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John Paschkewitz joined Boston Consulting Group in 2021. His work focuses on helping clients discover and accelerate new product and process innovations to break performance/profit/sustainability tradeoffs. John has worked with clients around the world in consumer packaged goods, fashion, chemicals, food, and health care, to accelerate and transform the R&D function in order to unlock growth and sustainable competitive advantage.

Before joining the firm, John spent over 20 years in corporate and government R&D leadership roles including Program Manager at DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), and prior to that, Research Area Manager at PARC.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

EDUCATION

  • PhD, chemical engineering, Stanford University
  • SB/SM, chemical engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Publications and Videos

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Customers Say They Want Green Products. Can Deep Tech Innovation Close the Deal?

Using an integrated approach and granular understanding of customer needs, companies can harness deep tech and radical innovation to reinvent products that overcome barriers to sustainable choices.
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CO2 to X Could Help Solve “Sustainability Scarcity”

A technology revolution in chemicals will enable companies to transform captured CO2  into green compounds that can replace hydrocarbons in everything from plastics to fuels.
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Can Carbon Help Decarbonize Chemicals?

Carbon transformation, or CO2 to X, is rapidly emerging as an economically viable alternative to fossil fuel-based chemical production. Big companies need to engage.
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How Synthetic Biology Can Make a Materials Difference

Synthetic biology is a difficult technology to master and especially tough to scale. Chemical and materials startups and their backers need to find the meeting place of technology capability, market need, and cost.
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Deep Tech Powers New Net-Zero Business Models

How can deep tech help companies stay profitable while becoming sustainable? The answer lies in a combination of advanced technology and new business models.
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Most Innovative Companies 2022: Are You Ready for Green Growth?

Companies have plenty of “will” but much less “way” when it comes to climate and sustainability innovation readiness.
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What CEOs Need to Know About Deep Tech

Any business that has set sustainability goals, produces a physical product, or supports a business that produces a physical product will need to incorporate one or more deep technologies.