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Prof. Mike Cusumano gives a keynote speech and a tutorial at XP2003.

Michael A. Cusumano is the Sloan Management Review Distinguished Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan School of Management. He specializes in strategy and technology management in the computer software industry, as well as automobiles and consumer electronics.

He has consulted for major companies around the world, including Alcatel, AOL, AT&T, Business Objects, Cisco, CuraGen, DEC, Ericsson, Fiat, Telecom Italia, Ford, Fujitsu, General Electric, Fidelity, Verizon, Hitachi, i2 Technologies, IBM, Intel, Lucent, MediaOne, Merrill Lynch, MITRE, MultiLink, Motorola, NASA, NEC, NorTel, Robert Bosch, Schlumberger, Siemens, Tandem Computer, Texas Instruments, and Toshiba. He is a director of Infinium Software (ERP applications) and Investhink, Ltd. (financial services content and integration software), and an advisor to NetNumina Solutions (e-business software), firstRain (wireless and web services software), H-5 Technologies (digital search technology), and Sigma Technology Group PLC (early stage ventures).

Professor Cusumano is the author of several best sellers. Platform Leadership: How Intel, Microsoft, and Cisco Drive Industry Innovation (2002, with Annabelle Gawer) examines how industry leaders orchestrate complementary innovations that make their platforms more valuable. Microsoft Secrets (1995, with Richard Selby) is a best-selling study of Microsoft's strategy, organization, and approach to software development, and has approximately 150,000 copies in print in 14 languages. Competing on Internet Time: Lessons from Netscape and its Battle with Microsoft (1998, with David Yoffie), was named one of the top 10 business books of 1998 by Business Week and Amazon.com, and played a central role in the Microsoft anti-trust trial. Thinking Beyond Lean: How Multi-Project Management is Transforming Product Development at Toyota and Other Companies (1998, with Kentaro Nobeoka) analyzes product development and platform strategies in the auto industry.