Geoffrey G Parker
| Geoffrey G. Parker | |
|---|---|
| Born | Dayton, Ohio |
| Citizenship | United States of America |
| Fields |
Management Science Information Economics |
| Institutions |
Tulane University MIT Center for Digital Business |
| Alma mater | |
| Known for | Two-sided markets |
Geoffrey G Parker is a scholar whose work focuses on distributed innovation, energy markets, and the economics of information. He developed the theory of two-sided markets with Marshall Van Alstyne.
Parker is Professor of Management Science at Tulane University and is a Faculty Fellow at MIT and the MIT Center for Digital Business. He also serves as Director of the Tulane Energy Institute. Parker is co-author of the book Platform Revolution, which was included among the 16 must-read business books for 2016 by Forbes.
Parker was born in Dayton, Ohio. He received a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Princeton University in 1986. He then completed the General Electric Company Financial Management Training Program and held multiple positions in engineering and finance at General Electric in North Carolina and Wisconsin. He obtained an MS in Electrical Engineering (Technology and Policy Program) in 1993 and a PhD in Management Science in 1998, both at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Parker is Professor of Management Science at Tulane University and is a Faculty Fellow at MIT and the MIT Center for Digital Business. His teaching includes technical courses giving students the skills they need to transform large data sets into actionable knowledge. Parker has taught undergraduate and full-time MBA courses as well as professional MBA and executive MBA programs. He also serves as Director of the Tulane Energy Institute.
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