Franz Dill

Franz's academic background is in astrophysics and industrial mathematics. For the past thirty years he has been with the Procter & Gamble Company. There he acted as a chief scientist for analytics and as an emergent technologist. He founded P&G's groundbreaking contextual innovation centers, now with over sixteen centers world-wide. He established the company's Web 2.0 capabilities, writing the most read blog in the company. He was also a member of Procter & Gamble's Cognitive Analysis Council. He is responsible for many innovations and hundreds of millions of dollars in savings. He retired in March of 2008 and is now an active consultant in business intelligence in marketing, retail innovation, HR, knowledge management and other areas. Read his blog at http://eponymouspickle.blogspot.com for more about his current interests and activities. His LinkedIn profile is here: http://www.linkedin.com/in/franzdill. Contact him at franzdill(at)gmail(dot)com