Theodore Modis holds a Masters in Electrical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Physics. Before founding Growth Dynamics in 1994 - an organization specializing in strategic forecasting and management consulting - he worked at Digital Equipment Corporation as the head of a management-science consultants group. Previously, he had carried out research in particle-physics experiments. He is author/co-author to over one hundred articles in scientific and business journals and six books translated into several languages. He has taught at Columbia University, the University of Geneva, at business schools INSEAD and IMD, and at the leadership school DUXX, in Monterrey, Mexico. He lives in Lugano, Switzerland.