Professors

Internationally recognized personalities of Business Innovation

 

Steven Pedigo

FIRST MODULE, COURSE 1

Steven Pedigo is the Director of Research and Communities for the Creative Class Group, a global think tank comprised of leading researchers, academics and strategists. His research has been featured in The Washington Post and The New York Times.

www.creativeclass.com

Raphael Louis Vitón

FIRST MODULE, COURSE 2

Raphael Louis Vitón is president and partner of Maddock Douglas, an innovation consultancy based on Chicago that helps to bring "industry-changing products, services and business models from mind to market". He is also a columnist for Business Week.

www.maddockdouglas.com

Joe Kim

SECOND MODULE, COURSE 1.

Joe Kim is Executive Vice President and partner of Maddock Douglas, an innovation consultancy based on Chicago that helps to bring "industry-changing products, services and business models from mind to market". Kim's career includes more than six years at Keane Consulting Group as a Vice President leading operations improvement consulting engagements for large Fortune 500 clients and mid-sized companies including: Aon, Motorola, JPMorgan Chase, Sara Lee, Sears and McDonald's. He started his career as a Marketing Specialist at IBM.

www.maddockdouglas.com

Leah Hunter

SECOND MODULE, COURSE 1.

Leah is the Global Head of Insights and Innovationhas at Idea couture. She has spent the last 13 years leading and running large-scale, global innovation and design research projects. Formerly a Senior Director for Cheskin Added Value, she specializes in early-stage product development. She has worked in developing product ideas and brand strategies for Labatt, M&M/Mars, Hershey's, Heinz, P&G, Electrolux, Banana Republic, Nokia and Apple among many others.

www.ideacouture.com

Raphael Grignani

SECOND MODULE, COURSE 1.

Raphael Grignani is Director of User Experience at Method in San Francisco. Prior he founded Nokia’s Bay-area design studio in 2008 where he lead a multidisciplinary design team that worked across the Nokia organization to clarify and translate business opportunities through design.

grignani.org/thoughts

Jon Kolko

SECOND MODULE, COURSE 1.

Jon Kolko is the Founder and Director of Austin Center for Design, a progressive educational institution teaching interaction design and social entrepreneurship. His work focuses on bringing the power of design to social enterprises, with an emphasis on entrepreneurship and large-scale industry disruption. He has worked extensively with both startups and Fortune 500 clients, and he has a breadth of experience in consumer electronics, mobility, web services, supply chain management, demand planning, and customer-relationship management. He has worked with big-brand clients such as AT&T, HP, Nielsen, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Ford, IBM, Palm and other leaders of the Global 2000, as well as with startups like Socialware, Spredfast, Vast, Attivio, and more.

Patrick Jordan

SECOND MODULE, COURSE 2.

Patrick Jordan is specialized in design, marketing and brand strategy. He spent his early career in various design management roles within Philips, Europe's biggest electronics company. He is considered to be one of the most influential practitioners in his field. He was the CEO of the Contemporary Trends Institute and Vice-President of Symbian.

www.patrickwjordan.com

David Dunne

SECOND MODULE, COURSE 2.

David Dunnes is an award-winning educator. He holds the University of Toronto President's Teaching Award and the prestigious 3M Fellowship. He earned a Ph.D. in Marketing, and has an extensive background as a marketing manager in Europe and North America.

www.rotman.utoronto.ca

Jon Freach

THIRD MODULE, COURSE 1.

Jon Freach is a Design Research Director at frog. He has a 15-year background in the areas of design research and interaction design and has served in a broad range of roles from designer to strategic planner and manager of best practices. At frog, Jon utilizes a variety of design research methods to help clients and project teams better understand what makes consumers tick. He then applies this insight to the design of products and experiences that create the most meaningful and lasting interactions for them while maximizing clients’ business goals.

Jon is also a professor at the Austin Center for Design and a founding member of the school. He has published widely in the design and business communities, and frequently speaks on the subject of design research and interaction design.

www.frogdesign.com

Conrad Wai

THIRD MODULE, COURSE 1.

Conrad Wai is the CEO of Jump Ventures, which he co-founded to help startups and spinouts grow. Jump Ventures is an offshoot of Jump Associates, one of the world’s premier innovation strategy consultancies. While at Jump, he has also led strategic client engagements to create new business platforms in a variety of industries, from consumer electronics to automotive. He has spoken at conferences like Persuasive Technology and Designing for User Experience, and has written for publications such as Fast Company, the Design Management Review, and The Economist. Conrad has a Master's degree from Stanford University in Human-Computer Interaction, and a Bachelor’s in Computer Science from Stanford.

www.jumpventures.net.com

Idris Mooteé

THIRD MODULE, COURSE 2.

Idris Mooteé is the CEO of Idea Couture, Inc., a global strategic innovation firm. He is a business strategist and innovation specialist with more than 25 years of experience on strategy development spanning across three continents.

www.ideacouture.com

Paul Tiffany

THIRD MODULE, COURSE 2.

Paul Tiffany is a Senior Lecturer at the Haas School of Business of the University of California, Berkeley. He has taught previously at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, the Wharton School, and CEIBS (China-Europe International Business School) in Shanghai.

www.innovationleadershipforum.org

Bettina Von Stamm

FOURTH MODULE, COURSE 1.

Dr. Bettina Von Stamm is the founder of Innovation Leadership Forum and a published author. She has taught in universities of America and Europe. She developed "Innovation Wave", a web-enabled tool that guides organizations through the innovation process.

www.innovationleadershipforum.org

David McGaw

FOURTH MODULE, COURSE 1.

David McGaw is a senior manager at a Chicago-based global innovation consultancy. Formerly a consultant with McKinsey & Co., he has advised clients in industries ranging from enterprise software and consumer electronics to pharmaceutical companies and U.S. federal government agencies. He holds a BA in History from Yale University and a Master of Design from the IIT Institute of Design, where he teaches graduate classes in managing creativity and prize design. Collaborating with an Institute of Design colleague, David co-authored Naked Innovation, a book providing an introduction to the user-centered innovation process.

Hilary Austen

FOURTH MODULE, COURSE 2.

Dr. Hilary Austen is the co-founder of the Catalyst Consulting Team and the Brain Integration Center. Her organization, Artistry Unleashed, offers international consulting services and workshops on achieving personal and professional artistry.

www.artistryunleashed.com

Jeffrey Phillips

FOURTH MODULE, COURSE 2.

Jeffrey Phillips is senior leader at OVO Innovation, which works with large distributed organizations to build innovation teams, processes and capabilities. He is also author of the book "Make Us More Innovative".

www.ovoinnovation.com

Tom Vassos

FIFTH MODULE, COURSE 2.

Tom Vassos has been in the IT industry since 1979. He is the author of the book "Strategic Internet Marketing" and his next title is "Destination Innovation". He has taught at the University of Toronto for over 25 years.

www.rotman.utoronto.ca

Alexander B. van Putten

SIXTH MODULE, COURSE 1.

Alex van Putten brings both entrepreneurial and corporate experience to his consulting practice and teaching at Wharton. He is a principal of Cameron & Associates LLC where he has advised companies such as AirProducts and Chemicals, AMP Financial, Deloitte Australia, Brambles, JDS Uniphase, Qualcomm, and DSM on issues relating to innovation. Mr. van Putten studied at Boston University, Columbia University, theWharton School, and is a DBA candidate at Edinburgh Business School.

Tom Taulli

SIXTH MODULE, COURSE 2.

Tom Taulli is an advisor for tech companies and author of seven books, including "The Complete M&A Handbook". He writes for Bloomberg, Business Week and Forbes, and has appeared in high-profile television networks such as CNN, CNBC and Bloomberg TV.

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