Colin has enjoyed a broad-based career which includes senior operational and consultancy roles with major public and private organizations in the UK and New Zealand. As a graduate engineer, he joined Rolls-Royce and subsequently moved into international business development roles. After a period working in technology transfer, Colin joined BAe Systems with the task of seeking out non-traditional business opportunities.
Through completing an MBA with the OU, he developed an enduring interest in creativity and innovation processes. His TRIZ journey started in 1999 when attending a presentation by Oxford Creativity whilst working as Principal Consultant for the engineering services company INBIS (now part of Assystem). Whilst there, his work focussed on new product development, engineering and technology management processes.
For the past 25 years Colin has operated at the intersection of research, science and business and is passionate about creating impact from investments in research and technology. For ten of those years, Colin worked in New Zealand overseeing Government investments in the science sector. Most recently he worked there as Principal Policy Advisor within the Science Leadership Team in the Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment.
