About Us
Who We Are
Build2Gether is a global initiative committed to advancing cutting-edge research in strategy and innovation while democratizing social innovation. We bring together scholars, practitioners, users, and innovators from around the world to collaboratively shape a better future. At our core, we explore how different knowledge inputs shape problem-solving, innovation, and evaluation.

Cyrille Grumbach
Founder & Director
Physicist turned strategist. Passionate researcher. Human-first innovator committed to “building together” a better, shared future.
Cyrille Grumbach is the Founder and Director of Build2Gether, aiming to advance strategy and research while driving social impact. He is a PhD Candidate at the Chair of Strategic Management and Innovation at ETH Zurich, and his research explores through field experiments how different types of knowledge inputs—whether from experts or AI—shape problem-solving, innovation, and evaluation. For his work at the intersection of academic research and social impact, Cyrille was named to the 2025 Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe list.
Board Members

Georg von Krogh
Academic Head
ETH Zürich

Jacqueline Lane
Academic Head
Harvard Business School

Chan Hyung Park
Academic Head
NTU Singapore

Jinger Zeng
Head of Industry Relations
Hackster.io
Affiliated Scholars

Charles Ayoubi
ESSEC Business School

Yifan Cui
ETH Zürich

Anne-Laure Fayard
NOVA School of Business
and Economics

Xiaomeng Gu
University of Zürich

Savindu Herath
ETH Zürich

Lu Li
University of Zürich

Jiongni Mao
University of St. Gallen

Yanbo Song
INSEAD

Miaomiao Zhang
Harvard Business School

Joy (Zhao) Zheng
INSEAD
Affiliated Industry Experts

Eric Kern
CEO, Lincoln Consulting LLC
Chief Eng., Scott-Morgan Found.

Paul Amadeus Lane
Bureau Chief, ABC News

LaVonne Roberts
Editor, Forbes
CEO, Scott-Morgan Found.

Jaufray Sornette
CEO, Valbilon
CEO, Financial Crisis Obs.
IT & Tech Support

Sachin Sharon
Developer

Prasanna Vijay
Organizer
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