Acknowledgements

Advisory

Sponsor & Technology Leader
Tom DeGarmo

US Thought Leadership

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Tom Craren

Center for Technology and Innovation

Managing Editor
Bo Parker

Editors
Vinod Baya, Alan Morrison

Contributors
Galen Gruman, Larry Marion, Bud Mathaisel, Alan Radding, Bill Roberts, Christopher Wasden

Editorial Advisers
Larry Best, Brian Butte, Glenn Hobbs, Terry Retter

Copyedit

Lea Anne Bantsari

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Jacqueline Corliss

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Suzanne Lau

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Donald Bernhardt, Tatiana Pechenik

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Reviewers

Chris Curran, Philip Garland, Daniel Garrett, Audra Nichols, David Stuckey, John Sviokla

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Natalie Kontra

Special thanks to

Thomas Archer, David Jacobsen, Michael Pearl

Industry perspectives

During the preparation of this publication, we benefited greatly from interviews and conversations with the following executives:

Jon Bidwell, chief innovation officer, Chubb Group of Insurance Companies

Simon Ford, VP, senior vice president, innovation & design, InterContinental Hotels Group

Matthew Greeley, founder and CEO, Brightidea

Scott Hammond, president and chief executive officer, NewScale

Peter Hanik, president, Pretium Innovation

Bill Hessler, senior product development engineer, Equipois

Sheldon Laube, chief innovation officer, PwC

Paul McCusker, chief information officer, Europe, Middle East, and Asia region, AES Corporation

Patrick Sullivan, chief architect, Chubb Group Insurance Companies

James Todhunter, chief technology officer, Invention Machine Corporation