innovation Experts

Judith Blumstock

Senior Director, Corporate DevelopmentMaRS Innovation

Senior Director, Mars Innovation

Chris Jones

Professor of International BusinessAston University

Professor Chris Jones is an expert in multinationals, tax havens, profit shifting, sanctions, and the public finances of the UK.

Deane Evans

Executive Director, Center for Building Knowledge, Center for Resilient DesignNew Jersey Institute of Technology

Deane Evans focuses on creating innovative ways to improve the built environment through better design, better technology and new insights.

Polina Durneva, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Information Systems and Business Analytics, College of Business AdministrationLoyola Marymount University

Don Dingee

Chief Story OfficerLeft2MyOwnDevices

Explorer on the IoT

Sunny G. Hallowell, PhD

Associate Professor | M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of NursingVillanova University

Sunny G. Hallowell, PhD, APRN, PPCNP-BC, is an expert in human milk and lactation, neonatal care and children’s health policy.

Richard Hayes

Associate Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship, Executive Director, Institute Innovation & EntrepreneurshipHofstra University

Entrepreneurship and management, particularly in emerging economies; the sharing economy.

Victoria Duff

Founder & CEOa Business Plan

Entertaining & informative. Makes the most complex business and financial subjects simple and inspiring.

Caitlin Halbert, DO, MS, FACS

Bariatric Surgeon and Campus Chief of Wilmington Surgical ServicesChristianaCare

Dr. Caitlin Halbert is a Bariatric Surgeon and Campus Chief of Wilmington Surgical Services.

Parimal Nathwani

Vice President, Life SciencesMaRS Innovation

Parimal Nathwani received his M.Sc. from the University of British Columbia and his M.B.A. from Simon Fraser University