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Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management
Biography
Lutz Finger is a Silicon Valley technologist and Cornell faculty member with 20+ years of experience building AI-driven products and platforms at Google, LinkedIn, and Snap. He is a serial entrepreneur (R2Decide, acquired in 2025; Fisheye Analytics, acquired in 2013) and currently leads AI strategy at XGEN AI, developing next-generation generative retail solutions.
Finger teaches several master courses on AI and product development. His eCornell certificate program provides an end-to-end guide to using AI to create measurable business value, and has helped executives worldwide move from AI ideas to real implementations. Register for the course, Designing and Building AI Solutions through the link above.
Finger is also a frequent Forbes contributor on AI and the future of commerce. He is a Venture Partner at Cherry Ventures, serves on multiple advisory boards, and has advised and invested in data-centric companies across the United States and Europe. He holds an MBA from INSEAD and an M.S. in Quantum Physics from TU Berlin.
Recent Courses
- NBA 6145 - AI Strategy and Applications
- NBA 6070 - Designing and Building AI Solutions
- NBAE 6170 - Designing and Building AI Solutions
- BANA 6070 - Designing and Building AI Solutions
- NBAB 6170 - Designing and Building AI Solutions
- NBAY 6170 - Designing & Building AI Solutions
Academic Degrees
- MBA INSEAD, 2004
- MA Berlin Institute of Technology, 1998