Veeva Systems was founded by Peter Gassner and Matt Wallach in 2007. Having seen the evolution of client-server and mainframe technologies earlier in their careers, the founders believed that, as the cloud matured, products would become more verticalized, targeting specific industry segments. At Salesforce, where
Frederik Mohrmann is Business Developer and Lean Innovation Coach at the Netherlands Aerospace Centre (NLR). NLR is an applied research institute. Their work covers different fields ranging from systems design and electronics to avionics. They’re a nonprofit organization – currently 80% contract-based for the private sector
Zakir Hemraj is Co-Founder and CEO of Loopio, a platform to help sales teams and businesses manage their RFP responses. Their software handles all sales information requests. Whether it’s requests for proposal, requests for information or security questionnaires for compliance or due diligence exercises, their
Derick Jose is Co-Founder of Flutura, a verticalized AI company focused on impacting operational outcomes in Energy and Engineering industries. Flutura is among the top 3 vendors globally in the Energy AI app space. Their customers include Henkel – the largest manufacturer of industrial chemicals
Joyce Oomen is the founder of product and innovation management consultancy Pimcy. Her company helps businesses structure their innovation product development by combining innovation management with innovation portfolio management. Joyce worked her whole career in product development, spending 10 years as a Senior Product Manager
Daniel Almodovar leads the business validation practice at World Class Center Innovation and Design. There, his process includes documenting the initial business idea, extracting and prioritizing hypotheses, validating problem, solution, market demand, profitability, measuring, learning and adjusting the solution. Depending on the client’s interest, they
Product innovation consultant Rene Bastijans had his dream job. In 2011, he was working in the small corporate R&D team of the largest education company in the world researching emerging technologies, developing prototypes for next-generation learning products and running workshops with intrapreneurs. The company, Pearson,
