Patrick Corsi
Marketing

Patrick Corsi manages KINNSYS in Brussels - the Enterprise Innovation Management consultancy aiming at building profitable and sustainable innovations. Co-authored books on marketing and innovation; connects to European venture capital industry - within the European Commission originated link-up mechanisms between start-up projects and venture and investment firms in 1995, later to be known as ‘European Investment Forums’.

From his early settling in Silicon Valley as an IBMer in 1979, Patrick always served in international environments within large and small industries; developed advanced office equipment, then communication devices at IBM France; managed COGNITECH’s Technology Transfer Dept., the Paris based AI business leader through mid-80's; directed the Advanced Studies Dept. of THOMSON-CSF software subsidiary SYSECA in St-Cloud in late 80's. Managed European R&D teams, seeded advanced international industrial projects. Monitored the European AI R&D projects portfolio as a Senior Project officer within the Commission through the 90's; has often been appointed as an external expert since 1988. A frequent speaker and writer with widest experience in evaluating proposals, monitoring and assessing projects in most economic sectors; lectured at six European Universities since 1977; an Associate Professor at ISTIA Innovation, Univ. of Angers.

CORSI was trained by Belgium’s leading SOLVAY SME Business & Entrepreneurship School in 2002-03. A Ph.D. from Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble in Génie Informatique in 1979. An Engineer from Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Informatique et de Mathématiques Appliquées de Grenoble. Graduated with a Maîtrise de Mathématiques et Applications Fondamentales from Univ. of Marseilles. A former member of Collège Scientifique et Technique of THOMSON-CSF Group upon creation in 1989-90; “Marquis Who's Who in the World" 1991-92; a core member of the European Innovation Relay Centres Think Tank, 2003-04.