Innovation Immersion - The Innovators

The Innovators

The “Chief” Innovators


Brian Hart Founder, CEO, Black-i Robotics	Chris Larsen CEO, Prosper	Brian Pope COO, Virgin Charter	Karen Morris CIO AIG, Inc.	Michael Lewis CEO, Real D	Mark Norman COO, Zipcar	Robert Pasin CEO, Radio Flyer

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Authors and Academics

Aline Wolff, Associate Professor, Stern School of Business, New York University
Colonel Rolf Smith, US Air Force, retired, former US Military and NATO, Created first military Office of Innovation, Author, The 7 Levels of Change
Dan Robles PE, MBA, The Ingenesist Project
David Kord Murray, Author, Borrowing Brilliance: The Six Steps to Business Innovation by Building on the Ideas of Others (release date: Sept 17, 2009).
David Tanner, Founding Director, DuPont Company Center for Creativity & Innovation, Author, Igniting Innovation through the Power of Creative Thinking and Total Creativity in Business and Industry
William Wurtz, Director, Institute for Applied Creativity at Texas A&M University
Jaymes Canton, Author, The Extreme Future, Founder, Institute for Global Futures
Peter Gloor, Research Scientist, Center for Collective Intelligence, MIT Sloan School of Management, lecturer, Helsinki University of Technology, Author, Swarm Creativity: Competitive Advantage through Collaborative Innovation Networks

The Strategists

Mary Kipp, Consultant, Executive Coach, Founder, Kipp and Associates
Michael Maddock, Chief Executive Officer, Maddock Douglas
Andy Stefanovich, Senior Partner, Prophet

Corporate Innovators

Andres Jordan, Vice President, Innovation, Deutsche Telekom NA
Caleb Chung, Inventor and Innovator, Creator of Pleo and Furby
Craig Libby, Senior Vice President, Innovation Engineer, Innovation & Insights Group, Wachovia
Graham Milner, Executive Vice President, Global Innovation, WD-40
Janet Gallent, Vice President, Consumer Insights & Innovation Research, NBC Universal Television Networks
Kay Roque, Vice President, Communication and Training, Wells Fargo Bank
Keenan Thompson, Brand Marketer, Kimberly Clark
Lily Wong, Director, Worldwide Strategy & Innovation, Pfizer
Mary Ellyn Vicksta, Creative Innovation Pioneer, Kimberly Clark
Mary Jo Cook, Vice President, Innovation, The Clorox Company
Mike Chai, Vice President, Research & Development, Leapfrog Enterprises
Owen Carryl, Sr. Group Manager, Open Innovation, Frito-Lay North America/PepsiCo Inc.
Richard Hart, Chief Product Designer, Black-i Robotics
Rob Huber, Vice President, Marketing, Design, and Innovation, Faurecia
Sanjay Khunger, Chief Technologist, OnStar by GM
Sharad Doshi, Director, Market Insights & Business Analytics, Johnson & Johnson
Steve Garry, Director, Advanced Analytics, The Clorox Company
Tom Schlegel, Vice President, Product Development, Radio Flyer
Tony Tomazic, Consumer Innovation Director, Humana Innovation Center, Humana
Vincenzo Piscopo, Global Director, Insights, Ideas & Creativity, The Coca-Cola Company
Ward Peterson, Senior Vice President, Scientific Affairs and Strategic Interventions, Inspire Pharmaceuticals