My blogs

Sutherland on Innovation

About me

Industry	Consulting
Introduction	The basic human need to invent and problem-solve is the foundation for Dr. David Sutherland's work. Sutherland works with established companies to help them achieve their growth objectives by unleashing their latent innovation potential. Sutherland focuses primarily on bringing “entrepreneurship” to established mature companies. He exemplifies the need for the "ethic of entrepreneurship" to be matched with the "discipline of innovation management." In addition to teaching at the Univerity of Georgia, and Universidad de Los Andes, Dr. Sutherland is the Founder and Managing Director of the Launch Institute (LI). He based the founding of LI on his 25 years of corporate experience which focused on business growth. He has been an entrepreneur (founding three successful companies), a corporate executive (formerly Senior Vice President, Computer Sciences Corporation) and a trusted advisor to automotive companies that have achieved significant business growth success. These companies include BMW AG, Nokia, Siemens Corporation, Bank of America and Eaton Corporation. Areas of Specialization Innovation Management Corporate EntrepreneurshipEducationPhD, University of Virginia

Industry

Consulting

Introduction

The basic human need to invent and problem-solve is the foundation for Dr. David Sutherland's work. Sutherland works with established companies to help them achieve their growth objectives by unleashing their latent innovation potential. Sutherland focuses primarily on bringing “entrepreneurship” to established mature companies. He exemplifies the need for the "ethic of entrepreneurship" to be matched with the "discipline of innovation management." In addition to teaching at the Univerity of Georgia, and Universidad de Los Andes, Dr. Sutherland is the Founder and Managing Director of the Launch Institute (LI). He based the founding of LI on his 25 years of corporate experience which focused on business growth. He has been an entrepreneur (founding three successful companies), a corporate executive (formerly Senior Vice President, Computer Sciences Corporation) and a trusted advisor to automotive companies that have achieved significant business growth success. These companies include BMW AG, Nokia, Siemens Corporation, Bank of America and Eaton Corporation. Areas of Specialization Innovation Management Corporate EntrepreneurshipEducationPhD, University of Virginia