Lead teams and organizations in defining and creating the future. The open marketplace always moves faster than any single company. You can’t drive the Future to Market unless you are willing to dynamically transform people, organizations, processes, technology and policies. You can try and go it alone but more likely than not you will become of victim of corporate antibodies. By leveraging both internal and external creativity, resources & assets, my teams have championed & driven the crafting and integration of solution strategies, culture and best practices to deliver innovative solutions with tangible impact and sustainable value.• Instrumental in transforming a hitech industry giant’s approach to engineering software across the lifecycle• Guided co-development of an industry-disrupting business model enabling a telecom leader's entry into a new multi $B market• Forged strategic partnerships to realize 100% growth in innovation lab portfolio while securing multi-$M investments• Introduced strategic and tactical innovation strategies and practices aligning lines of business and functions as well as initiating cultural transformation to drive growth and create market differentiation Specialties: Corporate Innovation & Strategy | Technology Transfer to Business | Emerging Tech & Product / Service Innovatione: mikefly01@comcast.net

Built reputation as a thought leader / expert in Open Innovation throughout SAP & BIF; Engaged with executives from diverse industry leaders including Autodesk, United Health Care, Visa, Intel, Standard Chartered Bank and many others to explore leveraging emerging technology trends (e.g., Big Data & IoT) and business models to accelerate innovation, business growth, and value; Applied innovation research insights from UC Berkeley and other leading universities; Leveraged BIF membership to drive development of a strategic business model with a team of talented Executive MBA students from UC Berkeley.

Catalyze business growth through innovation. Drive collaboration in the discovery and application of innovative business models, technologies and best practices.

Orchestrated innovation and transformation strategies & initiatives / Guided global research, discovery and collaboration / Directed strategic programs to accelerate value creation, delivery and capture from innovation• Spearheaded visionary global Software Integration playbook as a foundation for cross-LOB Product / DevOps strategies; Instrumental in shaping cultural and process changes WW across the software product lifecycle.• Bridged business growth and product development strategies by envisioning & leading the development of the SAP Framework for Open Innovation (below); Delivered a comprehensive set of strategies for corporate-wide management of innovation portfolios; Partnered with renowned innovation leaders to leverage prescience and expertise, as well as enhance impact.• Cultivated team of technical & non-technical experts to undertake a cross-organizational Design Thinking initiative and solve a strategic issue for a high-profile KM team; Promoted creativity & risk taking to challenge preconceptions and address the core customer issue; Guided development and delivery of prototypes and business cases with fast-fail / rapid learning approach.• Nurtured growth of innovation ecosystem communities/networks; Fostered internal and external innovation best practices through social media and other KM channels creating global reach; Extended SAP’s innovation footprint (i.e., brand/reputation) by sharing Big Data strategies and scouted best practices for internal absorption as Ambassador to the Berkeley Innovation Forum (BIF).• Co-directed whitespace analysis as part of strategic business planning cycle with cross-product management stakeholders; Explored, identified and prioritized emerging technologies and opportunities for new business growth as well as ecosystem co-creation and licensing, covering a multi $B portfolio with hundreds of partners.

Doubled IP creation capabilities & cultivated partner venturing investments in a pioneering technology lab / Guided senior management on creating and managing solution roadmaps with partners• Forged strategic partnership network to realize 100% growth of SAP’s Co-Innovation Lab projects within 12 months; Secured multi-$M venturing investments from partners; Guided high impact negotiations to influence and deliver breakthrough IPR agreements; Orchestrated solutions to compelling customer challenges (e.g., R&D Acceleration, IT/Ops, CRM, BI/Big Data, SaaS, etc.) by leveraging innovative technologies and business models; Delivered IP assets for commercialization and/or branding..• Championed reinvention of the global Partner Portfolio Management model & system, reducing planning times from months to weeks covering 100s of $M in partner-generated revenue; Drove co-innovation and implementation of repeatable processes & tools, including analytical models and metrics (e.g., time to value, ROI and risk); Developed alignment across stakeholders and their programs including Ecosystem EVP, CTO, and cross-LOB & Field executives.• Orchestrated co-development of the strategy and roadmap for Pirelli/Telecom Italia’s Business & IT transformation, integrating two LOBs into a shared services organization; Advised on blueprint for building a more cohesive and collaborative culture to deliver enhanced customer experience.

Challenged classes comprised of international and local eMBA students by examining the promise and challenges of co-innovation, emerging technologies and aligning them with business strategies and models; Participated on faculty/industry discussion panels, providing visibility and growth of St. Mary's MBA program brand.

Empowered clients to disrupt markets / Dramatically grew strategic consulting & aligned with regional & WW Sales • Guided co-development of industry-disrupting business initiative empowering SBC Communications to become a first mover in the multi-$B local long-distance market; Directed left-brain and right-brain teamwork across ideation, development and implementation of an innovative business model and technology-enabled solution; Cultivated strategic partner relationships and drove customer-focused solution collaboration; Owned and managed customer relationships, from executive sponsor to operations/engineering staff.• Grew WW consulting portfolio by 24% annually; Achieved profit margins above 40%; Collaborated with top-tier management & integration consultancies to enhance value creation, delivery & capture; Guided integrated account planning process with Product Sales delivering actionable and measurable plans & targets; Coached and developed employees emphasizing curiosity, critical thinking, and passion.• Achieved industry leadership status by investing C-level customers with the ability to quantitatively assess IT’s capacity to support and sustain business agility; Inspired global team to innovatively envision, develop, and commercialize a ground-breaking consulting service; Recruited expertise from academic research partners to co-develop and implement robust metrics & their supporting algorithms for calculation and visualization; Leveraged Agility Assessment Service as the spear point for HP’s IT Agility Products & Services offerings. • Advised executives at start-ups with business plans; Captured 1st and 2nd round investment funding worth more than $3M.• Streamlined partner engagement processes; Reduced excess payments to channel partners saving hundreds of $K annually.