innovation Experts

Sean Ammirati

Distinguished Service ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Sean Ammirati develops tools to help companies adapt and integrate entrepreneurial best practices into their own innovation processes.

Wesley Longhofer

Associate Professor of Organization & Management; Senior Director, Center for Faculty Development and Excellence; Assistant Vice Provost for Faculty AffairsEmory University, Goizueta Business School

Miguel Rodríguez García, PhD

Director, Supply Chain Cybersecurity Lab | Warehouse of the Future Initiative | Research Scientist MIT Center for Transportation & LogisticsMIT Center for Transportation & Logistics

Dr. Garcia researches how to defend global supply chains against cybersecurity risks associated with the deployment of new technologies.

Asoo Vakharia

ProfessorUniversity of Florida

Asoo Vakharia's research and areas of expertise include sustainability, channel selection, green product design and supply chains.

Michael "Miki" Amitay

Director, Center for Flow Physics and Control & James L. Decker ’45 Endowed Chair Professor in Aerospace EngineeringRensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Specializes in developing active flow control techniques with applications in aeronautical and mechanical systems

Jose Coronado

Senior Director of User ExperienceAutomatic Data Processing - ADP

Senior Transformation and Innovation Leader in Product and User Experience

Bern Grush

Strategy | Vice President InnovationGrush Niles Strategic | PayBySky

Transportation innovator, writer, speaker. Deployment and social policy: automated vehicles, parking, mobility as a service, & road tolling.

Kathryn Libal, Ph.D.

Director, Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute, and Professor, Social Work & Human RightsUniversity of Connecticut

Professor Libal researches human rights norms and practices, including the ability to secure adequate food and housing.

Timothy J. Williamson

Associate Professor of Psychology | Psychological ScienceLoyola Marymount University

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

Michelle L. Collins, DNP, APRN, CNS, ACNS-BC, NPD-BC, NEA-BC, LSSBB

Vice President, Nursing Professional ExcellenceChristianaCare

Michelle Collins is a national nursing expert on successful infrastructures related to governance, strategic planning, and innovation.