Gene Slowinski is the Director of Strategic Alliance Research at the Graduate School of Management, Rutgers University and Managing Partner of the Alliance Management Group. Prior to forming the Alliance Management Group, he held management positions at AT&T Bell Laboratories, and Novartis Corporation. In addition to a Ph.D. in Management, Gene holds an MBA, and a Masters Degree in the sciences.

For the last 20 years Dr. Slowinski has consulted and conducted research on the formation and management of strategic alliances, joint ventures, mergers, and acquisitions. His clients include many Fortune 500 firms. With Matt Sagal, he co-authored the book The Strongest Link. [Full Bio]

Matthew W. Sagal is a Senior Partner of the Alliance Management Group. He has been a scientist and an R&D executive at Bell Laboratories, as well as a product management and manufacturing executive, and Vice President of Business Development for Lucent Microelectronics (now Agere Systems). Dr. Sagal holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Cornell and a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from MIT.

As a scientist at Bell Laboratories, he contributed to advances in thin firm and semiconductor materials. His R&D and product management roles included senior responsibilities in telecommunication systems, electronic materials, polymer technology, recycling methods, environmental monitoring and control, and automated manufacturing.

As a business development executive, he led the start-up of Lucent Microelectronics’ R&D, marketing, sales and manufacturing activities in Europe and Asia. He played a central role in the formation of Lucent’s strategic alliances in those regions and in the U.S. [Full Bio]