematics and management science. His avocational passions are aikido, travel, and writing.
