Jamali, Nadia, Dr.

 

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Nadia Jamali has an academic and industry experience both in Europe and United States. Through her career she has focused on the Life Sciences and Semiconductor industries.

Before coming to the ETH for her Ph.D. studies she spent six years in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she received a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from UC Berkeley and a Management of Technology (MOT) degree from the Haas School of Business. While her graduate studies at Berkeley she was a research associate at Berkeley Sensors and Actuators Center (BSAC) working on MEMS projects sponsored by DARPA. After graduation she was with Applied Materials in Silicon Valley, first as a Senior Mechanical Engineer and later as a Senior Technical Marketing Engineer in the Product Development Management and Strategic Marketing division with focus on the European region. Through these positions she has led several engineering and business development projects.

During her Ph.D. studies she focused on the early stages of the Product Innovation Process, where she has developed a Methodology for structuring the Front End phase with emphasis on the Idea Generation and Pre-Development stages. The project was in collaboration with ITEM Institute at the University of St. Gallen, and funded by KTI/CTI and 10 companies from the Life Sciences sector. Through her research projects she has worked together with several companies such as Nestlé, Roche Diagnostics, Siemens, Swiss Com, Hartmann, Qiagen, Ascom, Biotronik, Bernafon, and Phonak.

Before Joining the TIM Institute in 2007 as a Member of Scientific Staff she spent a post doctoral research stay at Stanford University with the Center for Design Research (CDR).

Research Interest

Her research interest focuses on the Life Science Industry (Medical Devices, Biotechnology and Pharmacutical) with the fellowing research topics: R&D Management, IP Management, Product Innovation Process (Early Stages).

Publications

• A Chapter in the Book: “Management der frühen Innovationsphasen”, Editors: Cornelius Herstatt and Birgit Verworn. Chapter Authors: Patricia Sandmeier; Nadia Jamali: “Eine praktische Strukturierungs-Guideline für das Management der frühen Innovationsphase”, January 2007.
• N. Schwarze, N. Jamali, R. Boutellier: “Konsequent auf den Kunden fokussieren”, io new management, January, 2007.
• N. Jamali, R. Boutellier: “Idea Management System: Process”, continuous Innovation Network CINet Conference, Lucca, Italy, September, 2006.
• N. Jamali, P. Sandmeier, C. Kobe, R. Boutellier: “Idea Management System: Planning” Proceedings of the IAMOT Conference, Beijing, China, May, 2006.
• N. Jamali, C. Kobe, S. Vilanova, C. Ott: “Introducing structure to the Idea Phase of the Fuzzy Front End” Proceedings of the European Academy of Management (EURAM), Oslo, Norway, May, 2006.
• P. Sandmeier, E. von Ziegler, N. Jamali: ‘Innovationsprozesse: “Struktur statt Chaos in der Frühphase”. io new management, January, 2006.
• L. Perpall, N. Jamali, K. Arsal, M. Meier: “Front-End Project Management Methodology for the Product Innovation Process” Proceedings of the IAMOT Conference, Vienna, Austria, May, 2005.
• N. Jamali, L. Perpall, K. Arsal, F. Nyffenegger, M. Meier: “Development of a Front-End Project Management Tool for the Product Innovation Process” Proceeding of the ICED Conference, Melbourne, Australia, August, 2005.
• F. Nyffenegger, N. Jamali, C. Kobe, M. Meier: “Towards an IT supported Fuzzy Front End of Product Development” Proceeding of the ICED Conference, Melbourne, Australia, August, 2005.
• P. Sandmeier, N. Jamali, C. Kobe, E. Enkel, O. Gassmann, M. Meier: “Towards a Structured and Integrative Front-End of Product Innovation” Proceedings of the R&D Management Conference (RADMA), Sesimbra, Portugal, July, 2004.
• N. Jamali, M. Meier: “Engineering Management Model for the early stage of Conceptual Design for the Product Innovation Process” Proceedings of the IAMOT Conference, Washington, D.C., April, 2004.

Curriculum Vitae