A long-standing collaborator and Novismo’s lead mentor, involved with the company since its founding. He is recognized as one of the world’s leading consultants in technological innovation.
An Associate Professor at MIT (Cambridge, USA), Tufts University (Boston, MA), and Tongji University (Intellectual Property College, Shanghai, China), and an Honorary Professor at the University of Edinburgh (UK). He has delivered TRIZ seminars at Harvard, Carnegie Mellon, Stanford, Vanderbilt, Caltech, and many other top academic institutions around the globe. A TRIZ Master and Chair of the Council on Expertise and Methodology (CEM) at MATRIZ.
He is the author of over 100 publications, holder of 134 international patents, and co-author of five books. He is also the creator of the DFP (Design for Patentability) methodology.
Over the course of his career, he has conducted more than 1,000 innovation and TRIZ training programs for Fortune 500 companies worldwide. As a lead trainer, he has implemented corporate TRIZ education programs at Procter & Gamble (training approx. 1,500 engineers in three years), Mitsubishi Research Institute (300 engineers), Samsung (900 engineers), and Intel (500 participants). For the past 10 years, he has served as the chief innovation instructor for the Siemens Innovation Academy and General Electric Global Research (over 1,800 scientists trained), and for 11 years has led the TRIZ Innovation Initiative at Hyundai Motor Company (over 500 participants). He also works with major Chinese companies including Shenhua, Huawei, and VIVO.
He supports Arsnovo with his extensive knowledge and international reputation, providing invaluable expertise that strengthens our innovation capabilities.