DisrupTV Episode 448

Frank is a visionary problem solver who harnesses the power of data and AI to imagine what’s next and make it real. A bold strategist and transformative leader, he turns complexity into opportunity, inspiring teams to reimagine value creation and shape the future of intelligent business.

Amos Winter is the Germeshausen Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the K. Lisa Yang Global Engineering and Research (GEAR) Center at MIT. His research focuses on using mechanical design and product design to create high-performance, low-cost technologies for resource-constrained communities around the world. His portfolio of work includes technologies for irrigation, desalination, clean energy systems, and global health, many of which have been commercialized through startup companies or licenses. He has co-written a book on his innovation and design approach, Global by Design: How to Create Innovations that Scale, Travel, and Transform, that will be published by Harvard Business Review Press in 2026 and follows “Engineering Reverse Innovations”, winner of the 2015 McKinsey Award for the best article of the year in Harvard Business Review. Prof. Winter’s work has also been acknowledged through the ASME/Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal, an NSF CAREER award, an R&D 100 award, and being named one of MIT Technology Review’s 35 Innovators Under 35 (TR35).