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Symon Rubens | CEO
Energy Conference Network
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Christina Robinson | Chief Strategist for Innovation
Lone Star College–University Park
+1 (713) 253-2764 I Christina.Robinson@lonestar.edu
Andrea Mills is the Chief Innovation Officer of SThealth Ventures, the technology scouting and venture investment vehicle of a European industrial conglomerate with global businesses in automotive, surgical and imaging technologies robotics, telecom.
As a board-level strategist reporting directly to the Group’s Chairman, he is responsible for orchestrating external innovation efforts, screening acquisition targets, licensing IP, sourcing novel technologies, building multidisciplinary capabilities for new products, and global talent acquisition of highly-specialized knowledge and expertise.
Before that, for 7 years he served as Chief Technology Intelligence Advisor of Zcube (the corporate venture arm of Zambon Pharmaceuticals) in North America, in charge of scouting emerging technologies and early-stage investments in drug delivery, medical devices, point-of-care diagnostics, bio-imaging systems, wearable biosensors, e-health. At Zcube, he co-designed a search & development model for Open Innovation that allows the de-risking of unincorporated early-stage technologies in a very capital-efficient way.
Prior to corporate venturing and technology scouting, for 10 years he engaged in knowledge management consulting and innovation strategy for multinational clients active in pharmaceuticals, energy, oil&gas, telecommunications, banking, software, academia – both in the U.S. and Europe.
He played advisory roles for institutions such as the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the U.S. Department of Commerce, the Italian Ministry of Industry. He advised high-tech startups in various sectors ranging from Internet software, clean technologies and digital health, and he contributed to a multi-year effort aimed at promoting transatlantic technology and knowledge transfer between the United States and Europe.
Dr. Brown is the head of CenterPoint Energy’s Strategic Execution Office in Technology Operations. With over 18 years of business experience, she has the oversight of the Technology Operations Strategy, Innovation, and Grant funding. Known as a forward-thinking leader, she drives initiatives that improve operational production and performance creating long-term value for the organization.
Prior to joining CenterPoint Energy in July 2012, Melanie lived in Beijing, China for three years and owned an IT Consulting Firm providing turnkey solutions for businesses. Because of her expertise, Melanie has been a frequent speaker and author on leadership, strategic execution, technology innovation, entrepreneurship, and business intelligence.
In 2015, she was named a Woman on the Move by Texas Executive Women and is also recognized as the 2014 American Business Woman of ABWA and one of the 50 Most Influential Woman in Houston, Texas in 2011. She graduated from the University of Texas with a degree in chemistry. She went on to earn her MBA in Technology Management and Doctorate of Management/Organizational Leadership from University of Phoenix. A proud military veteran having served in the United States Air Force Electronic Security Command, she always remembers those that have served and given their lives for freedom.
Through it all, when you ask what is her greatest accomplishment, she will tell you that she would not be the person she is today without the love and support of her wonderful husband James and two amazing children Jacob and Kayla.
Dr. Gutierrez is the Director of Technology and Innovation at Transocean focused on the delivery of sustainable innovation tailored for the Oil and Gas industry. His efforts are framed in the execution of business and technology development activities that enable the introduction of new products designed to augment operational integrity in deepwater offshore drilling operations. In addition, Dr. Gutierrez is Adjunct Professor of Subsea Engineering in the Cullen School of Engineering at the University of Houston providing guidance on relevant research topics aligned to the business needs of the industry.
Dr. Gutierrez has more than 20 years of experience managing innovation and technology strategy for entrepreneurial and Fortune 100 companies in multiple areas covering Medical, Residential, Commercial and Industrial applications.
He received the B.S. degree in electronic engineering from Universidad Simón Bolivar in Caracas, Venezuela, M.S. and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Milwaukee – Wisconsin.
Currently Dr. Gutierrez technology and innovation focus is centered on advanced drilling and well control technologies, as well as advanced man-assisted resilient and distributed control systems.
Dr. Gutierrez is also author of multiple books, scientific papers, and patents.
Michael Stone is an experienced educator with a passion for teacher and leadership development. He currently serves as the Director of Innovative Learning for the Public Education Foundation in Chattanooga, TN, and is the Cofounder of devX PD, a national teacher and educational leadership professional development organization. Blending his technology expertise with a passion and talent for effectively educating students and adults, he has become a leader in instructional technology integration and professional development. In July 2016, he concluded a one-year appointment as an Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow at the National Science Foundation (NSF) in the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) in Washington, DC.
After earning a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Bryan College, Michael spent the early part of his career working in Information Technology. However, his passion for education pulled him back to the classroom in 2006 when he began teaching Physics and other sciences at a private, parochial school in Tennessee (Hamilton Heights Christian Academy). After receiving a Masters of Arts in Instructional Leadership in 2008, Michael moved to public school where he spent five years as an advanced mathematics and computer science teacher. In 2014, he became the Project Based Learning (PBL) Manager and Fabrication Laboratory (FabLab) Director at STEM School Chattanooga. He served in this role until moving his family to Washington DC where he worked to support NSF’s efforts to broaden the scope of rigorous computer science education in the nation. He is the author of “Oh! That’s Education?” and he blogs regularly at www.thatseducation.weebly.com.
In his current role, he develops innovative professional development opportunities for teachers across the country. Michael has had the opportunity to present at unique venues throughout the United States, including speaking engagements and workshop presentations at the White House, NASA Headquarters, the National Science Foundation, the Boston Museum of Science, and a number of education conferences.
Shah S. Ardalan is the first president of Lone Star College-University Park. Prior to becoming president in September 2012, he had served as vice chancellor and Chief Information Officer (CIO) of Lone Star College System and CEO of LSC-University Park. Shah has over 20 years of experience in educational and executive roles within the best and largest community college and university systems in the United States.
Christina Robinson currently serves as Chief Strategist for Innovation at Lone Star College – University Park. One of Christina’s primary objectives is leading the expansion of innovative ideas and projects across the system and engaging cross-collaborative teams in driving revenue and strategic outcomes. Christina directed the Bill and Melinda Gates Integrated Planning and Advising Systems grant for the college among many other large-scale initiatives. Christina has been instrumental in development and launch of the Education and Career Positioning System a patent-pending technology and recently won the 2015 STAR award from the state of Texas and is a 2016 Bellwether finalist for Innovation in Planning and Governance.
Robinson, an accomplished leader, and champion of higher learning has been recognized for her leadership both locally and nationally. She was honored as the 2013 top 30 Most Influential Women in Houston by D-Mars magazine and Top Ten Most Influential Women in 2010 by Houston Woman magazine. Notably she was selected Top Ten Business Woman in the country in 2008 by the American Business Women’s Association. In 2008, she was presented with the Woman of Excellence award, a lifetime achievement honor by the Federation of Houston Professional Women and was selected 2011 Cambridge Who’s Who Education VIP.
In 2008, Christina co-authored a book for women called The Power of Ten: Extraordinary stories of Top Ten Business Women. This book is featured on Amazon.com. Christina, a proponent of literacy in K-12, also launched a national literacy program called Read.Play.Win!. Her innovative ideas were adopted by the Houston Rockets and became an NBA league national best practice.
Before LSC, she was a Territory Vice President for the Gulf Coast for the Apollo Group. Under her leadership, the University of Phoenix campuses grew 650% over three years. Christina received the 2008-2011 Alfred P. Sloan Award from the City of Houston for Workplace Flexibility and Innovation and the Best Places to Work honor in 2009-2011 from the Houston Business Journal. Her commitment to further educating the community was recognized landing her the 2010 Good Neighbor Award for Spring Branch ISD and 2011 Houston A+ Challenge Award – Raising Expectations and Student Achievement in Houston public schools.
Today, Christina is a prominent figure in the community. She serves on the 2015 American Heart Walk Leadership Team as well as the Go Red for Women Luncheon. Christina is the 2016 Circle of Red Chair, a leading group of women and men passionate about furthering heart and stroke education in the community. Christina also created the 911-Bear Campaign and this year has collected over 3000 bears for first-responder precincts in the Greater Houston area. Christina is often featured on Good Morning America, US News and World Report, Great Day Houston among other outlets for her passionate work in the education and the community.
Robinson earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from Texas A&M University and a Master’s of Arts in Organizational Management from the University of Phoenix. She is a graduate from Leadership North Houston and is currently pursuing a doctorate in Community College Leadership from The Roueche Graduate Center at National American University.
Hani Elshahawi is GameChanger and Formation Testing and Sampling Principal Technical Expert at Shell where he has spent the last 14 years. Before to that, he led FEAST-Shell’s Fluid Evaluation and Sampling Technologies center of excellence, before becoming Deepwater Technology Advisor. Prior to Shell, Hani spent 15 years with Schlumberger in over 10 countries in Africa, Asia, and North America during which he has held various positions in interpretation, consulting, operations, marketing, and technology development. He holds several patents and has authored over 130 technical papers in various areas of petroleum engineering and the geosciences. He was the 2009-2010 President of the SPWLA, distinguished lecturer for the SPE and the SPWLA 2010-2011 and 2013, and recipient of the SPWLA Distinguished Technical Achievement Award in 2012.
Mr. Gonzalez serves as the Associate Manager of the Strategic Partnership Office at the NASA/Johnson Space Center (JSC), which is responsible for partnering with industry, academia and other government agencies in support of the long-range strategy for the Johnson Space Center. He is also the NASA Lead for the SpaceCom Conference & Exposition and the NASA Executive Liaison at the Greater Houston Partnership, an economic development organization for Houston, Texas. He has over 28 years of experience in the aerospace industry. Prior to this position, Mr. González was the NASA Executive Liaison at the Houston Technology Center (HTC) responsible for the aerospace sector. Additionally Mr. González was the Deputy of the Advanced Planning Office, responsible for the 20 year strategy for the center. Early in his career, Mr. González also instructed the crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia STS-65 mission on the vehicle’s computer and navigation system. He has received numerous awards and was nominated as one of the 100 Most Important Hispanics in Technology and Business. He received his Masters of Science at Texas A&M University and his Bachelors at Boston University.
Rustom holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Mechanical Engineering and a Master of Business Administration in Finance. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Texas. USA.
He holds 17 patents and is the author of over 70 articles, technical presentations and publications. He has won numerous Meritorious Awards for Engineering Innovation. In all, he has more than 35 years of experience in drilling and completion.
Rustom is an active member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), American Association of Drilling Engineers, International Association of Drilling Engineers (IADC), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and serves on various sub-committees of all three organizations. He serves on the Board of Advisors at the following Universities and organizations:
Recently he was appointed to serve on the advisory board of Council on Competitiveness Technology Leadership and Strategy Initiative – Washington DC.
David Zuniga is commercial innovation manager for the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS). CASIS is the sole manager of the International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory (NL). David is responsible for proactively developing a pipeline of projects that ultimately drive commercial utilization of the ISS NL for remote sensing, and aerospace technology development. David also guides CASIS’ Good Earth Campaign, a CASIS program that focuses on linking upstream ISS assets and sensors to downstream commercial applications. CASIS is responsible for maximizing the value of the ISS to the nation by developing and managing a diversified R&D portfolio based on U.S. national needs for basic and applied research by using the ISS as a venue for Science, and Technology.
Prior to CASIS, David led several technology development teams at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in life support system development for exploration vehicles for government programs. In the commercial space sector, David was instrumental in developing, co-patenting, and creating the business case for a design used to revitalize air for underground mine shelters – the design was originally intended for human-rated commercial crew vehicles. While leading a team in subsea systems for oil and gas, David helped to apply principles utilized in the space industry toward the development, and realization of system-wide designs for hydrocarbon delivery systems.
After returning to space, David led the development for NASA’s Orion Spacecraft Air Revitalization System with Lockheed Martin. David has a research background in photonics, and materials characterization. He’s taken his research area and applied it to industry in atmospheric characterization, advanced concepts, and business development for environmental control and life support systems; the genesis for his perspective on remote sensing and how the study of the earth helps to characterize its life support system – the Biosphere. David’s peer-reviewed publications draw from his experience in materials, photonics, systems engineering, and environmental control and life support systems.
Bob is the Executive Director of the Technology Collaboration Center of Houston, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization formed in 2015 as a partnership between the NASA Johnson Space Center, industry, and universities for the purpose of solving complex technology challenges through collaboration.
Bob was previously the Director for the Gulf Coast Regional Center of Innovation and Commercialization (RCIC), responsible for administration of the Texas Emerging Technology Fund in the Southeast Texas region around Houston. He was the program’s longest serving RCIC Director, providing assistance to startup companies and research institutions from 2005 through 2015.
Since 2011, Bob’s primary office has been at the NASA Johnson Space Center, supporting the Gulf Coast RCIC and now the new Technology Collaboration Center of Houston.
He has been an active supporter of early stage technology companies, working with the Texas Emerging Technology Fund, Houston Technology Center, Rice Alliance and Austin Technology Incubator, providing coaching and advice to hundreds of startup companies.
Bob is an honors graduate of Rice University, with BSEE (1976) and MEE (1977) degrees, specializing in computer software and digital hardware.
After leaving Rice, he worked for 20 years at Schlumberger in their oilfield services engineering groups, and then served as an executive in several software and internet companies, including a “.com”.
In 2001, Bob was recognized by COMPUTERWORLD magazine as one of their Premier 100 IT Leaders. In 2013, he was honored by Governor Rick Perry for service to the State of Texas.
Dr. Robert Bornhofen was formerly with Southwest Airlines where he led a team of disruptive innovators while supporting strategy initiatives across the enterprise.
As for professional background, Dr. Bornhofen is a practitioner with 25+ years of industry experience. He focused much of his career in helping organizations transform good ideas into innovative products that fulfill customer needs. He holds a patent with the U.S. Patent & Trade Office. In addition to Southwest Airlines, he has worked for such Fortune 500 companies as Citibank, Delta Air Lines, & Avaya, spanning multiple industries and roles.
Dr. Robert Bornhofen is an adjunct professor who in the past taught graduate-level courses in product innovation and strategy. He was a guest lecturer at the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business’ Executive MBA program, as well as an Adjunct Professor at Cedim, a product design & innovation school in Monterrey Mexico. He also taught strategy for the Jack Welch Management Institute in 2015.
Dr. Bornhofen attended the University of Maryland, University College and earned his Doctorate degree in Management (2012), where he specialized in new product development through effective leadership and strategy. He holds a Master of Science degree from Colorado State University and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Minnesota. As a speaker, he has presented at an international conference in 2013 on management scholarship in the areas of idea generation, open innovation, and social networks/connections. His paper on Open Innovation addressed many of the challenges associated with new idea generation.
Christopher Bailey has spent the last 10 years at ExxonMobil, working to create the innovative environment he and others love to work in. From challenging management to think differently as an Operations Lead and Project Manager to leading the infamous #innovation group in IT Strategy, Christopher has found ways to bend the culture toward an innovative future. Currently as a #innovation Catalyst, Christopher researches innovative techniques and gathers creative partners around him to bring the best back into ExxonMobil; like their internal Crowdsourcing service, recognized in-House and externally for providing face-to-face and virtual creative spaces. He and his innovative cohorts also created internal Podcasting and Education services and content, including the popular #innoCast podcast and Innovation Catalyst course. This wouldn’t be complete without an “Always-On” Crowdsourcing experience for the masses in the Grassroots Innovation Forum along with innovator toolkits in the InnoKit. The journey simply begins here as he and the creative minds he’s gathered around him continue to search for what to bring in next; like Lean Startup practices to support intrapreneurs in creating the next wave of innovators in the Energy industry! Christopher has a Masters of Information Systems management from Brigham Young University.
Dr. Atul Varadhachary is Managing Partner at Fannin Innovation Studio which works with innovators at the institutions in the Texas Medical Center in Houston to help commercialize early-stage technologies in the life sciences. Fannin partners with innovators to co-found companies that it actively manages in addition to putting in seed capital and providing space and back-office support. Atul also serves as an Adjunct Professor at Rice University’s Jones School of Business, the Baylor College of Medicine and the University Texas School of Public Health. Before Fannin, Atul served as President of U.S. Operations at Reliance Life Sciences, part of the Reliance Group, India’s largest private sector enterprise with over $75 billion in annual revenues. Atul served for nine years as President & COO of Agennix, Inc., a late-stage biotechnology company where he led the advancement of Agennix’s lead molecule from preclinical studies into pivotal Phase 3 human studies and helped lead a successful sale of the company. Before joining Agennix in 2001, Atul was a Senior Engagement Manager in the Houston office of McKinsey & Co., serving in their Houston office since 1994.
He co-founded and ran Pratham Health (now the Niramaya Health Foundation), a preventive health program reaching 65,000 underprivileged pre-school children in India, while on a leave of absence from McKinsey. Atul was a founding director of Pratham USA and has served as the President of Pratham USA. He currently serves on the Pratham Education Foundation, the ASER and the Niramaya Boards.
Atul has also served on the Board of Managers of the Harris Health System and chaired its strategic planning committee. Harris Health runs two full-service hospitals (Ben Taub and Lyndon B. Johnson) and thirty clinics and other ambulatory centers. Harris Health also serves as a teaching system for Baylor College of Medicine and University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston.
Atul serves or has served on multiple other community boards including those of the Center For Public Policy Priorities (CPPP), TiE Houston, and the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce of Greater Houston (IACCGH) where he served as President in 2008-09. He also serves on the Healthcare Advisory Committee of the Greater Houston Partnership on the Jones Health Care Advisory Board, and the Life Sciences Advisory Committee of the Houston Technology Center. Company boards on which Atul serves include Acelerox, ACF Pharma, Atrapos Therapeutics, Avid Chemotherapeutics, BreviTest, Bystander Therapeutics, Exotect, GuidaBot, and Pulmotect. Atul received his medical training at the University of Bombay. He earned a Ph.D. in Physiology from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship in Biological Chemistry, also at Johns Hopkins where he was founding President of the Johns Hopkins Postdoctoral Association, the first such organization in the country.
Atul’s wife Gauri is a Medical Oncologist at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. Their daughters Tanvi and Riya are 19 and 15years old. Tanvi is a sophomore at Rice University.
Cheryl Perkins, president of Innovationedge founded the company in 2006. As a global thought leader in innovation, Perkins brings more than 25 years of expertise in leading companies to identify and transform insights, designs, technologies and capabilities into total solutions and new-to-the-world innovations. Additionally, the Innovationedge model gives inventors an edge by crafting winning business plans and aligning strategic corporate partnerships for commercialization.
Dr. Hall-Barrow is the Vice President, Virtual Health and Innovation for Children’s Health, Dallas, TX. Children’s Health is one of the leading pediatric health systems in the country and is utilizing technology to reach children wherever they may be located. Since 1997, Dr. HallBarrow has provided leadership in healthcare transformation which has included corporate health, chronic diseases management, and telemedicine. She has served as a national and international expert in the field of telemedicine including but not limited to pediatrics, neurology, emergent delivery methods and healthcare mobility.
Dr. Hall-Barrow is the immediate Past Chair of the American Telemedicine Association Pediatric Special Interest Group. In this role, she continues to provide leadership to both new and existing telehealth programs through education, research, and service. She has provided guidance on legislation, outreach, and collaboration with national organizations including the American Academy of Pediatrics. She led the first state-wide tele-stroke program for Arkansas and initiated the first state-wide image repository and currently oversees the largest school telemedicine program in the country.
Dr. Hall-Barrow has published her research in peer-reviewed journals, presented nationally and internationally and most recently named one of the Most Powerful Women in Health Care IT by Health Data Management. She holds a Doctorate in Higher Education Administration, Master’s in Kinesiology and Bachelors in Health Education.
Brett Trusko has a varied background including consulting and accounting. He began his career with Coopers and Lybrand where he earned a CPA certification. He became the CFO of a major hospital in the Seattle after which he became a management consultant, becoming global Managing Director in charge of the “Quality Practice” at BearingPoint. After 25 years he left consulting for academia in Biomedical engineering, technology management, and innovation. He continues to consult and is currently Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics at Texas A&M University where he works on Big Data Analytics and Natural Language Processing. He is the President and CEO of the International Association of Innovation Professionals, a global association of innovation professionals, and Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Innovation Science.
He has a Doctorate in Business Administration and Technology Management and has over 30 years of experience consulting in finance, innovation, quality, strategy, informatics, operations, and administration. He is a certified project manager and a certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt as well as a practitioner in “Lean” methods. He has authored several books on quality and innovation. His 2015 book, the “Global Innovation Science Handbook“, won a PROSE Award in the category of engineering and technology.
Kim has over 25 years’ experience in communications, marketing, project and knowledge management, and is the Manager of Knowledge Management (KM) at TechnipFMC, a new company formed in January of 2017 from Technip and FMC Technologies. At FMC Technologies, Kim led the company’s Center for Innovative Collaboration and Knowledge Management. The company was listed at #17 in the Forbes list of the World’s Top 25 Most Innovative Companies, and was a 2013, 2015 and 2016 winner of the Americas’ Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises (MAKE) award, and 2015 and 2016 Global MAKE winner.
Prior to 2013, Kim was the Knowledge Architect for AspenTech, the world’s leading supplier of process optimization software and the company with “The Most Valuable Intranet of 2012,” according to the Worldwide Intranet Challenge. She spearheaded AspenTech’s Knowledge Management Office (KMO) in 2001 and led a variety of global initiatives enabling continuous improvements, from the initial launch of the corporate intranet to roll out of an enterprise online collaboration system to an orchestrated process to “Quick Start” large software and services projects for clients.
Skilled in the deployment of knowledge management, collaboration and communications processes to achieve business benefit, Kim is driven to share lessons learned from successfully developing and deploying KM strategies. She is a frequent and popular speaker at KM and Quality conferences, including APQC, ASQ and Taxonomy Bootcamp and enjoys excellent relationships with knowledge management and learning professionals from across the globe. Kim is also interested in the intersection and interplay between quality, knowledge management and innovation and has delivered several talks on creating an innovative environment.
Kim serves on the Steering Committee for the APQC Knowledge Management Conference and the Executive Committee for the Knowledge Leaders’ Council
Neil has created, grown, and built new ventures both within large organizations and as an entrepreneur. Over the past 2 years, he has helped start and build the Global External Innovation function at The Estee Lauder Companies (ELC). External Innovation works with startups and other innovative organizations to create and fast track win-win relationships with ELC. Neil has previously founded two venture-backed companies and recently started Unlimited Brewing Company, the world’s first platform brewery.
Members of the Dallas County Community College District’s board of trustees approved the appointment of Timothy Marshall as DCCCD’s first chief innovation officer on Tuesday, March 1, 2016 during their regular monthly meeting. The recommendation was made by Dr. Joe May, the district’s chancellor.
Marshall, who served as vice chancellor of institutional intelligence and technology for the Tarrant County College District in Fort Worth, has more than 25 years of experience in executive management, as well as consulting experience in education and other industries.
Before he joined Tarrant County College District, Marshall served as chief information officer/senior executive director for Orange County Public Schools in Orlando, Fla.; CIO, vice president of technical services and senior services architect for Sungard Higher Education in Maitland, Fla.; and a number of other positions at institutions including Eastern Florida State College (formerly Brevard Community College), the Educational Community Credit Union (Jacksonville, Fla.); Jacksonville University (Fla.); Goucher College (Md.); the University of Maryland, Baltimore County; and Westinghouse Defense and Electronics Systems Center (Md.).
He expects to complete his doctorate in education from the American College of Education in 2018 and has earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in computer information systems and management information systems, respectively, from the University of Baltimore. He also holds several professional certificates in his field.
Mark Reynolds has been creating answers in diverse industries and disciplines – avionics systems, performance analysis, process management, real-time solutions, and knowledge research. His broad experience covers a wide range of engineering solutions which are operations-centric knowledge systems. His mantra is “focus on bottom-line solutions by improving operations, developing solutions, and finding synergy within the organization.” At Southwestern Energy, Mark Reynolds provides the vision and innovation necessary to identify and implement solutions in real-time operations that pull together individual systems, repositories, and operation centers to add value, efficiency and safety to the upstream exploration and production environments.
Misty A. Sabol is Professor of Business at Lone Star College-University Park. Misty holds interests in Business, International Studies and Technology. Recently, she has focused her interests in creating the Innovation Room at University Parkwhich features more than 20 different immersive technologies, a media lab and computing lab. Prior to her teaching career in higher education she worked for 10 years as a stock option analyst, and compliance coordinator of global equity plans for various MNCs. Misty has a Master’s degree in Management from the University of Alabama
Brad Rossacci is Director of Innovation for 900lbs of Creative and founder of human innovation science. Brad is thankful to align innovation and design as a disruptive ideator [a.k.a. thought leader], human experience designer and innovationeer with an exponential focus on:
Applied innovation
Brad’s immersive design work is activated through the process of quantifiable neuroscience to produce critical insights that influence the design process, evolving through diagnostic environmental mapping and the behaviors of innovation to ensure a comprehensive human experience design process is engaged to achieve optimal outcome.
His primary focus is on designing solutions that activate the human system as the principal elements of design within hyper-compelling environments. Utilizing Human Innovation Science to excavate opportunities, crush challenges, elevate defined requirements and engage brain function to drive the applications of design.
Nadia has been awarded over 40 US patents, covering areas such as network security, streaming video, network connected drones, and mobile application development. She earned her degree in Philosophy from Georgia Southern University where she focused on Artificial Intelligence and Symbolic Logic.
For more than 30 years, William Miller has been an internationally-recognized expert on values centered corporate innovation. He co-founded Values Centered Innovation Inc. and is also president of the Global Creativity Corporation (since 1987). Previously, he was Head of the Innovation Management program at the Stanford Research Institute (SRI International, mid-1980’s).
William has been acclaimed multiple times by Leadership Excellence as among the top 30 leadership consultants worldwide. Two of his five books have been rated among the top 30 business books of the year in the USA by Executive Book Summaries: William has also been quoted in Fortune Magazine and the US News & World Report, and interviewed on PBS radio and CNN-TV.
William has been a Guest Faculty member in the graduate schools of business at Stanford University (MBA program) and the University of Dallas (DBA program). He has consulted in 15 countries, and his clients have included corporations such as:
AT&T, Charles Schwab, Chevron, Disney Institute, DuPont, Eli Lilly, HP, IBM, Infosys, Kraft Foods, Levi Strauss, Motorola, Philips Electronics, Pillsbury, Procter & Gamble, Samsung, and 3M.
Lea is an Assistant Vice President at USAA in Enterprise Innovation. She is responsible for leading the Member and Employee Innovation programs with a goal to implement innovations in support of the USAA mission. During her tenure at USAA, she has had the opportunity to work on creating innovative solutions for USAA members on usaa.com and on mobile.usaa.com. Lea has been at USAA since 2006 and is a graduate of Hollins University.