Mel Horwitch is a Visiting Scholar at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He was formerly University Professor at Central European University, Dean of CEU Business School, and Director of CEUBS’ Innovation and Entrepreneurship Project, all located in Budapest, Hungary. He has published and taught extensively on technology strategy, global innovation, and modern entrepreneurship, most recently with regard to the analytics/data science and emerging-economy opportunities. He served as a US Peace Corps Volunteer in Thailand.