Jamshid Gharajedaghi, Managing Partner & CEO of INTERACT, is one of the original contributors to the development of the third generation of systems thinking, where iterative, interactive design forms the core of Systems Methodology. He has more than 25 years experience in the application of systems methodology. His work has taken him into corporations and government agencies worldwide.
Mr. Gharajedaghi was formerly Adjunct Professor of Systems Sciences and the Director of the Busch Center at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (1979-1986). He began his career with IBM's World Trade Corporation where he served as a Senior Systems Engineer (1963-1969). He left IBM to become CEO of the Industrial Management Institute (1969-1979).