Strategic Innovation Group, LLC

Recently, I read an article entitled "Innovation Nation" by Robert Atkinson. It can be located at www.democracyjournal.org/article.php?ID=6652 Atkinson talks about the difference between neo classical economics and Innovation Economics. The article claims that neo-economics view of the world is dead. What seemed to be an effective model since the Great Depression, actually does not well describe our global economy. Neo-classical economics

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Many times I have heard CEO’s and senior management lament that they are just not getting the return on their R&D investment that they expect. There are not enough breakthrough products or services that spawn significant new growth for the organization. The deficiency may not be with one's R&D team or one's Marketing team. The lack of clear direction from the top may be the reason you find few growth opportunities fighting their way to the top.

Alan is currently CEO of Strategic Innovation Group LLC, helping companies find new market opportunities and to align their people to best exploit accelerated profitable growth.

Alan recently retired from Energizer Battery Inc. as a Senior Manager of External Technology. He was accountable to source outside products and capabilities, provide strategic technology and business plans, and obtain government funds in support of Energizer’s R&D objectives. In his 32 years at Energizer, he has:

• Championed and facilitated the innovation process within Energizer, providing guidance and expertise to the Innovation Council and the Product and Technology Planning Teams for each strategic business unit. His leadership help establish long-term product and technology strategic plans resulting in significant growth and profitability despite fierce competition in the overall retail category
• Directed ground-breaking research that significantly extended the limits of battery technology, focusing on product innovations that provided significant market impacts.
• Developed and implemented an improved Partnering Process enabling Energizer to realize greater value earlier from outside partnerships and alliances.
• Led all phases of R&D from the fuzzy front end through high speed manufacturing and global implementation of new and enhanced consumer products.
• Led the development, implementation and introduction of the first zero mercury alkaline battery.
• Organized and executed an on-going program, acquiring from the federal government multi-million dollar R&D contracts that are closely aligned with Energizer’s commercial / dual-use strategy.

From 2004 through 2006 at the Industrial Research Institute, Alan chaired the Research-on-Research Committee, which develops leading-edge practices, tools, and techniques to improve technological innovation in industry. In addition, Alan chaired the Subcommittee for Radical Innovation since 2001 in cooperation with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Babson College, and Rochester Institute of Technology that has lead to a new book, Grabbing Lightning: Building a Capability for Breakthrough Innovation. He is currently a Chair for the Level 5 Innovation Subcommittee, which is exploring emerging practices at leading edge innovative companies.

Alan holds a BS in Chemistry from St. Lawrence University and an MBA with Honors from Baldwin Wallace College. He recently moved to Glastonbury, Connecticut.

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