Tom Wylonis

Biography

 Tom is a former Global Director of McKinsey & Company where he worked in the USA and Europe from 1975-1997. While at McKinsey, Tom consulted with top management of high-tech companies (including pharmaceutical companies) on issues related to research, innovation, product development, strategy & organizational development. Tom was a leader of its innovation Practice, which included in its leadership other members such notables as Richard Foster and Clayton Christensen. Prior to working for McKinsey & Company, Tom worked at the Bell Telephone Laboratories (Bell Labs) as a Member of Technical Staff. Tom holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the Pennsylvania State University (Penn State), a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering/Operations Research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Operations Research from The New York University (NYU). Tom has been or is on the board of directors for several Danish companies – Incentive, NNE Pharmaplan, Vertic and Wizerize. More recently Tom has joined the Charleston Angel Partners as an ‘angel’ investor in four high-tech start-ups (First String Research Inc., Advanced Liquid Logic Inc., Zipit Inc., and Terressentia Inc.). He is active in educational innovation as part of his roles as Chairman of the Board of the US Foundation for the Copenhagen International School, as a mentor-instructor at MIT, as an advisor to the Chancellor or Penn State Schuylkill, as a mentor to Penn State engineering students, and as a mentor to students at the Citadel.

Research Interest

 innovation, product development, strategy & organizational development