Dr. Claus J. Varnes, Partner, Management Consultant

Claus J. Varnes joined stage-gate.eu in 2005 as a member of our board of directors and as a part time management consultant.   Claus is an associate professor at the Department of Operations Management, Copenhagen Business School. He is also PhD in management of innovation. The topic of his doctoral research was performance and organizational influences of management systems (Stage-Gate® and portfolio management) for New Product Development.   Claus J. Varnes holds a Masters degree in Economics and Business Administration from Copenhagen Business School and has previously been working six years within the industry as assistant to the executive committee, management consultant on strategic design issues and advisor on corporate acquisitions with emphasis on development opportunities and SMEs.