Alexander Cocron is a senior lecturer 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.