Alexander Cocron is an associate professor of the practice in the Center for Leadership Education teaching courses about innovation and strategy. He has extensive experience in corporate strategy and new venture development. Cocron was a founding member of two successful technology startups, including Applied Predictive Technologies, an analytical software provider. As a partner in Mercer Management Consulting’s London and Washington, D.C. offices, he advised senior executives of Global 1000 companies in the U.S., the U.K., Germany, France, the Netherlands, Australia, and Canada.