Experience & Expertise

Combining practical know-how and academic expertise

With a unique combination of hands-on consulting experience and cutting-edge academic research, I help organizations navigate the complexities of AI strategy design and implementation. In strategy consulting, I worked with both large- and medium-sized enterprises, driving digital transformation, business model innovation, and operational improvements. My doctorate in AI Management from the TU Munich, where I explored how businesses can effectively integrate AI into their organizations, complements this experience.

I draw on this blend of pragmatic practical know-how and deep academic knowledge to provide actionable guidance to organizations seeking to unlock the full potential of artificial intelligence.

Dr. David Michael Huber

Academic Researcher

Consultant Project Manager

Published Author and University Lecturer

Academic Research

As an academic researcher, I push the frontier of knowledge on AI in organizations. In my work, I observe large corporations on different paths of AI adoption, building on concepts from organization theory, to derive application frameworks for leadership, structures and strategy.

Doctor rer. pol. (summa cum laude), Technical University of Munich,
Professorship for Innovation and Organization Design:

Managing AI - Organizational Strategy and Structure in The Between Times of Artificial Intelligence

Investigating the effective use of AI in organizations: Structures, decision-making, innovation, leadership - through perspectives based on the Behavioral Theory of the Firm

Extensive work with multinational corporations on the implementation of AI
Interviews and workshops with C-level and technology experts addressing 15 years of AI development, organizational strategies, structural changes, and implementation success
Published work on the effects of AI on Strategic Leadership and key strategic decisions
AI in innovation: Incremental- vs breakthrough innovation and the future roles of humans and algorithms

Consulting & Project Management

As project manager in consulting, I have worked with large enterprises and medium sized organizations, driving high-impact projects around the digitization of business models, IoT platforms, and technological change. Navigating environments with complex stakeholder structures in all industries, I focus on understanding the specificities of a client’s history and current challenges, delivering tailored solutions with analytical precision.

Project KI Transfer Plus
Goetzpartners Management Consultants (now Fortlane Partners)
Siemens Management Consulting (now Advanta Consulting)

Long-term AI strategy for SMEs as scientific advisor for KI Transfer Plus in cooperation with the Bavarian Ministry for Digital Affairs and AppliedAI
Ecosystem development and go-to-market strategy for a leading Industrial IoT Platform
Large-scale operational efficiency programs, including new digital business models and IT infrastructure
Operational challenges incl. business model digitization, operating model design, IT transformation and cybersecurity infrastructure, post-merger integration, restructuring and change management

Thought Leadership and Publications

New Forms of Organizing in the AI-driven World. Seminar series at Technical University of Munich, addressing changes in organization theory, structure, and leadership through the introduction of AI
The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Strategic Leadership. Book chapter in The Handbook of Research on Strategic Leadership in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (ed. Zeki Simsek, Ciaran Heavy, Brian Fox, co-author Oliver Alexy) .
Measuring AI Integration – A survey analysis of AI success factors in SMEs. Presented at 2024 DRUID Conference, Nice, France
Organizing for AI – Structural dynamics in organizations managing a General Purpose Technology. Presented at 2023 Academy of Management Conference, Boston, USA & 2023 EGOS Colloquium (co-author David Reetz)
AI and the Asymptotic Rationality of Artificial Intelligence. Presented at 2022 Strategic Management Society Conferences in London and Milan, and the 2021 SophI.A. Summit on Artificial Intelligence, Antipolis, France (co-authors Oliver Alexy and David Reetz)

Competitive Grants and Cooperations

Strategic Management Society

Dissertation Scholar Grant, annually awarded for promising high-impact research.

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

[German Research Foundation] Federal fund to support high-quality research projects on relevant future topics with promising theoretical and practical contributions.