Prof. Michael Benedict Lopez

Prof. Lopez’s professional expertise is rooted in over thirty years of experience as a business researcher, strategic planner, and management consultant. On the technical side, he has developed numerous industry, market and developmental case studies for the academe and business sector. He achieved this by working closely with business founders, corporate executives, enterprise heads, consultants and professors which led to a deep understanding of the inner workings of a broad range of businesses in various industries. Further enrichment in data analytics, management processes, techniques and disciplines became the impetus for taking his career to a higher level of expertise. Prof. Lopez then ventured into training and consultancy specializing in developing corporate strategies and business plans, all the way down to executional designs. He is passionate about helping entrepreneurs and corporate leaders achieve their strategic objectives using evidence-based approaches and business analytics.

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As a strategist, Prof. Lopez has applied his knowledge and experience to help private and public sector institutions craft their vision, mission, objectives and operational strategies. In line with his expertise, he has facilitated numerous strategic planning workshops and management training activities for manufacturing, trading, and service-oriented enterprises. Some of the prominent companies Prof. Lopez has strategized and trained through his institutional affiliations include the Jollibee Food Corporation (JFC); the Ramcar Group of Companies; MERALCO, First Gen Corporation, DMCI Group of Companies; D&L Industries; Globe Telecom; Gokongwei Group of Companies; Robinsons Retail Holding Inc.; Makati Medical Center; and Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems. In the public sector, he has conducted strategic planning and training for the Social Security System (SSS) and the School Division Superintendents under the Department of Education (DepEd).

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Prof. Lopez is an educator teaching enterprise development, business planning, marketing strategy, and business management at the Ateneo Graduate School of Business-Center for Continuing Education (AGSB-CCE); Jose Rizal University; and Bayan Academy for  Social Entrepreneurship and Human Resource Development (BASE-HRD). Prof. Lopez’s intensive research work is seen from the various books he has written namely:

1. Enterprise Development, Growth, and Evolution: Text and Cases on Micro and  Small Entrepreneurs (June 2012), published by Bayan Academy;
2. Innovations in Enterprise Development (August 2014). ISBN: 978-971-94909-6-8, published by the Ateneo Graduate School of Business 
3. E-Book: Papers to Success – Five Writing Tools to Boost Your Business and Career (2019)
4. FERN Millionaires: Real People, True Stories (December 2009). ISBN: 978-971-94704-0-3.