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Roch Parayre, Ph.D.
Senior Partner
Dr. Roch Parayre is a Senior Partner and a scenario-planning expert with Decision Strategies International Inc. His client list spans various industries. He has consulted with organizations in health care (Abbott Laboratories, AstraZeneca, Baxter Healthcare, Bristol Myers Squibb, GlaxoSmithKline, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, J&J, Medtronic, Mayo Clinic, Pfizer, Wyeth); in information technology and telecommunications (3Com, Alcatel, EDS, Lucent Technologies, MCI, Microsoft, Progress Software, Texas Instruments); in financial services (American Re-Insurance, Chubb, Investors Group, Liberty Mutual, Merrill Lynch, New York Life, PNC Bank, Selective Insurance, and numerous credit unions); and in a variety of other industries such as aviation (American Airlines, Cessna), defense (Litton Industries, Lockheed Martin), retail and consumer goods & services and food (Aramark, Cargill, Coca Cola, CVS, Givaudan, SC Johnson), energy (Citgo, Conoco Philips, Entergy, Marathon Oil), as well as BASF, Bethlehem Steel, Brunswick Corporation, The Conservation Fund, Disney, John Deere, Knight Ridder and others.
Dr. Parayre is also a Fellow at the Aresty Institute of Executive Education at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He teaches executives at the Wharton School, at CEDEP (at INSEAD) in France, and for the Institute for Management Studies. He has consulted and given executive education seminars on four continents, on the topics of decision-making, scenario planning, creativity and strategy. He also heads DSI's Blue Ocean Strategy engagements. Dr. Parayre has successfully completed the Blue Ocean Strategy qualification process administered by the Blue Ocean Strategy - Initiative Centre.
He was previously on the faculty at the Cox School of Business at SMU, where he won numerous MBA teaching awards. He holds a Ph.D. in business strategy from the University of British Columbia, a Master's degree in engineering-economic systems from Stanford University, and an undergraduate degree in operations research and mathematics magna cum laude from the University of Ottawa. He is an expert in the areas of scenario planning, decision analysis, the psychology of decision making, and creativity & innovation. Some of his papers have been published in the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, the Journal of Banking and Finance, and Managerial and Decision Economics. He most recently co-authored a chapter on the topic of Technology Assessment in the book Wharton on Managing Emerging Technologies.
Senior Partner
Dr. Roch Parayre is a Senior Partner and a scenario-planning expert with Decision Strategies International Inc. His client list spans various industries. He has consulted with organizations in health care (Abbott Laboratories, AstraZeneca, Baxter Healthcare, Bristol Myers Squibb, GlaxoSmithKline, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, J&J, Medtronic, Mayo Clinic, Pfizer, Wyeth); in information technology and telecommunications (3Com, Alcatel, EDS, Lucent Technologies, MCI, Microsoft, Progress Software, Texas Instruments); in financial services (American Re-Insurance, Chubb, Investors Group, Liberty Mutual, Merrill Lynch, New York Life, PNC Bank, Selective Insurance, and numerous credit unions); and in a variety of other industries such as aviation (American Airlines, Cessna), defense (Litton Industries, Lockheed Martin), retail and consumer goods & services and food (Aramark, Cargill, Coca Cola, CVS, Givaudan, SC Johnson), energy (Citgo, Conoco Philips, Entergy, Marathon Oil), as well as BASF, Bethlehem Steel, Brunswick Corporation, The Conservation Fund, Disney, John Deere, Knight Ridder and others.Dr. Parayre is also a Fellow at the Aresty Institute of Executive Education at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He teaches executives at the Wharton School, at CEDEP (at INSEAD) in France, and for the Institute for Management Studies. He has consulted and given executive education seminars on four continents, on the topics of decision-making, scenario planning, creativity and strategy. He also heads DSI's Blue Ocean Strategy engagements. Dr. Parayre has successfully completed the Blue Ocean Strategy qualification process administered by the Blue Ocean Strategy - Initiative Centre.
He was previously on the faculty at the Cox School of Business at SMU, where he won numerous MBA teaching awards. He holds a Ph.D. in business strategy from the University of British Columbia, a Master's degree in engineering-economic systems from Stanford University, and an undergraduate degree in operations research and mathematics magna cum laude from the University of Ottawa. He is an expert in the areas of scenario planning, decision analysis, the psychology of decision making, and creativity & innovation. Some of his papers have been published in the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, the Journal of Banking and Finance, and Managerial and Decision Economics. He most recently co-authored a chapter on the topic of Technology Assessment in the book Wharton on Managing Emerging Technologies.