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Conference Chairperson
Cheryl Perkins
President and
Founder of
Innovationedge™
 Cheryl
Perkins is a thought leader in innovation and
a creative catalyst in brand-building initiatives that
contribute to rewarding consumer experiences and
improved business performance. She was identified as one
of the Top 25 Champions of Innovation by Business Week
magazine in June 2006, and named as a top executive
driving vision within the consumer goods industry
(Visionaries 2006) by Consumer Goods Technology
magazine.
As President of
Innovationedge
LLC, she is leading companies across many industries
build sustainable innovation capabilities and define
sustainable growth opportunities. Her work involves
designing and implementing
organizational structures, processes, systems and tools
that enable open innovation and growth. These include
but are not limited to ambidextrous growth incubators
for new business development, design capabilities,
strategic alliances and partnerships, environmental
sustainability, safety and regulatory affairs,
disruptive technologies and product brokering, and
portfolio management.
"Cheryl is an excellent facilitator, good at
motivating [the] audience...Provided a good
take-home message. She is a highly experienced
person in open innovation."
Ravi Mulukutla
Meadwestvaco
Cheryl has over 23 years experience directing growth and
innovation and most recently served as the Senior Vice
President and Chief Innovation Officer for
Kimberly-Clark Corporation, reporting to the CEO and
Chairman of the Board. In this role she provided
leadership to global teams, and oversaw the development
of new strategic business opportunities that delivered
competitive advantage across key business platforms in
mature and emerging markets. Cheryl led teams who
developed technologies, partnerships, and intellectual
assets to identify and transform insights, designs,
technologies and capabilities into total solutions and
new-to-the-world innovations.
Cheryl has made many
notable contributions during her career, delivering
long-term growth and a continuum of innovative
solutions. As a passionate champion for innovation, she
has helped drive growth through the design, development
and delivery of solutions while reducing cycle time and
engaging external partners through an open innovation
model.
She serves on the Board
of the Product Development Management Association (PDMA)
and the Consumer Goods Research Advisory Board. She is
also on the Board of Directors of the Governor's
Wisconsin Technology Council, the Fox Cities' Performing
Arts Center and the Georgia Institute of Technology
External Advisory Board. Cheryl has been granted eight
U.S. Patents and has several other patent applications
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Who Should Attend |
This event typically draws 250+ Chief
Technology Officers; Vice Presidents, Managers, and Directors of
Open Innovation, Innovation, Product Development, R&D, Continuous
Improvement, Engineering, Manufacturing, and more from a cross
section of industries including aerospace, medical devices, consumer
goods, pharmaceuticals, biotech, oil & gas, electronics, hi-tech,
defense and more.
TESTIMONIALS
"I have been to
this event 3 years in a row now. I always take away a number of
ideas that will impact my open innovation organization. The
networking, new ideas and case presentations are enlightening and
refreshing."
Jennifer Dugan, Nestlé
"My first
attendance at CoDev, I found a very supportive group of allied
professionals willing to share and help in making collaboration
work. I have lots of live leads, 50 new contacts and tons of ideas
to apply!
Jon Hague, Unilever
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