Innovation Senior Specialist
DCT Abu Dhabi
Total years of experience :7 years, 7 Months
Managing Innovation Portfolio and Strategy
Scouting of new technologies and trends for innovation opportunities
Driving Innovation Startup Program and Academia Collaborations
Driving Internal Accelerator Program
Fostering entrepreneurship through a multifaceted approach encompassing training, innovation event & strategic marketing
End to End Innovation Management (challenge framing, idea selection to
idea implementation)
Automation Innovation identification and implementation
Innovation Trainings & Facilitation (More than 40 such workshops conducted with close to 1800 ideas, and 236 implementations
Major projects - 1) Gamified Idea Platform, 2) Skunk Works Module, 3) Hackathon Design & Development, 4) Innovation Rewards Program
Launch of new products/services for driving Corporate Innovation
Co-creation with the customer - design of client-specific programs on Design Thinking & Innovation
Major projects implemented: 1) Innovation Kickbox for Corporate Entrepreneurship, 2) Corporate Innovation Landscape, 3) Design Thinking assessment module
Innovation Management (from challenge identification & framing, program design, idea/project evaluation to selection & pitch)
Co-creation with the customer - preparing innovation pitch and developing business cases for innovating new line of services
Major projects implemented: 1) Idea Management system, 2) Innovation Hub: one-stop innovation repository, 3) Technology Trends platform, 4)
Innovation Training Module, 5) Innovation R&R program, 6) Open Innovation framework, 7) Innovation cross-sell framework
Automotive Design Engineering