Alan Barnard
Adjunct Professor, SPPA
Dr. Alan Barnard is one of the world’s leading Decision Scientists, Digital Twin and Theory of Constraints experts. He is CEO of Goldratt Research Labs, which he co-founded with Dr. Eli Goldratt, creator of the Theory of Constraints and author of The Goal; Dr. Barnard is also the CTO of Eternity Health AI; Advisor to a number of high tech AI and Digital Twin startups. In 2026, Dr. Barnard was appointed as Adjunct Professor at Carleton University’s School of Public Policy and Administration. Dr. Barnard has advised leadership teams at Fortune 500 companies like Microsoft, Tata Steel, ABB, Cisco, BHP, and Amazon Robotics across 70+ countries. He is the best-selling author of It’s Impossible… Unless? and From Fragile to Robust to Antifragile, and shares his research at standontheirshoulders.com.