Peter C. Evans, PhD

Peter C. Evans has over 20 years of experience leading teams in identifying, framing, assessing, and communicating high-priority marketplace trends and disruptions that support business planning and investment prioritization. He has held senior strategy, innovation and market intelligence roles at large global enterprises including General Electric, KPMG and IHS/CERA. Recognizing the strategic significance of platforms more than a decade ago, he led and published the first global survey of platform companies. Most recently, he is the author of “Preparing the Next Generation of Platform Leaders” and the weekly stubstack publication: Platform Professional.  He has served as co-chair of the MIT Platform Strategy Summit since 2016.  Peter is a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations and served on the board of the National Association for Business Economics. He frequently mentors platform startups.  Peter received his BA from Hampshire College and his master’s degree and PhD degree from MIT.