Jorge Calvo, PhD
Independent Strategic Advisor, Professor and Author, with over 30 years’ professional experience in Europe and Japan in business transformation and digitalization.
  • Deputy Dean and Faculty of Strategy, Moonshot Transformation, Industry 4.0, Operations Strategy, Robotics & Business, and Business Research at GLOBIS University Graduate School of Management, Tokyo, Japan. Biggest Business School in Japan, with 1100 MBA students.
  • Executive-in-Residence & Associate Professor of AI & IoY Strategy Business Transformation, Moonshot Transformation and Academic Director of Online Program AI in Business at ESADE Business School, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Board Director at Japanese Operations Management & Strategy Academic Association.
Executive background:
  • Former President of Global Supply Chain Management Division, Executive officer, at Roland DG Corporation Japan Headquarters.
  • Former President & CEO Roland DG EMEA, Europe, the Middle East & Africa.
  • Former President & CEO Roland DG Iberia.
Expertise:
  • Global strategy, Industry 4.0 strategy (IoT, AI, 3D-Printing...), global supply chain management, digital business models transformation, business strategy development, organizational change development, corporate relations development, talent development and cross-cultural team building.
Academic Education:
  • PhD Economics and Business Administration; Universitat Abat Oliba CEU.
    MSc. Advanced Studies in Business Administration; Universitat Abat Oliba CEU.
    MBA; Universitat Abat Oliba CEU.
    GMP; Harvard Business School.
I do believe luck depends on one’s efforts to make things happen, being surrounded by talented and enthusiastic people. When everybody shares, everybody wins more.
  • The joy of inspiring:
    • Faculty Professor of Strategy & Digital Business Transformations.
    • Author of books, articles and business cases.
  • Passion for learning:
    • I’m conducting researches about “Performance, resilience and agility in the supply chains of Japanese industrial companies listed on the NIKKEI 225 Tokyo stock index” and "Implementation of AI & IoT Enabling Technologies related with Industry 4.0 by Japanese Industrial Companies".
  • Eager to share:
    • Member of Board of Directors, Japan Operations Management & Strategy Association.
    • Member of Japan Roundtable, Council of Supply Chain Professionals.
    • Top 3 Asia Business Continuity & Resilience Professional (Private Sector) of 2016, by The Business Continuity Institute.
    • Awarded Digital Printing General Manager of 2004 & 2010, and Digital Textile Executive of the 2008.