Edward Getty - Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Connections Driven Business Growth (SM)Discover new dimensions to grow your business.I have created EEG Consulting LLC, a management consultancy, to assist large and medium sized organizations in developing external/ open innovation strategies & process management techniques to drive sustainable and profitable growth.The foundation of my experience is built on several decades of cross-functional R&D Technology Management & Strategy experience gained while creating & managing world-class open/external innovation business models, processes and capabilities in areas such as Digital/eCommerce, Consumer Goods, Food, Beverages, Ingredients, Specialty and Allied Chemical sectors, Building Materials and Construction sectors.Through my external innovation journeys, I have been mentoring and cultivating entrepreneurs & startups in how to work with large enterprises, helping develop mutually beneficial relationship agreements, and coaching the startup community on how to move from prototype to commercial scale.

Parsippany, New Jersey, Us

Responsible for the strategy and execution of GAF Material Corporation's External Innovation efforts. This includes strategic partnerships, innovation investments, and new business development.

Parsippany, New Jersey, Us

Responsible R&D for the Residential and Ventilation Businesses as well as Open Innovation/Front End Innovation activities which are focused on the identification and development of technologies that will enable GAF to lead the roofing industry into the future and create a sustainable advantage for the company.

Peachtree Corners, Georgia, Us

TechConnectHub.com is a concierge service helping to define problems to be solved, scouting technology solutions, locating subject matter experts, identifying interns with critical skills, making connections to relevant startups and working hard on your behalf to discover and capture real ROI.We do this by focusing corporate innovation services on defining key business challenges, creating exciting community engagement events, and unique ways to interact with tech communities across the globe in an accelerator space setting.

Mclean, Virginia, Us

Leader of the The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company External Innovation program and Leader of the Mars Corporate Global External Innovation Program. Responsibilities include developing a robust external innovation strategy, identifying key activities to be accomplished and establishing the action plan to deliver the program. Role focused on the creation and deployment of External Innovation capabilities which deliver measurable value to Mars Inc.

Providing accurate scientific and technology advise to Alliancesphere. Creating technology strategies, assisting in the development of technology data packages, and assisting in the building of partnerships with potential collaborators & customers.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Responsible for creating and managing a Research Incubator program based on open innovation best practices and development of new open innovation capabilities tailored to The Coca-Cola Company (TCCC) culture and franchise business model. Key responsibilities include creating and managing the Research Incubator business process, linking to existing business processes and databases to assist in the capturing of technology targets as well as aggregating potential solutions already identified within the system in order to create greater transparency across the system. Leveraging key supply partner capabilities and venture capital investments to accelerate innovation in the ingredient, packaging, sustainable processes, and sales/marketing equipment areas. Responsible for creating and managing a network of open innovation/ technology service providers such as yourEncore, Ninesigma, Innocentive, yet2.com and others. Lead and/or coordinate negotiations with a cross-functional team (R&D, Procurement, Mergers & Acquisition, IP Legal, Finance Legal) to access external technology (i.e., main focus on multi-year research agreements and key master research agreements).

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

Principal architect and key leader of the ‘Connect + Develop’ strategy at P&G. Designed and piloted key roles, ran the day-to-day operations of the corporate-wide program for 6+ years. Proposed, trained, and managed a global R&D technology and new product scouting network for P&G. Core membership consists of the global network of 90+ technology scouts spanning 27 technical centers, 11 countries, across 3 mega global business units, Corporate R&D and Corporate Engineering Technology. Expanded membership includes persons serving analogous roles in other functions (External Business Development & Global Licensing, Equity Ventures, Purchasing, Product Supply, and Consumer & Market Knowledge organizations) and representatives of supporting functions who use or support the ‘Connect + Develop’ work process (e.g., IT, Global Business Services). This program is a core strategy and a major growth engine for P&G. P&G has recently announced that the new goal for this program is to deliver $3 billion towards annual sales growth (triple the current contribution of this program).

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

Lead Technology Entrepreneur, Corporate R&D, Innovation & Knowledge Department

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

Leader Fabric & Home Care Global Business Unit External Commercialization & Licensing Team

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

Lead Technology Entrepreneur, Global Fabric & Home Care

Cincinnati, Ohio, Us

Ph.D., Physical Inorganic Chemistry - Catalysis

B.S., Chemistry With High Honors - Organometallic And Electron Transfer Chemistry Research Experience