Professor of technology and operations management at INSEAD, Rudi’s research focuses on supply chain management and sports analytics. After high school, he worked as a computer programmer. Aged 21, he formed Minard, a firm specialising in decision support systems for forecasting and inventory management, which went public on the Oslo Stock Exchange in 1996. He has consulted for firms in a variety of industries, and negotiated professional football contracts. He is currently involved in the startups Bravo Lucy and analy7ics, specialising in analytics for supply chain/retail and sports, respectively.
Nils studied part time for a B.S. degree in computer science at Molde College (Norway), and holds a Ph.D. in operations management from University of Pennsylvania.