Yves Pigneur (born 1954) is a Belgian computer scientist, and Professor of Management Information Systems at the University of Lausanne since 1984, known for his work on the business model canvas with Alexander Osterwalder.
[1] He is considered a "mastermind" among business strategics, his canvas have been used by numerous companies such as P&G, Amazon, Lockheed Martin and Tesla.
Pigneur obtained his PhD in Information Systems in 1984 at the Université de Namur[2] under François Bodart.
Pigneur had started his academic career as Assistant Professor at the Université de Namur in 1977.
They placed 15th on The Thinkers50 Ranking 2015 and 7th in 2017, a list drawn up every two years and described by The Financial Times as the “Oscars of management thinking.” They also received one of the 11 Distinguished Achievement Awards (in the “Strategy” category) in 2015.