Almost everyone uses one of the products or services that he invented, created, or worked on, such as EZ Pass, CDROM, TRIARCH™, or 16:9 HDTV, for which his Philips team received a 2002 Emmy Award. An executive-level leader, inventor, innovation-scientist and Sherpa, and educator who has repeatedly proven his ability to create, lead, and manage teams to improve engineering and IT operations and very significantly reduce their costs. Currently, he is President & CEO of Autonomous Professional Development, Chief Innovation Scientist of the International Association of Innovation Professionals, and Professor - Management of Business & Technology Innovation at New York University School of Professional Studies.Formerly, he led a "boutique" consulting company with clients in the financial services and engineering industries, helping them develop their managers and leaders, and training them how to start and manage innovation programs. They aimed to develop people and wound-up improving staff productivity and morale by creating highly successful products and services. • Founder and Board of Directors Executive Committee of the International Association of Innovation Professionals - www.iaoip.org and Associate Editor of its International Journal of Innovation Science • 15+ years' experience in higher education administration, research, and teaching • 25+ years' experience in the Financial Services, Consumer Electronics, and Transportation Industries• Thoroughly experienced in visioning, creating strategic business plans, and then exceeding their goals by measuring, analyzing, improving, and controlling the operating environment of the company• More than a dozen patents on information and signal processing methods and systems• Formerly responsible for managing and leading a worldwide staff of 2,500+ with a $500 million+ budget