Exactly two years later...

Two years ago, 21st of August of 2011 while I was reading The Old Man and The Sea I took a train that was going to take me from Geneva to Grenoble, a train that was going to take me back into the academic life, a train that was going to drop me in a new stage of my life: a Master degree.

Today, two years later,  20th of August of 2013 I have the pleasure to declare that this stage of my life is closed. I have finished all my duties regarding the MSc Innovation, Strategy and Entrepreneurship as I completed my Final Management Project, a.k.a Dissertation or Thesis three days before of my personal deadline. Below you can see the cover page.

More details about the dissertation itself and about that stage of my life will come later, although for the time being I can summarize it as: EXCELLENT!

I would like to close this post and this chapter of my life with the credits and acknowledgments I offered at the end of my dissertation:

"It would not be fare to finalize this work without presenting my sincere thanks to all of those who participated in this research and to those who made from the last two years an unforgettable period of my life.

To Mathieu Chuat for his time, for his always kind guidance, feedbacks and remarks tutoring this project. His experience in technology and innovation management were extremely important in the development of this study. I am glad I had the chance to have him both as teacher and as tutor of this project, where I could appreciate his insights and vision about innovations.

To all the experts who accepted and participated into this Delphi forecast: Mr. Roy Freeland, Mr. Aaron Lemieux, Mr. Michael Perrotta, Mr. Jean-Frederic Martin, Mr. Brad Chisum, Dr. Jan Kunzmann, Prof. Alex Weddell, Prof. Libor Rufer.

I want to present my special thanks to Mr. Fabrice Poulin. Not only for his active participation

during the research, but also for giving me the amazing opportunity to make part of his organization (Infinergia Consulting) during my internship. There, I had the chance to learn about consulting in technology and to learn about Energy Harvesting. To him my most sincere thanks.

To all professors during my classes in GGSB particularly those who challenged my points of view

and woke up my passion for innovation management: Prof. Michele Coletti, Prof. Edward Roche, Prof. Jose Gotzsch, Prof. Isabelle Chaboud, Prof. Mark Esposito, Prof. Federico Pigni and Prof. Paolo Saviotti. From GGSB I also want to thank Marie-France Derderrian for facilitating the MSc ISE degree and to Emilie Personnaz for her endless kindness, support and willingness to help in any management issue of students.

I want to thank Beca Desafios and COLFUTURO for granting me the scholarships and providing

me the economic support, without which my last two years of study would had been impossible.

This work is dedicated to my mother and brother whose unconditional love, support and encouragement have brought me where I am right now. You both are the lighthouses of my life.

To my friends and classmates for making the most of the year we spent together, for resisting my  working style and for the endless laughs and memorable moments. To Alex, Guillermo, Agostino, Nick, Jose Manuel, Alejandra, Aparna, Din, Mohammad-Joud, Marlotte, Ioanna Yiasemi, Keegan, Zackis, Amit, Kabir, Julian, Clement. To all of you eternal thanks!"

Infinite thanks to all of them!