Geoffrey G. Parker

Geoffrey Parker is the Charles E. Hutchinson '68A Professor of Engineering Innovation at Dartmouth and is faculty director for the Arthur L. Irving Institute for Energy and Society. As faculty director, Parker reports to the provost and is responsible for all Institute activities. He received a BSE from Princeton and MS and PhD degrees from MIT. Before joining academia, he held positions in engineering and finance at GE. Parker is a leading expert on network economics and platform business strategies and has made significant contributions as co-developer of the theory of "two-sided" markets. He is co-author of the book Platform Revolution, published in ten languages. Parker won the Thinkers50 2019 Digital Thinking Award, along with Marshall Van Alstyne, for the concepts of the inverted firm, two-sided markets, and how firms can adapt and thrive in a platform economy. They have been on the Top 50 global management thought leaders list since then. Parker's current research program explores platform applications to energy systems, manufacturing, and logistics. In Spring 2020, he was elected as a fellow of the Production and Operations Management Society. In Fall 2020 he joined the World Economic Forum's Global Future Council on Advanced Manufacturing and Production. In 2025, he began working with the World Economic Forum's initiative on Transitioning Industrial Clusters. He also served on an expert panel of the European Commission to provide commentary and feedback on the EU Digital Markets Act. Parker is a frequent keynote speaker and advises senior leaders on their organizations' digital transformation and platform strategies.